A Web-Based Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

防止处方药滥用的网络计划

• 批准号: 6643092
• 负责人: Diane K. Deitz
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: ISA ASSOCIATES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-10 至 2004-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6643092
• 关键词: Internet; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; drug abuse; drug abuse prevention; drug adverse effect; educational resource design /development; female; human subject; interactive multimedia; women's health

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): Prescription medications are an effective way to bring improvements in the health and well being of many people. Many patients, however, fail to receive proper screening and educational instruction on the prevention of prescription drug abuse. Critical to this issue is the fact that medications such as tranquilizers, sedatives, analgesics, and stimulants may lead to drug misuse, dependence, and addiction if not administered and managed properly. The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently noted that the abuse of prescription medications is on the rise and there appears to be increased concern for older adults, adolescents, and women. The purpose of the current project is to develop and test an innovative web-based educational program designed to prevent prescription drug abuse among women. The program will contain important information on the safe use of medications with abuse potential and on alternatives to taking medications. During Phase I of the project, the prototype structure and content will be developed and tested with focus groups of working women. In Phase II, the program will be expanded, field-tested, revised, and prepared for marketing to corporations and managed care organizations. There is currently a clear tack of an interactive, multimedia program for women addressing the issue of prescription drug use and abuse. Such a program is a much needed tool that should have substantial appeal to corporations wishing to provide their employees with information that can decrease their risk to drug misuse and increase morale and productivity at work. Managed care organizations should also be interested in a program that could help reduce the cost of prescription drug misuse and abuse in women of all ages.

描述（由研究者提供）：处方药是改善许多人的健康和福祉的有效方法。然而，许多患者未能接受有关预防处方药滥用的适当筛查和教育指导。这个问题的关键是，如果服用和管理不当，镇静剂、镇静剂、镇痛剂和兴奋剂等药物可能会导致药物滥用、依赖性和成瘾。美国国家药物滥用研究所最近指出，处方药的滥用呈上升趋势，老年人、青少年和女性似乎越来越受到关注。当前项目的目的是开发和测试一个创新的网络教育计划，旨在防止妇女滥用处方药。该计划将包含有关安全使用可能被滥用的药物以及药物替代方案的重要信息。在项目的第一阶段，原型结构和内容将由职业女性焦点小组开发和测试。在第二阶段，该计划将得到扩展、现场测试、修订，并准备向企业和管理式医疗组织进行营销。 目前有一个针对妇女的互动多媒体节目，旨在解决处方药使用和滥用问题。这样的计划是一个非常需要的工具，对于希望向员工提供信息以降低他们滥用药物的风险并提高工作士气和生产力的公司来说应该具有很大的吸引力。管理式医疗组织还应该对一项有助于降低各年龄段女性处方药误用和滥用成本的计划感兴趣。