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Co-use of opioid analgesics with alcohol and/or benzodiazepines in patients with chronic non-cancer pain
Nováková, Daniela ; Mravčík, Viktor (advisor) ; Koutská, Kateřina Olga (referee)
Background: The problem of the simultaneous use (co-use) of benzodiazepines (BZD) and/or alcohol in patients with a diagnosis of chronic non-cancer pain (CHNCP) using strong opioid analgesics (OA) is still poorly mapped in the Czech Republic. Aims: To map the prevalence of co-use of BZDs and alcohol among patients with CHNNB taking long-term prescription OA. To determine differences between co-using groups and not-co-using patients and to determine predictors of co-use. Design and setting: The research is based on a secondary analysis of data collected in the period from March 2019 to December 2019 in the form of an anonymous questionnaire survey among patients of nine pain treatment centers in the Czech Republic. For research purposes, clinical and sociodemographic data related to co-use obtained from a semi-structured (anamnestic) questionnaire and data from the standardized questionnaires Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain (SOAPP-R), Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) and Emotional Thermometers (ET) were analyzed. Particpants: The sample consisted of 305 respondents older than 18 years with diagnosed chronic pain and treated with strong OA for at least three moths. Measurements: Descriptive analysis was performed using descriptive statistics methods. Mann- Whitney test, chi-square test,...

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