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

Table 6

Participants’ priorities of training needs ().

	Top priority; %	One of the six priorities; %
Topics
Indications and uses of various opioids	17.7	43.1
Indications and uses of alternative medications to opioids	14.1	45.2
Evaluating and managing the risks of abuse, misuse, dependence, tolerance, and diversion	13.7	46.4
Evaluating and managing side effects	2.5	16.8
Patient evaluation and differential diagnoses of chronic pain syndromes	31.7	60.5
Monitoring patient pain (patient reevaluation, treatment plan adjustment, etc.)	8.7	40.9
Indications and uses of nonpharmacological approaches (psychotherapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc.)	5.0	24.3
Indications and methods for referring patients to a multidisciplinary pain clinic	6.2	23.4
Other	0.4	—
Special populations
Infants and toddlers	0.2	1.6
Preschoolers	0.46	1.0
School-age children	0.1	3.3
Adolescents	0.6	10.61
Pregnant women	2.0	9.5
CNCP patients with mental health disorders	30.3	9.5
Patients with a history of drug abuse	25.9	91.4
Seniors	40.5	90.1

Weighted proportions; 12 missing.