Patient-centered approach to evaluating the role of medical cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain.
Chronic pain negatively impacts quality of life and remains largely undertreated. Significant safety and efficacy concerns exist with common treatment options. Medical cannabis (MC) is a non-opioid alternative for chronic pain. Lack of consistent research has limited the incorporation of MC into sta...
| Publicado en: | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice Vol. 60 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Churchill Livingstone, Inc.
Aug2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=186495299&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 186495299 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17443881 1VOQ jtl: Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice issn: 17443881 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 60 pid: 1242 pub: Churchill Livingstone, Inc. artinfo: ui: 186495299 186495299 186495299 10.1016/j.ctcp.2025.101996 186495299 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Patient-centered approach to evaluating the role of medical cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain. aug: au: Liang, Connie Basappa, Sapna Tucker, Shannon Pincus, Kathleen J. affil: New York City Health and Hospitals, New York, USA sug: subj: Patient Centered Care Medical Marijuana Therapeutic Use Chronic Pain Drug Therapy Patient Attitudes Evaluation Consumer Attitudes Evaluation Health Beliefs Community Health Services Human Qualitative Studies Descriptive Research Focus Groups Semi-Structured Interview Questionnaires Audiorecording Coding Data Analysis Software Thematic Analysis Patient Safety Health Care Costs Physician-Patient Relations Government Drug Efficacy Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Medical Marijuana Administration and Dosage Stigma Professional Knowledge ab: Chronic pain negatively impacts quality of life and remains largely undertreated. Significant safety and efficacy concerns exist with common treatment options. Medical cannabis (MC) is a non-opioid alternative for chronic pain. Lack of consistent research has limited the incorporation of MC into standards of care for pain management. Patient engagement in informing additional research is needed to ensure patients, providers and policy makers can make informed decisions on MC use. This study aims to describe patients' and community members' experiences, perspectives, beliefs, and concerns regarding utilizing MC to manage chronic pain and develop patient-centered research questions. This is a qualitative, descriptive, focus-group study of participants with chronic pain who had used MC, with chronic pain who had not used MC, and without chronic pain regardless of use of MC for other conditions utilizing an investigator-developed semi-structured facilitator questionnaire. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and coded using NVivo 12 software. Thematic analysis using open and pattern coding was used to analyze responses. Twenty-eight individuals participated in this study. Key emerging themes included efficacy, safety, stigma, cost, convenience, government and legal considerations, and interactions with healthcare providers. Themes were similar among groups, but emphasis varied. A list of research questions was derived from identified themes. Those choosing to use or not to use MC for treatment of their chronic pain continue to have unanswered questions about the efficacy, formulation and dosing selection, safety, cost, convenience, stigma and knowledge of their healthcare providers. • Medical cannabis (MC) is a treatment option for chronic pain, but more research is needed to establish role in therapy. • This study engaged patients and community members to identify potential research questions on the use of MC in chronic pain. • Most participants thought MC may be effective, but had questions about safety, dosing and access. • Participants voiced concerns about stigma from employers, friends and family members, and healthcare providers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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