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Papers: 5 Dec 2020 - 11 Dec 2020


Human Studies


2020 Nov


EClinicalMedicine


28

Risk factors for indicators of opioid-related harms amongst people living with chronic non-cancer pain: Findings from a 5-year prospective cohort study.

Authors

Campbell G, Noghrehchi F, Nielsen S, Clare P, Bruno R, Lintzeris N, Cohen M, Blyth F, Hall W, Larance B, Hungerford P, Dobbins T, Farrell M, Degenhardt L
EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Nov; 28:100592.
PMID: 33294810.

Abstract

The literature suggests patient characteristics and higher opioid doses and long-term duration are associated with problematic opioid behaviours but no one study has examined the role of all these factors simultaneously in a long-term prospective cohort study.