Chronic pain and opioid misuse: a review of reviews

Table 3 Instruments to predict or identify problematic opioid use in individuals with chronic pain

• Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM)^ab
• Opioid Risk Tool (ORT)^a
• Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain (SOAPP) or Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain—Revised (SOAPP-R)^a
• Prescription Drug Use Questionnaire (PDUQ) or Prescription Drug Use Questionnaire—Patient Version (PDUQ-p)^b
• Pain Medication Questionnaire (PMQ) or Modified Pain Medication Questionnaire (mPMQ)^b
• Addiction Behaviors Checklist (ABC)^a
• Prescription Opioid Misuse Index (POMI)^b
• Pain Assessment and Documentation Tool (PADT)^b
• Prescribed Opioid Difficulties Scale (PODS)^b
• Physician Opioid Therapy Questionnaire (POTQ)^a
• Other instruments to assess substance use not specific to opioids (e.g., DSM-IV, CAGE Questionnaire, Addiction Severity Index, Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Screening Instrument for Substance Abuse Potential)

^aDenotes instruments often used to predict risk of problematic opioid use prior to initiating opioid therapy
^bDenotes instruments often used to identify current problematic opioid use during ongoing management of opioid therapy

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