-
- Lynsey Teulings and Kathleen Broglio.
- Yale New Haven Health.
- Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2020 Feb 1; 24 (1): 11-14.
AbstractWith morbidity and mortality related to opioid use continuing to increase, clinicians need to better understand the risk for opioid misuse in patient populations. Screening for opioid misuse risk has not been routinely adopted as a standard practice in clinical settings. A pilot study was performed to determine the feasibility of screening for future opioid misuse risk using the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) in an ambulatory oncology clinic. Twelve patients in this sample scored in the moderate- to high-risk range for aberrant behavior, and 8 patients reported a personal history of substance abuse, indicating a need for opioid misuse risk screening in populations of patients with cancer. Because it is easy and quick to use, the ORT may be a feasible tool to incorporate into standard practice.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..