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RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2020 Dec


JNCI Cancer Spectr


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Change in Pain Status and Subsequent Opioid and Marijuana Use Among Long-Term Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer.

Authors

Huang I-C, Alberts NM, Buckley MG, Li Z, Ehrhardt MJ, Brinkman TM, Allen J, Krull KR, Klosky JL, Greene WL, Srivastava KD, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Anghelescu DL
JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2020 Dec; 4(6):pkaa070.
PMID: 33409451.

Abstract

We evaluated pain status change and associations with subsequent opioid/marijuana use among 1208 adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pain status and opioid/marijuana were self-reported at baseline and follow-up evaluation (mean interval = 4.2 years). Over time, 18.7% of survivors endorsed persistent/increasing significant pain; 4.8% and 9.0% reported having used opioids and marijuana at follow-up. Persistent/increased (vs none/decreased) pain, persistent/increased (vs none/decreased) anxiety, and lack of health insurance increased odds of subsequent opioid use by 7.69-fold (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.71 to 15.95), 2.55-fold (95% CI = 1.04 to 6.24), and 2.50-fold (95% CI = 1.07 to 5.82), respectively. Persistent/increased (vs none/decreased) depression increased odds of subsequent marijuana use by 2.64-fold (95% CI = 1.10 to 6.33).