Face validity of the ICD-10 criteria of substance abuse and dependence for patients prescribed cannabis-based medicines for chronic pain-A survey of pain medicine physicians in Canada, Germany and Israel.

Sören LauffFrank PetzkeSilviu BrillLeonie SchoutenMary-Ann FitzcharlesJohn X PereiraWinfried Häuser

Published in: European journal of pain (London, England) (2023)

Sixty-nine per cent of 178 pain medicine physicians in Canada, Germany and Israel who participated in a survey on the appropriateness of the ICD-10 criteria for cannabis abuse and dependence for patients prescribed cannabis-derived products for chronic pain assessed the criteria as appropriate, whereas 20.6% deemed the criteria as not appropriate.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
end stage renal disease
pain management
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
prognostic factors
neuropathic pain
patient reported outcomes
spinal cord