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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols

Date Submitted: Feb 3, 2024
Open Peer Review Period: Feb 12, 2024 - Apr 8, 2024
Date Accepted: Aug 27, 2024
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Assessing the Safety, User Acceptability, Dissemination, and Reach of a Comprehensive Web-Based Resource on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD Hub): Protocol for a Development and Usability Study

Nicholls MJ, Almeida A, Castello J, Grelotti D, Doherty B, Gann D, Lenyoun K, Trillo-Park S, Borquez A

Assessing the Safety, User Acceptability, Dissemination, and Reach of a Comprehensive Web-Based Resource on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD Hub): Protocol for a Development and Usability Study

JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e57065

DOI: 10.2196/57065

PMID: 39510515

PMCID: 11582488

The “MOUD Hub,” a comprehensive online resource on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Protocol for a feasibility study assessing user acceptability and reach

  • Melanie Jane Nicholls; 
  • Alexandra Almeida; 
  • Justin Castello; 
  • David Grelotti; 
  • Bianca Doherty; 
  • Donny Gann; 
  • Karen Lenyoun; 
  • Sharon Trillo-Park; 
  • Annick Borquez

ABSTRACT

Background:

Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are the gold standard for OUD treatment and are associated with reduced overdose deaths, HIV and HCV transmission, and increased quality of life. However, MOUD are underutilized in the United States (U.S.) due to a variety of barriers, such as stigma, a lack of awareness about MOUD, of trust in providers or its effectiveness, of knowledge of where to access care, cost, transportation, and other logistical challenges. The internet may present a digital solution to these barriers, but a comprehensive and reliable resource to cover multiple barriers is lacking.

Objective:

To promote MOUD access and retention, we propose an internet resource informed by motivational interviewing principles and the stages of change theory, providing evidence-based information to address such barriers among people with OUD and their loved ones.

Methods:

This protocol paper outlines the development of a dynamic internet resource, called the MOUD Hub, and its content, along with how we plan to assess its dissemination, feasibility, and acceptability. The MOUD Hub leverages motivational interviewing principles to guide website users through the stages of change. Utilizing the “access to care” framework, we constructed an evidence-based website based on anticipated barriers to care at each stage of change. The website will be advertised on Google and Reddit forums pertaining to MOUD for comparison. Google Analytics will collect demographic information on those who visit the website, time spent on each stage/resource and how users interact with them. Users will also be prompted to complete a survey about the website to obtain information on its acceptability and suggestions to improve the MOUD Hub.

Results:

The website will be launched in March 2024 and data will be collected in three month increments for a year. Google Analytics will collect demographic information on those who visit the website, time spent on each stage/resource and how users interact with them.

Conclusions:

The MOUD Hub offers an innovative approach to close the knowledge gap of MOUD in the U.S. and to help people access information and care. Its aims are to disseminate evidence-based information on MOUD to improve awareness and knowledge, to increase MOUD access and retention, and to contribute to growing research on internet interventions. Clinical Trial: NA


 Citation

Please cite as:

Nicholls MJ, Almeida A, Castello J, Grelotti D, Doherty B, Gann D, Lenyoun K, Trillo-Park S, Borquez A

Assessing the Safety, User Acceptability, Dissemination, and Reach of a Comprehensive Web-Based Resource on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD Hub): Protocol for a Development and Usability Study

JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e57065

DOI: 10.2196/57065

PMID: 39510515

PMCID: 11582488

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