Increasing Patient Knowledge of the Signs of Opioid Overdose and Naloxone in a Suburban Treatment Program

NCT ID: NCT02120612

Last Updated: 2020-07-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2020-07-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that an educational intervention has on patient knowledge of the signs of opioid overdose and appropriate use of naloxone in a suburban outpatient treatment program.

Detailed Description

The outpatient Addiction Services program at Linden Oaks will begin implementing an educational program on the signs of opioid overdose and naloxone for all patients who have a diagnosis of opiate dependence in the investigators suburban treatment program. Subjects will be recruited from that population and administered a new, empirically validated scale (i.e. the Opiate Overdose Knowledge Scale; OOKS) both pre- and post-intervention to measure the effect that the educational program has on patient knowledge.

Patients will also be surveyed (i.e. History Survey) about their experiences over the previous 12-months (e.g. exposure to opiate overdoses, access/use of naloxone) prior to treatment; and, this History Survey will then be re-administered by phone, 1-3 months after discharge. The aim is to measure whether education influences patient behavior. Finally, all subjects will be administered an empirically-validated measure to assess subject shame and guilt (i.e. Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale; GASP), and response patterns in their behavior, to evaluate whether shame and guilt predict behavior at follow-up. The investigators will compare to data (i.e. OOKS, GASP, and History Survey) from a historical control group prior to the implementation of the educational program - and, also at 1-3 month follow-up.

Conditions

Opioid Dependence; Opioid Use Disorder

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Historical Control Group

Historical Control Group will be assessed for knowledge prior to the implementation of the educational program.

No interventions assigned to this group

Naloxone Education Intervention Group

Group to begin receiving the Naloxone Education Intervention on the signs of opioid overdose and appropriate use of naloxone.

Naloxone Education Intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

The Naloxone Education Intervention is a curriculum that has been adapted from New York State Department of Health's, "Opioid Overdose Prevention" program for non-medical responders.

Interventions

Naloxone Education Intervention

The Naloxone Education Intervention is a curriculum that has been adapted from New York State Department of Health's, "Opioid Overdose Prevention" program for non-medical responders.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult subjects who have been diagnosed with a DSM opioid use disorder by LOH staff.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects who are deemed to have moderate to severe cognitive impairment - as assessed by standard psychiatric evaluation from Linden Oaks clinical staff - will be excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Edward Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

David C Lott, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Linden Oaks Hospital

Locations

Linden Oaks

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

LOH32414

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id