Do we need urine drug screens in opioid addiction treatment: An observational study on self-report versus urine drug screens
Our study highlights the unique challenges associated with ascertaining substance use behaviour for individuals receiving MOUD, indicating many patients will accurately report substance use while others do not. It is therefore important to consider the context of the patient, and the type of the co-substance used to select patient-centred testing as indicated. Therefore, the answer to the question of do we need urine drug screen is yes in some cases.
Authors
- Andrew Worster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7085-5061)
- Myanca Rodrigues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7953-773X)
- David C. Marsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8769-1785)
- Lehana Thabane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0355-9734)
- M. Constantine Samaan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6403-4715)
- Jacqueline Hudson
- Brittany B. Dennis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-5400)
- Alannah McEvoy
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
- Laurentian University (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addictive Behaviors Reports
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100575
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research