West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2023 Jun;37(2):148-156. doi: 10.1080/15360288.2023.2180701. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
More than 1 billion people live with chronic pain, including 100 million Americans, with a majority utilizing prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) pain medications. OTC medications are readily available and facilitate generally positive efficacy, yet misuse leads to a high number of medication-related problems, with acetaminophen alone accounting for more than 50,000 emergency department visits annually. The West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) high school student program and the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center collaborated to accomplish 2 objectives: to assess and compare knowledge and perceptions of OTC pain medications in the West Virginia community and to develop and provide educational interventions to high school students regarding knowledge and perceptions of OTC pain medications. Resulting student knowledge data illustrated a statistically significant improvement in knowledge. Community survey screening data resulted in 85% answering two-thirds of the knowledge questions incorrectly, with 12% (140 of 1174 participants) answering every single knowledge survey question incorrectly. These data strongly exhibit not only the incredible need for OTC pain medication community education but also that this study's educational methods were very effective at teaching high school students, with possible applicability to the entirety of society.
超过 10 亿人患有慢性疼痛，其中包括 1 亿美国人，他们大多使用处方和非处方（OTC）止痛药。OTC 药物易于获得，并具有普遍积极的疗效，但滥用会导致大量与药物相关的问题，仅对乙酰氨基酚每年就导致超过 5 万次急诊就诊。西弗吉尼亚健康科学技术学院（HSTA）高中生项目和西弗吉尼亚大学健康科学中心合作完成了 2 个目标：评估和比较西弗吉尼亚社区对 OTC 止痛药的知识和认知，并为高中生提供关于 OTC 止痛药的知识和认知的教育干预。学生知识数据表明，知识有统计学意义上的显著提高。社区调查筛选数据显示，85%的人答错了三分之二的知识问题，其中 12%（1174 名参与者中的 140 名）答错了每一个知识调查问题。这些数据不仅强烈表明 OTC 止痛药社区教育的巨大需求，还表明本研究的教育方法对教授高中生非常有效，可能适用于整个社会。
