This clinical trial evaluates the impact of a Stop Addiction Stigma (SAS) training workshop with a short description of the conditions related to addiction (vignettes) on stigmatizing attitudes toward individuals with substance abuse disorders. Reviews have shown that patients with substance abuse disorders have experienced negative attitudes from their health care providers. Negative attitudes may lead to less involvement from the provider and the patient and may lead to less effective care. Using case vignettes with a SAS workshop may be an effective method to help people learn about addiction, reduce the stigma toward addiction and improve the quality of health care.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To describe the impact of SAS training on participants' responses to people with a substance impairment. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the feasibility of stigma training workshops on stigmatizing attitudes health care personnel. II. To explore the maintainability of responses over time. III. To explore relationships between language and stigmatizing attitudes. OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 6 group case vignettes. GROUP A (CHRONICALLY RELAPSING BRAIN DISEASE): Participants view the chronically relapsing brain disease vignette and attend a SAS workshop on study. GROUP B (BRAIN DISEASE): Participants view the brain disease vignette and attend a SAS workshop on study. GROUP C (DISEASE): Participants view the disease vignette and attend a SAS workshop on study. GROUP D (ILLNESS): Participants view the illness vignette and attend a SAS workshop on study. GROUP E (DISORDER): Participants view the disorder vignette and attend a SAS workshop on study. GROUP F (PROBLEM): Participants view the problem vignette and attend a SAS workshop on study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
93
Ancillary studies
View the chronically relapsing brain disease vignette
View the brain disease vignette
View the disease vignette
View the illness vignette
View the disorder vignette
View the problem vignette
Attend a SAS workshop
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Stigmatizing attitudes
Stigmatizing attitudes will be measured with the Stigma and Attribution Assessment. The assessment score will be compared both between and within participants for each case vignette. Results will be reported with descriptive statistics, including means and standard deviations or medians and first-third quartiles for continuous variables, and frequencies and percentages for discrete variables.The linear mixed effect model will be used to study the repeated stigma and attribution measures over time (pre-workshop, immediately post-workshop, and 8 weeks post-workshop) within 6 vignettes as well as the effects between the vignettes, while controlling for the potential confounding factors (e.g., sex).
Time frame: Before, immediately after and 8 weeks after the session
Attendance rate
The proportion of participants attending the workshop will be summarized with 95% confidence interval.
Time frame: At 90 minute session.
Response to post-workshop evaluations
The proportion of participants who respond to the post-workshop evaluations will be summarized with 95% confidence interval.
Time frame: Before, immediately following and 8 weeks after the session.
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