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ArticlePain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses2025

Development and Validation of the Decisions to use Opioids Measure.

Brittany E Punches, Jennifer L Brown, Michael S Lyons, Gordon L Gillespie, Edward W Boyer, Alison R Anderson, Stephanie Carreiro, Jason J Bischof, Emily Kauffman, Henry Young and 5 more

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Brittany E PunchesCollege of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH. Electronic address: Punches.5@osu.edu.
Jennifer L BrownDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Michael S LyonsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Gordon L GillespieCollege of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
Edward W BoyerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Alison R AndersonCollege of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Stephanie CarreiroDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA.
Jason J BischofDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Emily KauffmanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Henry YoungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
David SpatholtDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.
Alai TanCollege of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Macarius DonneyongCollege of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Andy NiCollege of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Tamilyn BakasCollege of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Funding

Mentoring in Advanced mHealth Technologies and Machine Learning for HIV/Drug Abuse ResearchK24DA037109 · NIDA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BOYER, EDWARD W · 2014 to 2025
$1.9M
Decision-Making Factors for Therapeutic Opioid Use after Emergency CareK08DA049948 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI PUNCHES, BRITTANY E · 2021 to 2025
$955k
NIDA NIH HHS K08 DA049948NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA037109NIDA NIH HHS L30 DA047006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMillions experience inadequately managed acute pain each year. Opioids are an important tool for managing pain; however, recent reductions in opioid prescriptions have exacerbated preexisting challenges in pain management. Moreover, patient expectations and desires for pain management may drive additional opioid use. There is an important need to characterize patient motivations for using opioids in order to develop promising interventions. The aim of this study was to develop the Decisions To use Opioids (DTO) measure.

methodsWe used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to create items for the DTO measure. Qualitative data from patient interviews and focus groups informed the development of items for the DTO. We evaluated the content validity of candidate items with nine experts using the content validity index (CVI) and conceptual significance. Face validity was assessed via cognitive interviews with five emergency department (ED) participants who experienced acute pain.

resultsWe generated an initial pool of 52 items. Expert ratings provided evidence of content validity on 40 items, as indicated by an item CVI score of 0.83 or higher. Nine items with CVI scores of <0.83 were retained and revised due to the conceptual significance. The remaining three items were discarded.

conclusionsThis study provided evidence of content and face validity of the DTO measure for ED patients. Further psychometric evaluation is needed to gather data regarding the DTO's internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion validity.

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Analgesics, OpioidDecision MakingPain ManagementPsychometricsAdultAgedEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesAnalgesics, OpioidAcute painDecision-makingEmergency careOpioidPatient preferences

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PMID39521629
PMCPMC12720183

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