Mobile Peer Support for OUD Recovery

Description

The COVID-19 pandemic puts individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (OUDs), an already vulnerable population, at increased risk of overdose due to decreased access to treatment, decreased social support, and increased psychosocial stress. This proposal will test the efficacy of a promising mobile app-based peer support program, compared to usual care, in increasing recovery capital, improving retention in treatment, and reducing psychosocial adverse effects, among a national sample of people in recovery from OUD. If effective, it would provide an accessible, personalized, and scalable approach to OUD recovery increasingly needed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions

Opioid Use Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The COVID-19 pandemic puts individuals recovering from opioid use disorders (OUDs), an already vulnerable population, at increased risk of overdose due to decreased access to treatment, decreased social support, and increased psychosocial stress. This proposal will test the efficacy of a promising mobile app-based peer support program, compared to usual care, in increasing recovery capital, improving retention in treatment, and reducing psychosocial adverse effects, among a national sample of people in recovery from OUD. If effective, it would provide an accessible, personalized, and scalable approach to OUD recovery increasingly needed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Increasing Peer Support for OUD Recovery During COVID-19 Through Digital Health: A National Randomized Controlled Trial

Mobile Peer Support for OUD Recovery

Condition
Opioid Use Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Indianapolis

Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Providence

Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * English-speaking
  • * Age ≥ 18 years old
  • * Own their own smartphone
  • * Self-identifying as being in recovery from or treatment for an opioid use disorder
  • * Does not have an Android or iOS platform smartphone
  • * Previous enrollment in the study
  • * Currently incarcerated
  • * Unable to provide informed consent

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brown University,

Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brown University

Study Record Dates

2025-03