Technology-assisted opioid education for out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder.

Autor:	Toegel F; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences., Novak MD; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences., Rodewald AM; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences., Leoutsakos JM; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences., Silverman K; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences., Holtyn AF; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors [Psychol Addict Behav] 2022 Aug; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 555-564. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 29.
DOI:	10.1037/adb0000769
Abstrakt:	Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of a technology-assisted education program in teaching adults at a high risk of opioid overdose about opioids; opioid overdose; and opioid use disorder medications. Method: A within-subject, repeated-measures design was used to evaluate effects of the novel technology-assisted education program. Participants ( N = 40) were out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder, recruited in Baltimore, Maryland from May 2019 to January 2020. The education program was self-paced and contained three courses. Each course presented information and required answers to multiple-choice questions. The education program was evaluated using a 50-item test, delivered before and after participants completed each course. Tests were divided into three subtests that contained questions from each course. We measured accuracy on each subtest before and after completion of each course and used a mixed-effects model to analyze changes in accuracy across tests. Results: The technology-assisted education program required a median time of 91 min of activity to complete. Most participants completed the program in a single day. Accuracy on each subtest increased only after completion of the course that corresponded to that subtest, and learning comparisons were significant at the p < .001 level for all subtests. Accuracy on each subtest was unchanged before completion of the relevant course, and increases in accuracy were retained across subsequent tests. Learning occurred similarly independent of participant education, employment, and poverty. Conclusions: Technology-assisted education programs can provide at-risk adults with access to effective education on opioids, opioid overdose, and opioid use disorder medications. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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