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Participants were identified through phone screen procedures as having engaged in recent prescription drug misuse behavior.
Although published research based on retrospective survey designs has established prescription drug misuse as a serious health issue for individuals and society, misuse behavior has not been investigated as it occurs in daily life and important relationships.
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Of those patients whose opioid treatment was discontinued due to medication agreement violation-related discontinuation (MAVRD) (n = 38 or 28% of sample), 40% of these (n = 11) were due to specific problematic opioid misuse behaviors.
Further, this study examines instances of discontinuation from opioid medication treatment related to violation of the medication agreement in this population, and the relationship of these with problematic opioid misuse behaviors, PDUQ and PDUQp scores.
The purpose of this article is to: 1) describe the demographic and physical, behavioral, and mental health characteristics of patients who fill opioid medications in community pharmacy settings; and 2) describe the extent of opioid medication misuse behaviors among these patients.
It appears to be a reliable and valid screening tool to monitor misuse behaviors among chronic pain patients [ 13, 14].
The COMM was developed to assess current misuse behaviors for patients with chronic pain who has been on opioid therapy for an extended period of time.
We are able to show feasibility for the use of the Chinese version of COMM to measure misuse behaviors of prescription opioid among patients with chronic pain.
However, some patients who receive a prescription for opioids may be prone to non-adherence or misuse behaviors, such as escalation of their opioids, visiting multiple providers, or other overt drug-seeking behaviors [ 6, 7].
Moreover, criterion validity of the COMM was not analyzed, since no Chinese version tools, which could be used as proper "criterion" to assess participants' drug misuse behaviors, could be found.
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