Adapting the HOPE Social Media Intervention to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Non-Cancer Chronic Pain

Treatments

Behavioral: Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE) Social Media Intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02735785

1R21DA039458

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE) intervention combines social media with a psychology-based interventions to change behavior. This intervention is being applied to reduce prescription drug abuse among patients with chronic pain.

Enrollment

51 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 99 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(a) UCLA health system patient,
(b) ≥ 18 years of age,
(c) on chronic opioid therapy (> 3 and < 12 months) for chronic non-cancer pain as reported by their physician who referred them.

Exclusion criteria

° Does not satisfy inclusion criteria