Prescription Drug Abuse: A Comparison of Prescriber and Pharmacist Perspectives. (6th June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hagemeier, Nicholas E.; Gray, Jeffrey A.; Pack, Robert P.
• Is Part Of: Substance use & misuse. Volume 48:Number 9(2013)
• Page Start: 783
• Page End: 790
• Publication Date: 2013-06-06
• Subjects: Narcotic habit -- Periodicals; Alcoholism -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Behavior, Addictive -- Periodicals; Sustance-Related Disorders -- Periodicals; 362.2905
• DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.787101
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1082-6084

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This study compared perceptions of prescribers and pharmacists (<italic>N</italic> = 89) regarding multiple aspects of prescription drug abuse. Questionnaires were developed to assess perceptions regarding the prevalence of prescription drug abuse, self-perceived communication competence, and additional communication and prescription drug abuse domains. Pharmacists perceived a larger percentage of patients (41%) to be abusing opioid pain relievers as compared with their prescriber colleagues (17%). Both prescribers and pharmacists indicated improvements in prescriber–pharmacist communication would serve to deter prescription drug abuse. Self-efficacy beliefs for detecting and discussing prescription drug abuse with patients were low for both cohorts. Implications and limitations are noted.</p> <p>Year of data collection: 2012</p> <p>Setting: Rural Appalachia</p> <p>Data Collection Instruments: Prescriber- and pharmacist-specific survey instruments</p> <p>Data Analysis Techniques: Independent samples t-test; Mann-Whitney U test</p> </abstract>