Opioid Prescribing Practices and Training Needs of Québec Family Physicians for Chronic Noncancer Pain

Table 2

Clinical practice profile of survey participants ().

	Number	%
Number of years in clinical practice
≤4 years	97	13.85
5–9 years	73	11.3
10–14 years	44	7.4
15–19 years	62	11.04
20–24 years	71	11.3
≥25 years	288	45.2
Current location of clinical practice
Hospital	278	43.7
Emergency department	95	14.9
Outpatient clinic	50	7.97
Inpatient clinic	213	33.4
Local community service centre (CLSC)	154	23.8
Residential and long-term care centre (CHSLD)	105	16.5
Family medicine group (FMG)	328	51.5
Private clinic	223	35.7
Group	164	26.2
Solo	60	9.7
Clinical teaching
Yes	347	54.8
No	282	45.2
Number of patients per week
≤49	211	33.1
50–99	320	50.5
100–149	93	14.8
≥150	10	1.5
Has full exemption to prescribe methadone
Yes, for pain	65	10.34
Yes, for substitution treatment	24	3.63
Yes, for both pain and substitution treatment	32	5.25
No	515	80.77

Weighted proportions; 1 missing; 7 missing; 2 missing.