Opioids, Benzodiazepines and Z-Drugs: Alberta Physicians' Attitudes and Opinions upon Receipt of their Personalized Prescribing Profile

2018 
ABSTRACT Opioid prescriptions have been monitored by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) since 1986, and benzodiazepine prescriptions since 2015. Recently the CPSA developed the “MD Snapshot-Prescribing Profile,” a feedback intervention consisting of a personalized report for physicians to see how many opioids and/or benzodiazepines they have prescribed to their patients. The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes and opinions of physicians in Alberta who received their prescribing profile from the CPSA in December 2016. Following mail-out of the prescribing profile, an online survey was emailed to recipients (n=8,213). The mixed survey asked five closed-ended questions, and an open-ended question asking for comments. Results from the closed-ended questions were compiled via Survey Monkey and responses to the open-ended question were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis method. Total survey response rate was 27% (n=2,148). More than half of physician-respondents ind...
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