短信干预以促进处方阿片类药物的安全储存和处置,以防止转移和滥用:随机对照试验的协议
Kathleen L Egan1, Melissa J Cox2, Donald W Helme3
1Department of Implementation Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|April 17, 2025
概括
短信提醒系统可以改善处方阿片类药物的安全存储和处置. 这项干预旨在通过在患者中推广更安全的药物治疗实践来减少滥用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
- "阿片类药物使用障碍"
背景情况:
- 处方阿片类药物的非医疗用途在美国是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 大多数滥用处方阿片类药物都是从家人或朋友那里获得的.
- 安全的储存和处置对于防止转移和滥用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估SMS短信提醒系统的可行性和有效性.
- 加强未使用的阿片类药物的安全储存和处置.
- 测试SMS提醒是否有助于在处理过程中的安全储存和处理后的处置.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项双臂随机对照试验 (RCT).
- 参与者 (18岁以上,最近处方阿片类药物) 收到SMS提醒或标准的教育材料.
- 主要结局:安全储存 (锁定与未锁定) 和未使用的药物的处置 (是与否).
主要成果:
- 招聘完成了484名参与者 (2024年4月至12月).
- 预计到2025年5月,对主要结果的数据分析将完成.
- 计划于2025年5月提交手稿.
结论:
- 研究结果将确定短信提醒是否可以改善阿片类药物储存和处置行为.
- 这种干预可能是可扩展的,可以整合到医疗保健系统中.
- 这种方法可以扩大旨在预防处方阿片类药物滥用的计划的范围.
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