Healthcare staff's perspectives on long-acting injectable buprenorphine treatment: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-acting injectable buprenorphine (LAIB) formulations are a novel treatment approach in opioid agonist treatment (OAT), which provide patients with a steady dose administered weekly or monthly and thus reduce the need for frequent clinic visits. Several studies have analyzed patient experiences of LAIB but the perspective of OAT staff is unknown. This study aimed to explore how healthcare staff working in OAT clinics in Sweden perceive and manage treatment with LAIB.

Methods

Individual qualitative interviews were conducted with OAT physicians (n = 10) in tandem with nine focus group sessions with OAT nurses and other staff categories (n = 41). The data was analyzed with thematic text analysis.

Results

Five central themes were identified in the data: (1)

SUBMITTER: Nordgren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10996245 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature