Patient evaluation of a smartphone application for telehealth care of opioid use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with opioid use disorder (OUD) face barriers to entering and remaining in life-saving treatment (e.g., stigma, detrimental interactions with health care, and privacy concerns). Telehealth and related technology can reduce barriers to entering and staying in care. Patient feedback is critical to the development of these newer treatment approaches to ensure they are usable and do not inadvertently recreate treatment barriers.

Purpose

Evaluate the perceived usability of existing and planned features of a mobile application (app) that facilitates delivery of OUD treatment via telehealth.

Methods

People with current or prior experience with OUD treatment were eligible for the study. Participants (n = 31; 55% women) provided feedback on an interactive prot

SUBMITTER: Bosse JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462609 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature