TY - JOUR
KW - Analgesics, Opioid/adverse effects
KW - Humans
KW - Intention
KW - Naloxone/therapeutic use
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/diagnosis/drug therapy/prevention & control
KW - Physicians, Primary Care
KW - Practice Patterns, Physicians'
AU - T. C. Melton
AU - N. E. Hagemeier
AU - F. G. Tudiver
AU - K. N. Foster
AU - J. Arnold
AU - B. Brooks
AU - A. Alamian
AU - R. P. Pack
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: Primary care physicians (PCPs) are positioned to mitigate opioid morbidity and mortality, but their engagement in primary, secondary, and tertiary opioid-related prevention behaviors is unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate Tennessee PCPs' engagement in and intention to engage in multiple opioid-related prevention behaviors. METHODS: A survey instrument was developed, pretested, and pilot tested with practicing PCPs. Thereafter, a census of eligible Tennessee PCPs was conducted using a modified, four-wave tailored design method approach. Three patient scenarios were employed to assess physician intention to engage in 10 primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention behaviors. Respondents were asked to report, given 10 similar scenarios, the number of times (0-10) they would engage in prevention behaviors. Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS version 25. RESULTS: A total of 296 usable responses were received. Physician intention to engage in prevention behaviors varied across the 10 behaviors studied. Physicians reported frequently communicating risks associated with prescription opioids to patients (8.9 ± 2.8 out of 10 patients), infrequently utilizing brief questionnaires to assess for risk of opioid misuse (1.7 ± 3.3 out of 10 patients), and screening for current opioid misuse (3.1 ± 4.3 out of 10 patients). Physicians reported seldomly co-prescribing naloxone for overdose reversal and frequently discharging from practice patients presenting with an opioid use disorder. CONCLUSIONS: This study noted strengths and opportunities to increase engagement in prevention behaviors. Understanding PCPs' engagement in opioid-related prevention behaviors is important to effectively target and implement morbidity and mortality reducing interventions.
AD - Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4517-8171.; Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.; Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.; College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.; School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.; College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
BT - Journal of opioid management
C5 - Education & Workforce; Measures; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 1
CY - United States
DO - 10.5055/jom.2022.0697
IS - 1
JF - Journal of opioid management
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Primary care physicians (PCPs) are positioned to mitigate opioid morbidity and mortality, but their engagement in primary, secondary, and tertiary opioid-related prevention behaviors is unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate Tennessee PCPs' engagement in and intention to engage in multiple opioid-related prevention behaviors. METHODS: A survey instrument was developed, pretested, and pilot tested with practicing PCPs. Thereafter, a census of eligible Tennessee PCPs was conducted using a modified, four-wave tailored design method approach. Three patient scenarios were employed to assess physician intention to engage in 10 primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention behaviors. Respondents were asked to report, given 10 similar scenarios, the number of times (0-10) they would engage in prevention behaviors. Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS version 25. RESULTS: A total of 296 usable responses were received. Physician intention to engage in prevention behaviors varied across the 10 behaviors studied. Physicians reported frequently communicating risks associated with prescription opioids to patients (8.9 ± 2.8 out of 10 patients), infrequently utilizing brief questionnaires to assess for risk of opioid misuse (1.7 ± 3.3 out of 10 patients), and screening for current opioid misuse (3.1 ± 4.3 out of 10 patients). Physicians reported seldomly co-prescribing naloxone for overdose reversal and frequently discharging from practice patients presenting with an opioid use disorder. CONCLUSIONS: This study noted strengths and opportunities to increase engagement in prevention behaviors. Understanding PCPs' engagement in opioid-related prevention behaviors is important to effectively target and implement morbidity and mortality reducing interventions.
PP - United States
PY - 2022
SN - 1551-7489; 1551-7489
SP - 75
EP - 83
EP - 
T1 - Primary care physicians' opioid-related prevention behaviors and intentions: A descriptive analysis
T2 - Journal of opioid management
TI - Primary care physicians' opioid-related prevention behaviors and intentions: A descriptive analysis
U1 - Education & Workforce; Measures; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 35238016
U3 - 10.5055/jom.2022.0697
VL - 18
VO - 1551-7489; 1551-7489
Y1 - 2022
Y2 - Jan-Feb
ER -