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（调查员提供）：处方药是一种改善健康和许多人健康的有效方法。但是，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。这个问题至关重要的是，诸如镇静剂，镇静剂，镇痛药和兴奋剂等药物可能会导致药物滥用，依赖性和成瘾，如果不适当进行治疗。美国国家药物滥用研究所最近指出，滥用处方药正在上升，对老年人，青少年和妇女的关注似乎增加了。当前项目的目的是开发和测试一个创新的基于Web的教育计划，旨在防止女性处方药滥用。该计划将包含有关安全使用具有滥用潜力的药物以及服用药物替代品的重要信息。在项目的第一阶段，将与焦点妇女组成的原型结构和内容进行开发和测试。在第二阶段，该计划将进行扩展，进行现场测试，修订和为公司和托管护理组织的营销做好准备。 目前，有一个明确的互动，多媒体计划，用于解决处方药使用和滥用问题的问题。这样的计划是一种急需的工具，应该对希望为员工提供可以降低毒品滥用风险并提高工作中士气和生产力的信息的公司具有重大吸引力。托管护理组织还应该对一项可以帮助降低所有年龄段妇女的处方药滥用和虐待成本的计划感兴趣。