KMID : 0363120200330030234
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Korean Journal of Pain 2020 Volume.33 No. 3 p.234 ~ p.244
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Patients¡¯ perception about opioids and addiction in South Korea
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Kim Cho-Long
Hong Sung-Jun Lim Yun-Hee Jeong Jae-Hun Moon Ho-Sik Choi Hey-Ran Park Sun-Kyung Kim Jung-Eun You Hak-Jong Kim Jae-Hun
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Abstract
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Background: Chronic pain affects approximately 22% of the world¡¯s population. Opioids can be useful in chronic pain management. However, some patients have negative perception of opioids. The purpose of this research was to evaluate patients¡¯ perception about opioids and investigate problems associated with prescribing and taking opioids in South Korea.
Methods: Patients who visited a pain clinic in 14 university hospitals of South Korea from September through October 2018 were asked to complete anonymous questionnaires about taking opioids.
Results: Of the 368 patients that were surveyed (female 53.3%, male 46.7%), 56.8% were prescribed opioids. In the opioid group, 92.8% patients had heard of opioids from their doctor and 72.6% of them had a positive perception about opioids. The side effects associated with opioid use were constipation (35.4%), dizziness (24.6%), nausea and vomiting (17.4%), dysuria (6.2%), and addiction (2.0%). In the no opioid group, the primary sources of information about opioids were doctors (49.2%), mass media (30.8%), and the internet (16.2%). The main reasons why 39.0% patients did not take opioids were fear of addiction (57.7%) and side effects (38.5%). There were 71.5% and 60.9% patients in the opioid and no opioid group, respectively, who wished to take opioids when their numeric rating scale pain score was ¡Ã 7.
Conclusions: Perception of opioids among patients who take them was either neutral or positive. However, 39.0% patients who have not been prescribed opioids did not want an opioid prescription, citing fear of addiction and side effects as the primary reasons.
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KEYWORD
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Analgesics, Opioid, Behavior, Addictive, Chronic Pain, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Opioid-Related Disorders, Outpatients, Pain Management, Physicians, Surveys and Questionnaires
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