Trends of Opioid Use Disorder Among Hospitalized Patients With Chronic Pain

Autor: Vwaire Orhurhu, Mariam Salisu Orhurhu, Sameer A. Hirji, Jacquelin Peck, Mayowa Olusunmade, John Sampson, Gill Jatinder, Peju Adekoya, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Thomas T. Simopoulos
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain. 19(6)
ISSN: 1533-2500
Popis: BACKGROUND Patients with chronic pain treated with opioids are at an increased risk for opioid misuse or opioid use disorder (OUD). Recent years have seen a stark increase in abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription opioid medications. The aim of this study was to investigate trends in changing rates of opioid use disorder among patients with chronic pain. METHODS The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database identified chronic pain admissions with OUD from 2011 to 2015. Patients were identified from the NIS database using International Classification of Diseases (9th and 10th revisions) diagnosis codes for chronic pain and OUD. Annual estimates and trends were determined for OUD, patient characteristics, OUD among subgroups of chronic pain conditions, and discharge diagnosis. RESULTS We identified 10.3 million patients with chronic pain. Of these, 680,631 patients were diagnosed with OUD. The number of patients with OUD increased from 109,222 in 2011 to 172,680 in 2015 (P
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