Opioid misuse and its predisposing factors in patients with pain

Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar; Fateme Rakhshani; Mehdi Mohammadi; AR Sadjadi; A Rahimi-Movaghar

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Opioid misuse and its predisposing factors in patients with pain

Author(s):

Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar^1,*,

Fateme Rakhshani²,

Mehdi Mohammadi³,

AR Sadjadi⁴,

A Rahimi-Movaghar⁵

1Neurosurgery dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

2Public health dept, Faculty of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

3Epidemiology and Statistics dept, Faculty of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

4Psychiatry dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

5Psychiatry dept, National Research Center of Medical Sciences of Iran, Tehran, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 4, issue 4; e95319

Published online:Dec 16, 2002

Article type:Research Article

Received:Dec 02, 2002

Accepted:Dec 10, 2002

How to Cite:Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Fateme Rakhshani, Mehdi Mohammadi, AR Sadjadi, A Rahimi-Movaghar, Opioid misuse and its predisposing factors in patients with pain.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.2002;4(4):e95319.

Abstract

To determine prevalence of opioid misuse and its predisposing factors in-patients with pain in the
10 clinics of Zahedan. Four hundred and eighty consecutive patients with complain of pain were
included in a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study and asked by uniform questionnaire about
opioid misuse and its 18 suspicious associated factors between January 1999 and May 1999. The
data were analyzed by standard procedures including Chi square, T test, confidence interval, odds
ratio, and multivariate and logistic regression analysis. Prevalence of opioid misuse was 28.5% inpatients
presenting with pain. There was no significant relation between opioid misuse and chronic
pain, but there were significant relationship between opioid misuse and the following five factors by
logistic regression analysis, respectively: 1. Previous opioid misuse by friends 2. Type of ccupation
3. Cigarette smoking 4. Neuro-psychiatric consultation 5. Death of spouse. There is high
prevalence of opioid misuse in-patients who complain of pain in Zahedan. It is recommended to
educate associated factors of opioid misuse to the society and to who are responsible to promote
health, and support high-risk groups.

Keywords

Opioid misuse

Predisposing factors

Pain

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