Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to translate the COMM (Current opinion misuse measure) form and validate it using the ASI-SR (Addiction severity score-self report)in a Swedish population of pain patients treated with opioids. The secondary aim is to investigate acceptability of the instrument in a Swedish population of pain patients with long-term opioid treatment (LOT). The tertiary aim is to investigate the prevalence of alcohol and illicit substance use in a Swedish population of pain patients with LOT.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Intervention group: * Patients with long-term, non-cancer-related pain (\>3 months) at least 3 days a week * opioid treatment for at least 1 month during last 6 months * age 18-75 years * fluent in spoken and written Swedish. Control group: * Patients with long-term, non-cancer-related pain (\>3 months) at least 3 days a week * no opioid treatment at inclusion and during last 3 months * age 18-75 years * fluent in spoken and written Swedish Exclusion Criteria: * ongoing diseases or conditions that prevents the patient from completing to the study according to the doctor's assessment * serious cognitive disorder that makes answering the questions impossible. - - ongoing or treated cancer in the last 10 years * Insufficient knowledge of Swedish