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Citation

Cochran G, Chen Q, Field C, Seybert AL, Hruschak V, Jaber A, Gordon AJ, Tarter R. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019; 205: e107570.

Affiliation

University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3501 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA. Electronic address: tarter@pitt.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107570

PMID

31689641

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stemming the opioid epidemic requires testing novel interventions. Toward this goal, feasibility and acceptability of a Brief Motivational Intervention-Medication Therapy Management (BMI-MTM) intervention was examined along with its impact on medication misuse and concomitant health conditions.

METHODS: We conducted a two-group randomized trial in 2 community pharmacies. We screened patients for prescription opioid misuse at point-of-service using the Prescription Opioid Misuse Index. Participants were assigned to standard medication counseling (SMC) or SMC + BMI-MTM (referred to as BMI-MTM herein). BMI-MTM consists of a pharmacist-led medication counseling/brief motivational session and 8-weekly patient navigation sessions. Assessments were at baseline, 2-, and 3-months. Primary outcomes included feasibility, acceptability, and mitigation of opioid medication misuse. Secondary outcomes included pain and depression. Outcomes were analyzed with descriptive and multivariable statistics (intent-to-treat [ITT] and adjusted for number of sessions completed [NUMSESS]).

RESULTS: Thirty-two participants provided informed consent (74.4% consent rate; SMC n = 17, BMI-MTM n = 15; 3-month assessment retention ≥93%). Feasibility was demonstrated by all BMI-MTM recipients completing the pharmacist session and an average of 7 navigation sessions. BMI-MTM recipients indicated ≥4.2 (5 maximum) level of satisfaction with the pharmacist-led session, and 92.4% were satisfied with navigation sessions. Compared to SMC at 3-months, BMI-MTM recipients reported greater improvements in misuse (ITT: Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] = 0.13; 95% CI = 0.05, 0.35, p < 0.001. NUMSESS: AOR = 0.05; 95% CI = 0.01, 0.25; p < 0.001), pain (ITT: В = 8.8, 95% CI=-0.95, 18.5, p = 0.08; NUMSESS: В = 14.0, 95% CI = 3.28, 24.8, p = 0.01), and depression (ITT: B= -0.44; 95% CI=-0.65, -0.22; p < 0.001. NUMSESS: B= -0.64; 95% CI=-0.82, -0.46; p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: BMI-MTM is a feasible misuse intervention associated with superior satisfaction and outcomes than SMC. Future research should test BMI-MTM in a large-scale, fully-powered trial.

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Language: en

Keywords

Community pharmacy; Medication management; Opioid misuse; Patient navigation

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