Study of Medication Compliance - a Comparison of Patients in Pain Management and Pre-surgical Patients

Ruhr University of Bochum

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01625065

Medi-3889-10

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study medication compliance regarding current drug use is investigated using toxicological analyzes in two patient groups: patients from a pain management department and pre-surgical control patients. The aim is to explore the incidence of concealed and feigned substances and to determine the respective substance classes. Expecting that noncompliance is higher in the pain patient group, the investigators want to identify clinical risk factors for noncompliant drug report.

Enrollment: 343 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• provided informed consent
• current pain

Exclusion criteria

• no taking of blood sample possible
• no consent with toxicological analyzes
• insufficient comprehension of the German language

Trial design

343 participants in 2 patient groups

pain patients

Description:

patients from a specific pain management department, patients with long duration of pain, mostly insufficiently treated pain

pre-surgical patients

Description:

patients from a surgical outpatient department with current pain