A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce stigma toward people with opioid use disorder among primary care clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many primary care clinicians (PCCs) hold stigma toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD), which may be a barrier to care. Few interventions exist to address PCC stigma toward people with OUD. This study examined whether an online training incorporating patient narratives reduced PCCs' stigma toward people with OUD (primary) and increased intentions to treat people with OUD compared to an attention-control training (secondary).

Methods

PCCs from 15 primary care clinics were invited to complete a 30 min online training for an electronic health record-embedded clinical decision support (CDS) tool that alerts PCCs to screen, diagnose, and treat people with OUD. PCCs were randomized to receive a stigma-reduction version of the training with patient narrative videos

SUBMITTER: Hooker SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922036 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature