Assessing the effectiveness of a narrative-based patient education video for promoting opioid tapering.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare effectiveness of a narrative-based educational video versus an informational pamphlet for increasing patients' self-efficacy and intention to taper their opioid use.

Methods

Five thousand participants recruited from MTurk were screened to identify eligible patients. Eligible participants (n = 365, 49.9 % female, mean age = 37 years) were randomized to either watch the narrative video or read the pamphlet. Linear regression models were used for the main analysis.

Results

Participants' perceptions of tapering effectiveness were higher in the video group (mean = 4.06) than the pamphlet group (mean = 3.67), adjusted mean difference = 0.34, 95 %CI 0.13 - 0.54,P < 0.001. Participants' perceptions of tapering self-efficacy were also higher in the video g

SUBMITTER: Feng B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855718 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature