Patient experience of opioid use disorder treatment medications: a systematic review of contemporary qualitative research.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Opioid agonist, partial agonist and antagonist medications are used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD). This was the first omnibus narrative systematic review of the contemporary qualitative literature on patient experiences of receiving these medications.

Design

Narrative systematic review using the sample, phenomenon of interest, design, evaluation and research framework.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase and APA PsycINFO were searched between 1 January 2000 and 14 June 2023, with the addition of hand searches.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Qualitative and mixed methods studies among adults with experience of receiving OUD treatment medication in community and criminal justice settings.

Data extraction and synthesis

One reviewer condu

SUBMITTER: Lowry N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624762 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature