RT Journal Article
T1 Opioids in the Treatment of Pain. Beliefs, Knowledge, and Attitudes of the General Spanish Population. Identification of Subgroups Through Cluster Analysis.
A1 de Sola, Helena
A1 Salazar, Alejandro
A1 Dueñas, Maria
A1 Failde, Inmaculada
K1 Opioids
K1 Attitudes
K1 Beliefs
K1 Epidemiology
K1 Knowledge
K1 Opiophobia
AB A lack of information has been found related to patients' perception toward pain management. To analyze the point of view of the general Spanish population regarding the use of opioids in pain treatment. To identify groups of individuals based on this information. Nationwide cross-sectional study on a representative sample of 1299 Spanish adults. Data were collected on beliefs, knowledge, fears, opinions, and attitudes toward the use of opioids. A cluster analysis to identify groups of people based on these parameters and a multinomial logistic regression model to analyze the variables related to the clusters were performed. Three groups of subjects were identified based on their perspective toward opioids: a first group with a positive point of view (N = 448) composed of people older than 65 years who would accept a treatment if prescribed and who were less fearful of these drugs; a second group with a moderate point of view (N = 337) formed by younger subjects with university education, better informed about opioids, afraid of these drugs (odds ratio [OR] 2.67), and more frequently associated them with drowsiness (OR 2.58), nausea (OR 3.04), and tolerance (OR 2.16); and a third group with a negative point of view (N = 468), with lower educational level who would more often reject treatment with opioids, more afraid of them (OR 3.95), considering that they may not be able to stop the treatment (OR 3.04) and may produce tolerance (OR 3.03). The different perspectives of patients regarding the use of opioids to treat pain should be taken into consideration by the physician when designing strategies to inform patients about the treatment of pain with opioids. This should promote their correct use, specially preventing their misuse.
PB Elsevier
YR 2017
FD 2017-12-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11919
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11919
LA en
NO de Sola H, Salazar A, Dueñas M, Failde I. Opioids in the Treatment of Pain. Beliefs, Knowledge, and Attitudes of the General Spanish Population. Identification of Subgroups Through Cluster Analysis. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Apr;55(4):1095-1104
DS RISalud
RD Apr 10, 2025