Addressing the opioid epidemic through community pharmacy engagement: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the authority to dispense naloxone, pharmacists have been reluctant to offer and dispense it, often due to discomfort communicating about the sensitive topic of opioid overdose. Because existing online naloxone trainings do not sufficiently address how to communicate effectively with patients about naloxone, Nalox-Comm, a training module designed to improve pharmacists' self-efficacy to engage in naloxone discussions, was developed.

Objective

To describe the study protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nalox-Comm training module on naloxone dispensing rates.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial, which began in July 2021, is used to evaluate the pre-post Nalox-Comm training intervention. Sixty pharmacists are being recruited from 62 pharmacie

SUBMITTER: Gamble A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731677 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature