Global Trends in Analgesic Opioid Use in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
In this large multinational study, wide global variation in the prevalence of analgesic opioid use in pregnancy was observed, yet patterns of use by sociodemographic and pregnancy characteristics were relatively consistent. Analgesic opioid use remained stable or downward trending over time in most, but not all, countries.
Authors
- Malcolm Bjørn Gillies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9038-8050)
- Sonia Hernández–Dı́az (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-7642)
- Shaleesa Ledlie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9928-7894)
- Miyuki Hsing‐Chun Hsieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7995-7408)
- Lianne Parkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-6176)
- Krista F. Huybrechts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-8430)
- Kenneth K. C. Man (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8645-1942)
- Brian T. Bateman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5950-8683)
- Edward Chia‐Cheng Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-7652)
- Ju‐Young Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-7525)
- Mika Gissler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-7525)
- Kari Furu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2245-0179)
- Alys Havard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-8804)
- Tara Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-1965)
- Sarah Donald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7189-3200)
- Jacqueline M. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-0488)
- Yongtai Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3303-7881)
- Adrienne Y L Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3011-8320)
- Johan Reutfors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-4262)
- Maarit K. Leinonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-4749)
- Erin A. Kelty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-2216)
- Bianca Varney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0611-6018)
- Carolyn E. Cesta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5759-9366)
- Ian Chi Kei Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8242-0014)
- Helga Zoëga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-9028)
- Jonathan Brett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-7495)
- C. Su
- Tong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9403-7167)
- Euiyoung Choi
- Ming Hua Cheng
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FI)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005418
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.98
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Australian Government
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- European Commission
- University of New South Wales
- Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government
- National Health Research Institutes
- Norges Forskningsråd
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Health and Welfare Data Science Center
- National Science and Technology Council
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Health and Medical Research Fund