The Attitudes and Beliefs of Hispanic/Latino Individuals Toward Prescription Opioids and Non-Medical Opioid Use

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Opioids

Treatments: Other: Beliefs survey; Other: Opioid Attitudes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05529082

NCI-2022-06839 (Other Identifier)

2022-0543

Details and patient eligibility

About

To better understand how people think and feel about prescribed pain medication, including opioids.

Full description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary Objectives:

1. To examine the general attitudes and beliefs of Hispanic/Latino individuals about the use of prescription opioids. The primary outcomes include the responses to questions 13-28 from the Opioid Attitudes and Beliefs survey.

Secondary

1. To evaluate Hispanic/Latino individuals' reports of personal experiences with the use of opioids. The corresponding outcomes are the responses to questions 1-12 from the Opioid Attitudes and Beliefs survey.
2. To find out any potential reasons why some Hispanic/Latino individuals may refuse to use clinically indicated opioid prescriptions. These outcomes are the responses to questions 14-15 from the Opioid Attitudes and Beliefs survey.
3. To explore factors associated with participant's comfort with the use opioid analgesics for their pain. The outcome will be the association between participants' responses to question 2 and their characteristics such as age, gender, race, level of education, extent of acculturation, knowledge of opioids, or previous opioid use.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 18 years or older.
2. Ability to understand, read, write, or speak English and/or Spanish.
3. Ability to give informed consent.
4. Willingness to participate in the survey.

Exclusion criteria

1. Refusal to participate in the study

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

Opioid Attitudes and Beliefs survey

Description:

Participants will complete a questionnaire about your feelings/beliefs on prescription pain medication and your experience with opioids/pain medication. Demographic information about you (such as your age, gender, race, ethnicity, and so on) will also be collected.

Treatment:

Other: Opioid Attitudes

Other: Beliefs survey