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Pharmacist Utilization of Opioid Misuse and Abuse Interventions: Acceptability Among Pharmacists and Patients in Detox

Beechey Riley, Tegan Anne
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-3134
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1499974262218499

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2017, PHD, Kent State University, College of Public Health.
This study evaluates the acceptability of pharmacy based opioid misuse and abuse interventions by surveying practicing pharmacists and patients in treatment for substance use disorders. The survey instrument examines five specific pharmacy-based interventions using a Likert scale to measure acceptability: (1) Pharmacists counseling patients on the risks associated with opioid misuse and abuse, (2) pharmacists referring patients to drug treatment programs within the community, (3) pharmacists utilizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) to validate prescriptions, (4) pharmacists providing emergency opioid overdose treatments such as naloxone with opioid prescriptions, and (5) pharmacists providing naloxone without a prescription. The goal of this study is to answer three research questions: which interventions are most acceptable to pharmacists, which interventions are most acceptable to patients, and which interventions produce statistically significant agreement on acceptability when both pharmacist and patient attitudes are compared. These data are used to identify a subset of interventions with high acceptability within and across the two groups. These findings are, in turn, used as an indication of professional and patient receptivity to specific interventions. The interventions with the greatest acceptability within each group and the strongest agreement across groups are identified, and changes to State regulations, organizational policy, and professional training that foster these interventions, as supported by the literature, are proposed.
Sonia Alemagno, PhD (Committee Chair)
VanGeest Jonathan, PhD (Committee Member)
Phillips Lynette, PhD (Committee Member)
Deric Kenne, PhD (Committee Member)
Mark James, PhD (Other)
164 p.
Pharmacy Sciences; Public Health Education; Public Policy
opioid; opiate; substance misuse; substance use disorder; substance abuse; pharmacist; patient; PDMP; PMP; patient counseling; treatment referral; OTC naloxone; dispensing naloxone; pharmacy-based interventions; misuse; addiction; overdose; prevention

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  • Beechey Riley, T. A. (2017). Pharmacist Utilization of Opioid Misuse and Abuse Interventions: Acceptability Among Pharmacists and Patients in Detox [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1499974262218499

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beechey Riley, Tegan. Pharmacist Utilization of Opioid Misuse and Abuse Interventions: Acceptability Among Pharmacists and Patients in Detox. 2017. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1499974262218499.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beechey Riley, Tegan. "Pharmacist Utilization of Opioid Misuse and Abuse Interventions: Acceptability Among Pharmacists and Patients in Detox." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1499974262218499

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