Mobile telephone contingency management to encourage adherence to supervised medication among individuals most at risk of non-adherence to opioid agonist treatment: a study protocol for a feasibility study (TIES2).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supervision of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) ensures that individuals take their correct daily dose to minimise withdrawal and craving, safeguard against diversion and overdose, and receive optimal benefit from OAT. There is an urgent need to develop effective interventions to increase medication adherence and technological solutions to streamline communication between pharmacies and prescribers. The authors have developed technology to deliver contingency management (CM) remotely by mobile telephone (mCM) and alert prescribers of missed doses. In a previous feasibility study, the authors found mCM was feasible to deliver and acceptable to patients, prescribers, and pharmacists but encountered difficulty recruiting patients starting methadone treatment. Since COVID-19,

SUBMITTER: Metrebian N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11931786 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature