Preventing Opioid Overdose Deaths by Empowering Pharmacists to Dispense Naloxone
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the Empowering Community Pharmacists program on pharmacists' knowledge, perceived barriers, attitudes, confidence, and intentions regarding naloxone services implementation, as well as change in number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed.
Methods: A 3-month pragmatic randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2018-2019. Alabama community pharmacists were recruited by email, phone, fax, and mailed postcards and randomized to intervention (monthly resources/reminders + educational webinar) or control (monthly resources/reminders + delayed educational webinar). Outcome measures were assessed via online surveys at baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3-months post-intervention (T3), including: naloxone knowledge (percent correct); perceived barriers, attitudes, and confidence regarding naloxone services implementation (7-point Likert-type scale, 1=strongly disagree to 7=strongly agree); and number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed. Mean differences between control and intervention groups from T1-T3 were assessed using two-way mixed ANOVA and adjusted analyses were conducted using generalized estimating equations (GEE) with negative binomial distribution (alpha=0.05).
Przegląd badań
Status
Status
Warunki
Warunki
Interwencja / Leczenie
Interwencja / Leczenie
Typ studiów
Typ studiów
Zapisy (Rzeczywisty)
Zapisy
Faza
Faza
- Nie dotyczy
Kontakty i lokalizacje
Lokalizacje studiów
-
-
Alabama
-
Auburn, Alabama, Stany Zjednoczone, 36849
- Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
-
-
Kryteria uczestnictwa
Kryteria kwalifikacji
Kryteria kwalifikacji
Wiek uprawniający do nauki
Akceptuje zdrowych ochotników
Płeć kwalifikująca się do nauki
Opis
Inclusion Criteria:
- Registered pharmacists.
- Employed at least 30 hours per week at a community pharmacy.
- Employed at a community pharmacy located in one of 20 Alabama priority counties with the highest opioid overdose mortality rates.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Multiple pharmacists from the same pharmacy site.
- Members of the stakeholder panel (from the formative phase of the study).
Plan studiów
Jak projektuje się badanie?
Szczegóły projektu
- Główny cel: Badania usług zdrowotnych
- Przydział: Randomizowane
- Model interwencyjny: Przydział równoległy
- Maskowanie: Brak (otwarta etykieta)
Liczba ramion
Broń i interwencje
Grupa uczestników / ArmGrupa uczestników / Arm |
Interwencja / LeczenieInterwencja / Leczenie |
|---|---|
|
Eksperymentalny: Intervention
The intervention group received naloxone resources + monthly reminders + educational webinar.
|
At month 1 of the study period, the educational webinar was presented by expert speakers and consisted of 3 modules: 1) naloxone basics; 2) naloxone service implementation strategies; and 3) naloxone recommendation communication strategies.
Participants were mailed naloxone nasal spray and auto-injector training devices prior to attending the online webinar so that they could follow along during demonstrations.
Inne nazwy:
After completing the baseline survey, both control and intervention groups were provided with a basic publicly available flyer about naloxone dosage forms in order to ensure all participants could provide adequate patient care.
Inne nazwy:
Reminders consisted of monthly emails from investigators for the purpose of retaining study engagement.
Inne nazwy:
|
|
Brak interwencji: Control
The control group received naloxone resources + monthly reminders + delayed educational webinar (after the 3-month study period).
|
Co mierzy badanie?
Podstawowe miary wyniku
Podstawowe miary wyniku
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
|---|---|---|
|
Change in naloxone knowledge from baseline to immediately post-intervention and 3 months post-intervention
Ramy czasowe: 3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Knowledge about naloxone was measured via online survey.
Knowledge was measured as percent correct on a 7-item index adapted from Williams' (2013) Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale (OOKS).
|
3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
|
Change in perceived barriers from baseline to immediately post-intervention and 3 months post-intervention
Ramy czasowe: 3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Perceived barriers to adoption/implementation of pharmacy-based naloxone services was measured via online survey.
Barriers (20-items) were measured using 7-point Likert-type scales (1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree) and informed by Nielsen et al (2016) and Williams' (2013) Opioid Overdose Attitude Scale (OOAS).
|
3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
|
Change in attitudes from baseline to immediately post-intervention and 3 months post-intervention
Ramy czasowe: 3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Attitudes regarding pharmacy-based naloxone services was measured via online survey.
Attitudes (15-items) were measured using 7-point Likert-type scales (1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree) and informed by Nielsen et al (2016) and Williams' (2013) Opioid Overdose Attitude Scale (OOAS).
|
3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
|
Change in confidence from baseline to immediately post-intervention and 3 months post-intervention
Ramy czasowe: 3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Confidence in performing naloxone dispensing behaviors was measured via online survey.
Confidence (10-items) was measured using 7-point Likert-type scales (1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree) and informed by Nielsen et al (2016) and Williams' (2013) Opioid Overdose Attitude Scale (OOAS).
|
3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
|
Change in intention from baseline to immediately post-intervention and 3 months post-intervention
Ramy czasowe: 3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Intention to dispense naloxone or perform naloxone services in the next three months was measured via online survey.
The 5-item intention construct was measured using a 7-point Likert-type scale from 1=strongly disagree to 7=strongly agree and informed by an existing intention measure by Urmie et al (2007).
|
3 months: baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Miary wyników drugorzędnych
Miary wyników drugorzędnych
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
|---|---|---|
|
Change in number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed from baseline to 3 months post-intervention
Ramy czasowe: 3 months: baseline (T1) and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
The number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed over 3 months before and after the intervention was assessed via self-report at T1 and T3.
Participants utilized national drug codes (NDCs) within their pharmacy dispensing software to identify naloxone dispensing information.
|
3 months: baseline (T1) and 3 months post-intervention (T3)
|
Współpracownicy i badacze
Sponsor
Sponsor
Współpracownicy
Współpracownicy
Śledczy
Śledczy
- Główny śledczy: Lindsey Hohmann, PharmD, PhD, Auburn University
Publikacje i pomocne linki
Daty zapisu na studia
Główne daty studiów
Rozpoczęcie studiów (Rzeczywisty)
Rozpoczęcie studiów
Zakończenie podstawowe (Rzeczywisty)
Zakończenie podstawowe
Ukończenie studiów (Rzeczywisty)
Ukończenie studiów
Daty rejestracji na studia
Pierwszy przesłany
Pierwszy przesłany
Pierwszy przesłany, który spełnia kryteria kontroli jakości
Pierwszy przesłany, który spełnia kryteria kontroli jakości
Pierwszy wysłany (Rzeczywisty)
Pierwszy wysłany
Aktualizacje rekordów badań
Ostatnia wysłana aktualizacja (Rzeczywisty)
Ostatnia wysłana aktualizacja
Ostatnia przesłana aktualizacja, która spełniała kryteria kontroli jakości
Ostatnia przesłana aktualizacja, która spełniała kryteria kontroli jakości
Ostatnia weryfikacja
Ostatnia weryfikacja
Więcej informacji
Terminy związane z tym badaniem
Słowa kluczowe
Dodatkowe istotne warunki MeSH
Inne numery identyfikacyjne badania
Inne numery identyfikacyjne badania
- R36HS026669-01A1 (Grant/kontrakt AHRQ w USA)
Plan dla danych uczestnika indywidualnego (IPD)
Planujesz udostępniać dane poszczególnych uczestników (IPD)?
Opis planu IPD
Informacje o lekach i urządzeniach, dokumenty badawcze
Bada produkt leczniczy regulowany przez amerykańską FDA
Bada produkt urządzenia regulowany przez amerykańską FDA
Te informacje zostały pobrane bezpośrednio ze strony internetowej clinicaltrials.gov bez żadnych zmian. Jeśli chcesz zmienić, usunąć lub zaktualizować dane swojego badania, skontaktuj się z register@clinicaltrials.gov. Gdy tylko zmiana zostanie wprowadzona na stronie clinicaltrials.gov, zostanie ona automatycznie zaktualizowana również na naszej stronie internetowej .