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Associations between pain coping and opioid use: One-month follow-up results of a prospective study in a cohort of traumatic injury patients.
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Journal of opioid management [J Opioid Manag] 2018 May/Jun; Vol. 14 (3), pp. 159-163. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Objective: To examine associations between Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) scores and daily opioid dosage in traumatic injury patients.<br />Design: This was a prospective cohort study with patient assessments at baseline and 1-month following discharge.<br />Setting: Study visits were conducted at a Regional Level I Trauma Center and by phone at follow-up.<br />Patients: Forty-nine injured inpatients completed baseline PCS. A subsample of 23 patients continued to take prescribed opioid medication at 1-month postdischarge and were included in the current analyses.<br />Main Outcome Measured: Associations between baseline PCS and morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) at 1-month follow-up.<br />Results: Controlling for baseline MEDD, baseline PCS score was positively associated with MEDD at 1-month postdischarge (β= 0.577 [0.399, 1.535]; p = 0.002; R <superscript>2</superscript> of PCS = 0.395).<br />Conclusions: In the current sample of traumatic injury inpatients, findings indicated that a baseline measure of pain catastrophizing predicts ongoing opioid medication use and dosage at 1-month postdischarge from an inpatient trauma unit.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1551-7489
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of opioid management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30044480
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2018.0445