Results From the POINT Pragmatic Randomized Trial: An Emergency Department-Based Peer Support Specialist Intervention to Increase Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Linkage and Reduce Recurrent Overdose.
Dennis P WatsonMartha TillsonLisa TaylorHuiping XuFangqian OuyangFrancesca L BeaudoinDaniel O'DonnellAlan B McGuirePublished in: Substance use & addiction journal (2024)
This is the first randomized trial investigating overdose outcomes for an ED peer recovery support specialist intervention. Though underpowered, results suggest no benefit of PRSS services over standard care. Given the scope of PRSS, future work in this area should assess more recovery- and harm reduction-oriented outcomes, as well as the potential benefits of integrating PRSS within multimodal ED-based interventions for OUD.
Keyphrases
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