Emotional Support, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Long-Term, High-Dose, Daily Prescription Opioid Use

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in patients with chronic pain, adversely affects chronic pain outcomes, and is associated with opioid use and adverse opioid outcomes. Social support is a robust predictor of PTSD incidence and course as well as chronic pain outcome. We determined whether the association between PTSD and persistent opioid use was modified by emotional support in a cohort of patients receiving opioids for non-cancer pain. Eligible participants were ≥ 18, and had completed a new period of prescription opioid use lasting 30-90 days Bivariate association between cohort characteristics and each key variable was assessed using Chi-square tests for categorical variables and t-tests for continuous variables.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research