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Backgroud: The subject of this thesis is screening risks of aberrant behavior and addiction in patients with chronic non-malignant pain who are on long-term opioid therapy. Objectives: The aim is to introduce the Czech Adaptation of the Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain-Revised (SOAPP-R) and the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) and to validate the two questionnaires. To identify the difference between patients in high and low risk of aberrant behavior with respect to socio-demographic, clinical and affective variables regarding SOAPP-R and ORT. To evaluate the clinical utility of the visual analog scale Emotional Thermometers at predicting high and low risk of aberrant behavior regarding SOAPP-R and ORT. Methods: This multicenter study was conducted through an anonymous survey using standardized self-reporting questionnaires, SOAPP-R and ORT. The research sample consisted of 305 patients, recruited from pain clinics, suffering chronic non-malignant pain. Patients had been in treatment for at least three monthes on stable doses of opioid analgesics. Results: As a result of the data analysis, the SOAPP-R identified 40.66 % of patients from the sample as high risk and the ORT 18.36 %. Cut off scores of the Emotional Thermometers that have been identified using the reciever operating... |
