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For your non-cancer chronic pain patients, how often do you review my U.S. state’s prescription drug monitoring program database before starting opioid therapy?
Never Rarely Sometimes Most of the time Always
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Therapy and Rehabilitation
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Evaluation Report
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Results of Cognitive Testing of Physician Opioid Questions

Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design Evaluation and Research
10/18/2021
Cognitive Interview
4/2019
Report Keywords:
Opioids
DHCS
Citation: Massey, M. (2021). Results of Cognitive Testing of Physician Opioid Questions . National Center for Health Statistics - CCQDER. Hyattsville, MD https://wwwn.cdc.gov/QBank/Report.aspx?1218
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Abstract: This report summarizes the findings of a cognitive interview study conducted by the Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research (CCQDER) to test physician opioid questions for the Division of Healthcare Statistics (DHCS) at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The physician opioid questions were compiled and developed by the National Pain Strategy Workgroup1. Questions 1 and 2 are standard questions included on national physician surveys such as the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Electronic Health Records Survey which are both conducted by NCHS 2-3 . Questions 4 and 5 were developed directly by the National Pain Strategy Workgroup to gather specific screening information 4-7 The rest were developed by the National Pain Strategy Workgroup based on survey instruments, findings, and/or recommendations from previous studies 4-9 . The instrument is included as Appendix 1. The overall purpose of this project was to identify various patterns of interpretation that respondents consider