Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse in Work Settings: Efficacy of a Brief Intervention in Health Consciousness

It is becoming more commonplace for employees to use prescription medication outside of intended use. Opioid and other prescription misuse has implications for the health and productivity of workers. Easy-to-access webinars that help employees learn about alternatives to prescription use may decreas...

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Published in:Journal of medical Internet research 2017-07, Vol.19 (7), p.e242
Main Authors: Lucas, Gale, Neeper, Michael, Linde, Brittany, Bennett, Joel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alternatives
Brief interventions
Classrooms
Consciousness
Consciousness - physiology
Drug abuse
Drug use
Education
Efficacy
Employees
Employers
Engineering firms
Female
Health promotion
Humans
Internet - statistics & numerical data
Intervention
Male
Middle Aged
Narcotics
Opioids
Original Paper
Pain
Prescription Drug Misuse - prevention & control
Prescription drugs
Prevention
Productivity
Questionnaires
Standard deviation
Substance abuse
Surveys and Questionnaires
Variance analysis
Work environment
Workplaces
Young Adult
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Summary:It is becoming more commonplace for employees to use prescription medication outside of intended use. Opioid and other prescription misuse has implications for the health and productivity of workers. Easy-to-access webinars that help employees learn about alternatives to prescription use may decrease risk. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of an interactive but brief health consciousness and prescription drug intervention for a diverse sample of employees and show effectiveness via both Internet-delivered webinar and classroom delivery. Employees from a variety of workplaces filled out pre- and post-questionnaires upon completion of a one-hour long intervention. A total of 114 participants completed the pre- and post-questionnaires. Results showed that, compared with before the training, participants reported significantly more knowledge about prescription drug misuse and alternatives to prescription drug use after the training (t =7.91, P
ISSN:1438-8871
1439-4456
1438-8871
DOI:10.2196/jmir.7828