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Table 5 Reported opioid availability by institution, total sample

From: A survey of cancer care institutions in Nepal to inform design of a pain management mobile application

 

Overall

Public General

Hospital

Public Cancer

Hospital

Private Cancer

Hospital

Hospice Nepal

100% (97)

31% (30)

31% (30)

31% (30)

7% (7)

% within column total (n)

Morphine formulations regularly availablea

 10 mg immediate release

94%(90)

100% (30)

80% (24)

100% (30)

100% (6)

 10 mg prolonged release

97%(93)

97% (29)

93% (28)

100% (30)

100% (6)

 30 mg prolonged release

95%(91)

97% (29)

87% (26)

100% (30)

100% (6)

 Morphine syrup

100%(96)

100% (30)

100% (30)

100% (30)

100% (6)

 Morphine injectable

95%(91)

93% (28)

90% (27)

100% (30)

100% (6)

 None of these are regularly available

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

 Unsure

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

Shortages within past 6 months

Morphine

 Yes

6% (6)

10% (3)

7% (2)

0%(0)

14% (1)

 No

91%(88)

87% (26)

87% (26)

100% (30)

86% (6)

 Unsure

3% (3)

3% (1)

7% (2)

0%(0)

0%(0)

Average duration of morphine shortage (Asked of those reporting morphine shortage)

 A few days

50% (7)

20% (1)

25% (1)

–

100% (5)

 A few weeks

7% (1)

20% (1)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 A few months

7% (1)

20% (1)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 More than a few months

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 Unsure how long lasted

36% (5)

40% (2)

75% (3)

–

0%(0)

Codeine

 Yes

5% (5)

7% (2)

7% (2)

0%(0)

14% (1)

 No

93%(89)

87% (26)

93% (28)

100% (29)

86% (6)

 Unsure

2% (2)

7% (2)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

Average duration of codeine shortage (Asked of those reporting codeine shortage)

 A few days

15% (2)

33% (2)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 A few weeks

8% (1)

0%(0)

50% (1)

–

0%(0)

 A few months

8% (1)

17% (1)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 More than a few months

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 Unsure how long lasted

69% (9)

50% (3)

50% (1)

–

100% (5)

Tramadol

 Yes

4% (4)

3% (1)

7% (2)

0%(0)

14% (1)

 No

95%(92)

93% (28)

93% (28)

100% (30)

86% (6)

 Unsure

1% (1)

3% (1)

0%(0)

0% (1)

0%(0)

Average duration of tramadol shortage (Asked of those reporting tramadol shortage)

 A few days

9% (1)

25% (1)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 A few weeks

9% (1)

0%(0)

50% (1)

–

0%(0)

 A few months

9% (1)

25% (1)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 More than a few months

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

–

0%(0)

 Unsure how long lasted

73% (8)

50% (2)

50% (1)

–

100% (5)

Fentanyl

 Yes

27% (26)

7%(2)

23%(7)

50%(15)

33%(2)

 No

47% (45)

53%(16)

40%(12)

47%(14)

50%(3)

 Unsure

26% (25)

40%(12)

37%(11)

3%(1)

17%(1)

Average duration of fentanyl shortage (Asked of those reporting fentanyl shortage)

 A few days

32% (13)

13%(1)

33%(4)

25%(4)

80%(4)

 A few weeks

7% (3)

0%(0)

8%(1)

6%(1)

20%(1)

 A few months

24% (10)

0%(0)

0%(0)

63%(10)

0%(0)

 More than a few months

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

 Unsure how long lasted

37% (15)

88%(7)

58%(7)

6%(1)

0%(0)

  1. a Respondents could select more than 1 response category. The column percentage is calculated based on the number of people who responded to the question; therefore, total percent can exceed 100. (n) = frequency of response for that item. Statistical significance was not tested on multiple response items
  2. “– “indicates there were no responses from this hospital on that question, while 0% means that 0% of respondents from this hospital chose this answer
  3. Bold numbers indicate the difference among hospitals on the question are statistically significant (α = 0.05)