Doctor recommendations are related to patient interest and use of behavioral treatment for chronic pain and addiction

Authors

Lisa M. McAndrew, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Alexandria Brunkow, University at Albany, State University of New York
Margeaux Cannon, University at Albany, State University of New York
Fiona S. Graff
Jessica L. Martin
Leslie R.M. Hausmann

Author ORCID Identifier

Lisa McAndrew: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1350-8773

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

DOI

10.1016/j.jpain.2019.12.008

Abstract

The opioid crisis has highlighted the importance of improving patients’ access to behavioral treatments for chronic pain and addiction. What is not known is if patients are interested in receiving these treatments. In this cross-sectional study, over 1000 participants with chronic pain were surveyed using an anonymous online questionnaire on Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mturk) to investigate participants’ use of and interest in pharmacological and behavioral treatments for chronic pain and addiction. Participants also indicated whether their doctor had recommended these treatments. The majority of participants reported using medication for their pain (83.19%) and that their doctor recommended medication (85.05%), whereas fewer participants reported using (67.45%) and being recommended to (62.82%) behavioral treatments. We found 63.67% of participants screened positive for possible opioid misuse; those who screened positive were more interested in receiving behavioral treatments than those who did not screen positive. Participants who received treatment recommendations were more likely to be interested in receiving those treatments as compared to participants who did not. The results suggest that recommendations for behavioral treatments and interest in those treatments are related. Results also suggest that patients endorsing behaviors consistent with opioid misuse are interested in behavioral treatments.

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Publisher Acknowledgment:

This is the author's Accepted Manuscript. The version of record can be found here: Brunkow, A., Cannon, M., Graff, F.S., Martin, J.L., Hausmann, L.R.M., & McAndrew, L.M.* (2020). Doctor recommendations are related to patient interest and use of behavioral treatment for chronic pain and addiction. Journal of Pain. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.12.008

Recommended Citation

McAndrew, Lisa M.; Brunkow, Alexandria; Cannon, Margeaux; Graff, Fiona S.; Martin, Jessica L.; and Hausmann, Leslie R.M., "Doctor recommendations are related to patient interest and use of behavioral treatment for chronic pain and addiction" (2020). Educational & Counseling Psychology Faculty Scholarship. 19.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/edpsych_fac_scholar/19