Prevalence of opioid use in adults with spinal cord injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Samantha J Borg Cate M Cameron Karen Luetsch Adam Rolley Timothy J Geraghty Steven M McPhail Victoria McCreanor

Published in: The journal of spinal cord medicine (2024)

Results should be interpreted with caution based on the high heterogeneity and imprecise pooled prevalence of opioids. Contextual details including pain, cohort-specific injury characteristics and opioid dosage were inconsistently reported, indicating a clear need for additional studies in a population at greater risk of experiencing opioid-related adverse effects.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
risk factors
single cell
clinical trial
spinal cord injury