The effects of a postgraduate course on opioid-prescribing patterns of general practitioners.
| Autor: | Schuit KW; Comprehensive Cancer Center North Netherlands, Groningen., Otter R, Stewart R, Sleijfer DT, Meijler WJ, Meyboom-De Jong B |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education [J Cancer Educ] 2000 Winter; Vol. 15 (4), pp. 214-7. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08858190009528700 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The objective of this study is to evaluate whether a single palliative cancer care workshop, which included information about drug prescribing, had an effect on the opioid-prescription patterns of general practitioners in daily practice. Method: The opioid-prescription figures of 68 general practitioners who had participated in the workshop were aggregated from the computer system of the Regional Sick Fund. The prescription figures of a year before and a year after the workshop were compared and a control group of non-participants was included. Results: This study showed a limited efficacy of a palliative cancer care workshop on the morphine-prescription figures of the general practitioners in daily practice. This limited effect did not accord with the results of a pre- and post-workshop questionnaire evaluating the attitudes of the same practitioners. Conclusion: A single workshop can not effectuate substantial changes in prescription behaviors. Possibilities for more reinforcements are discussed. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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