Informing the Development of a Standardized Clinical Definition of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Protocol for a Modified-Delphi Expert Panel.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a postnatal withdrawal syndrome that most commonly results from prenatal opioid exposure. Every 15 minutes, an infant is born in the United States with signs of NAS. The field lacks a standardized clinical definition of NAS, complicating discussions on programmatic and policy development to support opioid-exposed mothers and infants.

Objective

The goal of this paper is to describe a protocol for a systematic expert panel process to inform the development of a clinical definition of NAS.

Methods

We will conduct two three-round online modified-Delphi panels using the ExpertLens system and will follow the recommendations for Conducting and REporting of DElphi Studies (CREDES). One panel will focus on developing key compone

SUBMITTER: Khodyakov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature