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assessment tools
Risk of behaviour suggestive
Protocol
of opioid abuse: a
protocol for a systematic review of validated
► Prepublication history
for this paper is available online. To
view these files, please visit the
journal online (http:// dx. doi. org/
10. 1136/ bmjopen- 2018- 021948).
method to form the research question, determine the title and Data extraction will involve the use of a chart specif-
choose the keywords. The PubMed, Web of Science, ically designed for the proposed study to organise the
Cochrane, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and following data: 1. Information and general characteristics:
Allied Health Literature databases will be searched, and theauthors, year
‘snowball’ strategy will also be employed. of publication, country and sample characteristics. 2.
The following keywords indexed in the MeSH terms Description of assessment tool: acronym of the mea- sure,
domains, number of items, scores and applica- tion format.
and combinations will be used: ‘sickle cell disease’, ‘opioid’,
The data will be subsequently tabulated in a databank created
‘validation studies’, ‘opioid related disorders’, ‘chronic pain’
exclusively for the proposed study.
and ‘instrument’. The term ‘sickle cell disease’ was included
manual can be obtained in the article or site) (2 points); no, but Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife,
Pernambuco,
the operation can be performed simply based on the description in
Brazil 2Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Federal
the article (1 point); no available instructions for use (0 point).
University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife,
Pernambuco, Brazil
data synthesis The systematic review report will be drafted in
3
Polytechnic School of Pernambuco, University of Pernambuco,
accordance with the PRISMA recommendations,11 and the
certainty of the evidence will be analysed using the Grading of UPE, Recife, Pernambuco,
Brazil 4Neuropsychiatry and
Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evalua- tion.19 Behavioral Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE,
For the proposed review, assessment tools with the following
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil 5Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral
qualities will be considered adequate:
► Those with a score of 10 or more points on the Clin- Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife,
ical Usefulness Evaluation Scale proposed by Tyson and Pernambuco, Brazil 6Nursing in Public Health, Federal
Brown.18
University of Paraiba, UFPB, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
EthICs And dIssEMInAtIOn The general aim of the
Contributors All authors made substantial contributions to the
review is to provide a discussion on the strong points
conception and design of the study and participated in the
and limitations of different assessment tools used for drafting of the submission request. SRG, TdPSdS and SCV
measuring the risk of behaviour suggestive of opioid conceived of the study, developed the criteria, performed the
abuse through an analysis of the general charac- literature search and selection of the studies, and wrote the
teristics, psychometric properties and clinical usefulness present systematic review protocol study. MHdNM, CEdSLR
and MDdCL served as advisers throughout all phases of this
of the measures, as well as the methodological quality of
systematic review protocol study and performed a critical
the studies included in the review. This is expected to revision of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the
assist health professionals in determining what measures final version.
are more appropriate based on the characteristics of their
Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding
patients, as well as assist in decision-making processesagency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
and determining the most adequate care management for
Competing interests
patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The use of valid None declared.
and reliable instruments is fundamental to the reliability
Patient consent Not required.
of the evidence produced on a health phenomenon.20
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer
In conclusion, the proposed systematic review
reviewed.
will provide relevant clinical evidence on the assessment
► Those with a methodology considered ‘good’
tools designed for measuring the risk of behaviour
or ‘excellent’ based on the COSMIN
suggestive of opioid abuse that health professionals can
checklist.13–16
use in the clinical management of patients with chronic
Open access This is an open access article distributed in
non-cancer pain. accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non
The report on the methods for the systematic Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which