Table 6.
Participants' priorities of training needs (N = 636).
| Top priority %∗ |
One of the six priorities %∗ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Topics§ | ||
| Indications and uses of various opioids | 17.7 | 43.1 |
| Indications and uses of alternative medications to opioids | 14.1 | 45.2 |
| Evaluating and managing the risks of abuse, misuse, dependence, tolerance, and diversion | 13.7 | 46.4 |
| Evaluating and managing side effects | 2.5 | 16.8 |
| Patient evaluation and differential diagnoses of chronic pain syndromes | 31.7 | 60.5 |
| Monitoring patient pain (patient reevaluation, treatment plan adjustment, etc.) | 8.7 | 40.9 |
| Indications and uses of nonpharmacological approaches (psychotherapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc.) | 5.0 | 24.3 |
| Indications and methods for referring patients to a multidisciplinary pain clinic | 6.2 | 23.4 |
| Other | 0.4 | — |
| Special populations§ | ||
| Infants and toddlers | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Preschoolers | 0.46 | 1.0 |
| School-age children | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Adolescents | 0.6 | 10.61 |
| Pregnant women | 2.0 | 9.5 |
| CNCP patients with mental health disorders | 30.3 | 9.5 |
| Patients with a history of drug abuse | 25.9 | 91.4 |
| Seniors | 40.5 | 90.1 |
∗Weighted proportions; §12 missing.