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A National Survey on Patient Provider Agreements When Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Many national guidelines recommend the use of patient provider agreements (PPAs) when prescribing opioids for chronic pain. There are no standards for PPA content, readability, or administration processes. OBJECTIVE:Conduct a national survey of providers who use PPAs to describe the process of administering them, assess views on their utility, and obtain PPAs to evaluate thematic content and readability. DESIGN:Cross-sectional electronic survey and request for PPAs. PARTICIPANTS:Registrants for the Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program between March 2013 and June 2017. MAIN MEASURES:Respondents' reports on how PPAs are administered and views on their usefulness. A sample of PPAs assessed for themes and readability. KEY RESULTS:Using a convenience sample of 62,530 SCOPE of Pain registrants, we obtained a cohort of 430 individuals from 43 states who use PPAs. The majority of respondents worked in primary care (64%) and pain (18%) specialties. Reviewing PPAs with patients was primarily done by prescribers (80%), and the average perceived time to administer PPAs was 13 min. Although 66% of respondents thought PPAs were "often" or "always" worth the effort, only 28% considered them "often" or "always" effective in reducing opioid misuse. The PPA reading burden surpassed recommended patient education standards, with only 2.5% at or below fifth-grade reading level. PPAs focused more on rules and consequences of patients' non-compliance than on a shared treatment plan. CONCLUSIONS:Most respondents perceive patient provider agreements (PPAs) as time-consuming and minimally effective in reducing opioid misuse yet still view them as valuable. PPAs are written far above recommended reading levels and serve primarily to convey consequences of non-compliance. Because PPAs are recommended by national safer opioid prescribing guidelines as a risk mitigation strategy, it would be beneficial to develop a standard PPA and study its effectiveness.

journal_name

J Gen Intern Med

journal_title

Journal of general internal medicine

authors

Laks J,Alford DP,Patel K,Jones M,Armstrong E,Waite K,Henault L,Paasche-Orlow MK

doi

10.1007/s11606-020-06364-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-01-08 00:00:00

eissn

0884-8734

issn

1525-1497

pii

10.1007/s11606-020-06364-2

pub_type

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A National Survey on Patient Provider Agreements When Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.