Real-time associations between young adults' momentary pain and prescription opioid misuse intentions in daily life.

Real-time associations between young adults' momentary pain and prescription opioid misuse intentions in daily life. Am Psychol. 2020 Sep;75(6):761-771 Authors: Papp LM, Kouros CD, Curtin JJ Abstract Managing pain has been identified (mainly through retrospective reports) as a robust motivator for individuals engaging in prescription opioid misuse. However, surprisingly little work has directly examined whether momentary pain experiences are associated with prescription opioid misuse in daily life. Participants included 297 young-adult college students recruited on the basis of recent prescription drug misuse. Ecological momentary assessment over a 28-day period was utilized to collect participants' pain experiences and prescription opioid misuse intention and behavior. Hierarchical generalized linear modeling and binary logistic regression tested hypotheses. Findings revealed that higher in-the-moment pain was positively associated with intentions to engage in prescription opioid misuse, accounting for report timing and participant sex and background substance use. Also, the between-person result indicated that participants who reported higher levels of pain across the reporting period were more likely to intend to misuse prescription opioids in daily life. There was a similar reliable association between higher pain ratings across the reporting period and greater likelihood of engaging in misuse behavior, although actual misuse fre...
Source: The American Psychologist - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Am Psychol Source Type: research