Implementation interventions to promote healthcare professional uptake of evidence-based opioid deprescribing for adults with chronic non-cancer pain

OBJECTIVES: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the effects of implementation interventions aimed at improving the uptake of evidence-based opioid deprescribing by healthcare professionals for adults with chronic non-cancer pain, compared with no intervention. The secondary objectives are: To explore whether the effects vary by intervention type (e.g. audit and feedback), target (e.g. healthcare organisations), setting of implementation intervention (e.g. primary care) and duration of opioid use (e.g. < 12 months, ≥ 12 months). To summarise the availability and principal findings of eligible economic evaluations of the implementation interventions.