Patients' and Clinicians' Experiences with In-person, Video, and Phone Modalities for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic condition that requires regular visits and care continuity. Telehealth implementation has created multiple visit modalities for OUD care. There is limited knowledge of patients' and clinicians' perceptions and experiences related to multi-modality care and when different modalities might be best employed.

Objective

To identify patients' and clinicians' experiences with multiple visit modalities for OUD treatment in primary care.

Design

Comparative case study, using video- and telephone-based semi-structured interviews.

Participants

Patients being treated for OUD (n = 19) and clinicians who provided OUD care (n = 15) from two primary care clinics within the same healthcare system.

Approach

Using an inducti

SUBMITTER: Wyte-Lake T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11347548 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature