Re: Does Prescription Opioid Misuse Affect the Level of Health Care Satisfaction Endorsed by Patients on Opioid Therapy?

[摘要] To the Editor: I commend Dr. Jerant and colleagues1 on their article entitled “Satisfaction with Health Care among Prescription Opioid Recipients.” In the said article, the authors rightfully noted that 2 potential explanations for the findings could be the long duration of opioid use with≥6 opioid prescriptions and the pharmacological euphoric effects of opioids. Moreover, insofar as trust indicates patients’ satisfaction,2,3 the authors’ findings seem to be supported by Sherman and colleagues,4 who also noted that patients on chronic opioid therapy trust their health care providers, whereas patients who were worried that their prescription opioids would be reduced in an opioid reduction initiative were less likely to trust their health care providers. However, there is an issue regarding confounders that I would like to be clarified.

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