Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers
BACKGROUND: Prolonged use of pentazocine in sickle cell disease (SCD) because of chronic pain may result in mental dependence (addiction) and/or physical dependence leading to withdrawal symptoms on suddenly stopping its use. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of pentazocine addictio...
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| author | Akinsegun Akinbami Ola Bola Ebele Uche Mulikat Badiru Olusola Olowoselu Aishatu Maude Suleiman Benjamin Augustine |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Prolonged use of pentazocine in sickle cell disease (SCD) because of chronic pain may result in mental dependence (addiction) and/or physical dependence leading to withdrawal symptoms on suddenly stopping its use. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of pentazocine addiction among SCD patients and health-care worker (HCW) perception on its use.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was an interviewer-administered, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study. The study involved clients attending the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital sickle cell clinic and the hospital HCWs. Consenting participants filled a World Health Organization structured questionnaire developed and extracted from ASSIST which is A - Alcohol, S - Smoking and S - Substance, I - Involvement, S - Screening, and T - Test. The HCWs were evaluated using a pretested, validated questionnaire.
RESULTS: A total of 350 participants were recruited consisting of 169 (48.3%) males and 181 (51.7%) females. ASSIST report showed 88% of them had low score of 0–3, 10% had moderate score of 4–26, while 2% (7 of 350) had high score of >27. A total of 61 HCWs were interviewed, and 18% and 8.2% of them believed 40%–60% and more than 60%, respectively, of the SCD patients were addictive to pentazocine.
CONCLUSION: While the issue of drug addiction should not be ignored, the appropriate treatment of SCD patients in Nigeria who are prevented from getting high-quality care should be appropriately addressed. The risk of addiction is overestimated among HCW. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b812653b10e46aa999f69570fdc99782022-12-21T19:25:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Applied Hematology1658-51272019-01-01103949810.4103/joah.joah_39_19Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workersAkinsegun AkinbamiOla BolaEbele UcheMulikat BadiruOlusola OlowoseluAishatu Maude SuleimanBenjamin AugustineBACKGROUND: Prolonged use of pentazocine in sickle cell disease (SCD) because of chronic pain may result in mental dependence (addiction) and/or physical dependence leading to withdrawal symptoms on suddenly stopping its use. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of pentazocine addiction among SCD patients and health-care worker (HCW) perception on its use. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was an interviewer-administered, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study. The study involved clients attending the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital sickle cell clinic and the hospital HCWs. Consenting participants filled a World Health Organization structured questionnaire developed and extracted from ASSIST which is A - Alcohol, S - Smoking and S - Substance, I - Involvement, S - Screening, and T - Test. The HCWs were evaluated using a pretested, validated questionnaire. RESULTS: A total of 350 participants were recruited consisting of 169 (48.3%) males and 181 (51.7%) females. ASSIST report showed 88% of them had low score of 0–3, 10% had moderate score of 4–26, while 2% (7 of 350) had high score of >27. A total of 61 HCWs were interviewed, and 18% and 8.2% of them believed 40%–60% and more than 60%, respectively, of the SCD patients were addictive to pentazocine. CONCLUSION: While the issue of drug addiction should not be ignored, the appropriate treatment of SCD patients in Nigeria who are prevented from getting high-quality care should be appropriately addressed. The risk of addiction is overestimated among HCW.http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2019;volume=10;issue=3;spage=94;epage=98;aulast=Akinbamihealth-care workers' perceptionpentazocine addictionsickle cell disease |
| spellingShingle | Akinsegun Akinbami Ola Bola Ebele Uche Mulikat Badiru Olusola Olowoselu Aishatu Maude Suleiman Benjamin Augustine Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers Journal of Applied Hematology health-care workers' perception pentazocine addiction sickle cell disease |
| title | Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers |
| title_full | Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers |
| title_fullStr | Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers |
| title_short | Pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health-care workers |
| title_sort | pentazocine addiction among sickle cell disease patients and perception of its use among health care workers |
| topic | health-care workers' perception pentazocine addiction sickle cell disease |
| url | http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2019;volume=10;issue=3;spage=94;epage=98;aulast=Akinbami |
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