Cross-cultural Validation of a Screening Scale for the Misuse of Opioid Analgesics in Primary Care

Objective: Analgesic Opioids misuse among patients with chronic pain ranges from 0% to 50%. The general practitioner is the first prescriber of opioid analgesics Our objective was to validate in primary care the POMI (Prescription Opioid Misuse Index) to identify the misuse of AOs. Study Setting: Patients with chronic pain, taking AOs for at least 3 months, and followed in general practice. Study design: Psychometric study Data Collection/Extraction methods: Eligible patients followed in general practice responded to the POMI: Test phase. They then responded after 2 weeks: the retest. The gold standard used was the DSM-V.