Comparison of the prevalence of opioid use among U.S. adults with cardiac conditions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Front Public Health
; 11: 1127636, 2023.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2286557
ABSTRACT
Limited data are available on the prevalence of prescription opioid use among patients with cardiac conditions who were exposed to increased risks of cardiac events including myocardial failure and cardiac arrest. According to the U.S. National Health Interview Survey, we evaluated the prevalence of opioid use in patients with cardiac conditions who reported prescription opioid use in the past 12 months and 3 months in 2019 and 2020, respectively, and further estimated the prevalence of opioid use for acute pain or chronic pain. We also analyzed the stratified prevalence by demographical characteristics. Our results showed that there was no statistically significant change in the prevalence of opioid use in the past 12 months (26.5% in 2019 vs. 25.7% in 2020) or the past 3 months (66.6% in 2019 vs. 62.5% in 2020) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there was a significant decline in the prevalence of opioid use for acute pain, from 64.2% (95% confidence interval [CI] 57.6% to 70.3%) in 2019 to 49.6% (95% CI 40.1% to 59.0%) in 2020 (P = 0.012), particularly in the subgroups of men, non-Hispanic white people, adults with education below high school, those with an income-to-poverty ratio ranging from 1.0 to 1.9, and those covered with health insurance. Our findings suggest that monitoring opioid use in the era of living with COVID-19 is important, which will help inform healthcare providers to develop care strategies to reduce health loss for vulnerable individuals.
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Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Acute Pain
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COVID-19
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Heart Diseases
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Opioid-Related Disorders
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Public Health
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fpubh.2023.1127636
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