Effectiveness of direct patient outreach with a narrative naloxone and overdose prevention video to patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy in the USA: the Naloxone Navigator randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Public health efforts to reduce opioid overdose fatalities include educating people at risk and expanding access to naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid-induced respiratory depression. People receiving long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) are at increased risk for overdose, yet naloxone uptake in this population remains low. The objective of this study was to determine if a targeted, digital health intervention changed patient risk behavior, increased naloxone uptake, and increased knowledge about opioid overdose prevention and naloxone.

Methods

We conducted a pragmatic randomized clinical trial among patients prescribed LTOT in a health care delivery system in Colorado. Participants were randomly assigned to receive an animated overdose prevention and naloxon

SUBMITTER: Glanz JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11485839 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature