• Am J Health Behav · Sep 2006

    Comparative Study

    Aberrant drug-taking behaviors and headache: patient versus physician report.

    • Michael F Weaver, Dale S Bond, Brent L Arnold, Elizabeth Waterhouse, and Alan Towne.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. mfweaver@vcu.edu
    • Am J Health Behav. 2006 Sep 1; 30 (5): 475-82.

    ObjectiveTo explore prevalence of aberrant medication-taking behaviors (AMTB) among headache patients and treating physician's awareness of such behaviors.MethodsFifty patientphysician dyads were surveyed on patients' AMTB.ResultsThe most frequently endorsed behaviors by patients and physicians, respectively, were going to the ER for pain medication (n = 19) and continuing to take pain medication despite minimal relief (n = 23). For the majority of AMTB, phi coefficients indicating level of patient-physician agreement were equal to chance.ConclusionsHeadache patients perform a wide range of AMTB. Low rates of patient-physician agreement indicate that physicians possess limited knowledge of patients' AMTB.

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