Opioid Risk Tool – OUD (ORT-OUD)

This tool should be administered to patients upon an initial visit prior to beginning or continuing opioid therapy for pain management. A score of 2 or lower indicates low risk for future opioid use disorder; a score of >/= 3 indicates high risk for opioid use disorder.

Mark each box that appliesYesNo
Family history of substance abuse
Alcohol10
Illegal drugs10
Rx drugs10
Personal history of substance abuse
Alcohol10
Illegal drugs10
Rx drugs10
Age between 16-45 years10
Psychological disease
ADD, OCD, bipolar, schizophrenia10
Depression10
Scoring totals  

Cheatle M, Compton P, Dhingra L, Wasser T, O’Brien. Development of the Revised Opioid Risk Tool to Predict Opioid Use Disorder in Patients with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain. Journal of Pain. 20 (7): 842-851, 2019.

Funded by NIH/NIDA grant R01 DA032776