title: Prevalence of abuse and dependency in chronic pain patients.
abstract: A series of 414 chronic pain patients referred to Are Hospital, Are, Sweden, for evaluation and rehabilitation were administered a structured diagnostic interview to detect alcohol and drug misuse and dependence according to DSM-III-R criteria. A total of 97 (23.4%) met criteria for active alcohol, analgesic, or sedative misuse or dependency; an additional 39 (9.4%) met criteria for a remission diagnosis. Current dependency was most common for analgesics (12.6%) followed by alcohol (9.7%) and sedatives (7.0%).
authors.affiliation: CATOR/New Standards, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olofsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wickstrom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000700:Analgesics; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives