Patient and pharmacist perspectives on opioid misuse screening and brief interventions in community pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacy-based screening and brief interventions (SBI) offer opportunities to identify opioid misuse and opioid safety risks and provide brief interventions that do not overly burden pharmacists. Currently, such interventions are being developed without patient input and in-depth contextual data and insufficient translation into practice. The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore and compare patient and pharmacist perceptions and needs regarding a pharmacy-based opioid misuse SBI and to identify relevant SBI features and future implementation strategies.

Methods

Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 8 patients and 11 pharmacists, to explore needs and barriers to participating in a pha

SUBMITTER: Rao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003152 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature