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High willingness to use rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults who use drugs

Overview of attention for article published in Harm Reduction Journal, February 2018
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Title
High willingness to use rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults who use drugs
Published in
Harm Reduction Journal, February 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12954-018-0213-2
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Authors

Maxwell S. Krieger, Jesse L. Yedinak, Jane A. Buxton, Mark Lysyshyn, Edward Bernstein, Josiah D. Rich, Traci C. Green, Scott E. Hadland, Brandon D. L. Marshall

Abstract

Synthetic opioid overdose mortality among young adults has risen more than 300% in the USA since 2013, primarily due to the contamination of heroin and other drugs with illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Rapid test strips, which can be used to detect the presence of fentanyl in drug samples (before use) or urine (after use), may help inform people about their exposure risk. The purpose of this study was to determine whether young adults who use drugs were willing to use rapid test strips as a harm reduction intervention to prevent overdose. We hypothesized that those who had ever overdosed would be more willing to use the test strips. We recruited a convenience sample of young adults who use drugs in Rhode Island from May to September 2017. Eligible participants (aged 18 to 35 with past 30-day drug use) completed an interviewer-administered survey. The survey assessed participant's socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics, overdose risk, as well as suspected fentanyl exposure, and willingness to use take-home rapid test strips to detect fentanyl contamination in drugs or urine. Participants were then trained to use the test strips and were given ten to take home. Among 93 eligible participants, the mean age was 27 years (SD = 4.8), 56% (n = 52) of participants were male, and 56% (n = 52) were white. Over one third (n = 34, 37%) had a prior overdose. The vast majority (n = 86, 92%) of participants wanted to know if there was fentanyl in their drug supply prior to their use. Sixty-five (70%) participants reported concern that their drugs were contaminated with fentanyl. After the brief training, nearly all participants (n = 88, 95%) reported that they planned to use the test strips. More than 90% of participants reported willingness to use rapid test strips regardless of having ever overdosed, suggesting that rapid fentanyl testing is an acceptable harm reduction intervention among young people who use drugs in Rhode Island. Study follow-up is ongoing to determine whether, how, and under what circumstances participants used the rapid test strips and if a positive result contributed to changes in overdose risk behavior.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 121 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 23 19%
Student > Master 16 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 7%
Student > Postgraduate 7 6%
Other 20 17%
Unknown 35 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 17%
Social Sciences 17 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 7%
Psychology 9 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 18 15%
Unknown 44 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 113. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 May 2023.
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#356,644
of 24,754,968 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#58
of 1,062 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,750
of 449,448 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#4
of 12 outputs
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