Emergency department staff compassion is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma among patients with opioid use disorder.
Savannah SteinhauserRachel HarozIris JonesWilliam SkeltonBrian M FullerMichael B RobertsChristopher W JonesStephen TrzeciakBrian W RobertsPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2024)
Among ED patients with OUD, fear of enacted stigma is common. Patient experience of compassion from ED staff is associated with lower fear of enacted stigma. Future research is warranted to test if interventions aimed at increasing compassion from ED staff reduce patient fear of enacted stigma among patients with OUD.