Development and field testing of primary care screening tools for harms of long-term opioid therapy continuation and tapering to discontinuation: a study protocol.

Christine TimkoKurt KroenkeAndrea NevedalMai Chee LorElizabeth OlivaKaren DrexlerFriedhelm SandbrinkKatherine Hoggatt

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Boards of Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, and the VA San Francisco Healthcare System, respectively. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed manuscripts and presentations at research conferences.

Keyphrases

primary care
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
chronic pain
pain management
aortic dissection
open label
decision making
drug administration