Older adults’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about prescription opioids

IF 0.8 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Advances in Dual Diagnosis Pub Date : 2021-04-06 DOI:10.1108/ADD-12-2020-0030
Susan Glose, Tamatha E. Arms, Noell L. Rowan
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes surrounding prescription opioid medications of community living older adults in southeast North Carolina. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional, descriptive, anonymous survey design of participants aged 55 or over was used. Findings Study participants (N = 119) reported bias in their attitudes and beliefs about the use and misuse of prescription opioid medications. Multiple regression analyses revealed that gender, age, work, marital status and education level all had significant results in explaining variance in the statistical models. Even though study participants demonstrated high levels of education and understanding of the potential of addiction to opiates, there were a number of misconceptions about prescription pain medications revealed. Originality/value There is a dearth of studies looking at older adults’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about prescription pain medications. This urges the necessity of increased awareness via further research, presentations and creative discourse to assist in the understanding of precursors of addiction and ways to deal with pain that do not automatically depend on prescription opioid medicines. Implications include outreach to a larger and more diverse sample to address knowledge, beliefs and attitudes surrounding prescription opioid medications of community living older adults in southeast North Carolina and beyond.
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老年人对处方阿片类药物的知识、信念和态度
目的探讨北卡罗来纳州东南部社区生活老年人对处方阿片类药物的认知、信念和态度。设计/方法/方法采用横断面、描述性、匿名调查设计,参与者年龄在55岁或以上。研究参与者(N = 119)报告了他们对处方阿片类药物使用和滥用的态度和信念的偏见。多元回归分析显示,性别、年龄、工作、婚姻状况和受教育程度对统计模型方差的解释结果均显著。尽管研究参与者表现出较高的教育水平和对阿片类药物成瘾可能性的理解,但仍存在许多关于处方止痛药的误解。独创性/价值关于老年人对处方止痛药的知识、信念和态度的研究很少。这促使人们必须通过进一步的研究、演讲和创造性的论述来提高认识,以帮助了解成瘾的前体和不自动依赖于处方阿片类药物的疼痛处理方法。影响包括扩大到更大、更多样化的样本,以解决北卡罗来纳州东南部及其他地区社区生活老年人关于处方阿片类药物的知识、信仰和态度。
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