Helping to Optimise Pain control in the Elderly experiencing Analgesic Overprescribing, 2025-2026

Research plan
To understand who to help, we will analyse medical data from the CPRD, covering 18 million patients. We will investigate who is taking these medicines, for how long, and what health conditions they have. We will look for differences between groups of people, and we will look at which health services people use.
To understand how to help, we will interview 30 people who are taking these medicines, along with their family carers. We will also interview 10 healthcare professionals. This will help us to understand people's perception of how well these medicines work, how they feel about taking them, what else they do to manage their pain, and what they think about their wider healthcare.
Consent forms X3 (patient, carers, HCPs)
Patient Information Sheets X3 (patient, carers, HCPs)
Interview guides X3 (patient, carer, HCPs)