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Older adults’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about prescription opioids

Older adults’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about prescription opioids 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/approachA cross-sectional, descriptive, anonymous survey design of participants aged 55 or over was used.FindingsStudy 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/valueThere 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advances in Dual Diagnosis Emerald Publishing

Older adults’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about prescription opioids

Glose, Susan; Arms, Tamatha; Rowan, Noell
Advances in Dual Diagnosis , Volume 14 (2): 11 – Jul 22, 2021
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Abstract

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/approachA cross-sectional, descriptive, anonymous survey design of participants aged 55 or over was used.FindingsStudy 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/valueThere 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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Advances in Dual Diagnosis – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 22, 2021

Keywords: Attitudes; Knowledge; Beliefs; Older adults; Prescription opioids

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