ニューファンドランドとラブラドールの処方薬使用率:遡及的なコホート研究
Cindy Whitten1, Alison Turner2, Kobe Roberts3
1Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfound-land and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-4706.
Journal of opioid management
|September 5, 2025
まとめ
ニューファンドランドとラブラドール (NL) は,カナダよりも処方オピオイドの使用率が低い.
科学分野:
- 薬理学と公衆衛生の研究
- 処方薬の使用の流行病学
背景:
- 処方されたオピオイドの使用を理解することは公衆衛生のイニシアチブにとって極めて重要です.
- 処方されたオピオイドの使用率はカナダの各州によって大きく異なります.
- オピオイドの処方に関するニューファンドランド・ラブラドール (NL) 特定のデータは限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- ニューファンドランド・アンド・ラブラドール (NL) の処方オピオイド使用率を5年間で定量化する.
- オピオイドを処方された患者の主要な人口統計的特徴を特定する.
- オピオイドの処方率とカナダの平均を比較する
主な方法:
- 人口ベースの薬局ネットワークデータを利用した遡及的なコホート研究.
- 含有基準: 2017年6月1日から2022年6月1日まで オピオイドを処方された患者
- 排除基準:不完全なデータ,非オピオイドの鎮痛剤,オピオイド使用障害の薬 (ブプレノルフィン,メタドン)
主要な成果:
- オピオイドの処方箋は2017年から2022年にかけて毎年,NLの人口の5.2%から11%の間で処方されています.
- 患者の平均年齢は55歳から58歳までで,女性の罹患率は高かった.
- 薬剤師と歯科医に次いで一般医が最も多く処方されました.
結論:
- ニューファンドランド・ラブラドール (NL) の処方オピオイド使用率は,カナダの全国平均と比較して低い.
- この研究は,NLにおけるオピオイド処方パターンの基礎的な洞察を提供します.
- この地域のオピオイドの使用と処方慣行を完全に理解し,対処するにはさらなる研究が必要です.
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