A short, animated storytelling video to reduce addiction stigma: A pilot randomized controlled trial
This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of proceeding with our registered, largescale, multi-country, online RCT. The significant effect observed in a relatively small pilot population, after a single exposure to this 2.5 min SAS intervention aimed at reducing addiction stigma, was unanticipated and is worthy of highlighting. A larger sample size will adequately power the full trial to detect both immediate effects and their potential durability over time, in various global settings.
Authors
- Till Bärnighausen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-4212)
- Doron Amsalem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8056-3211)
- Jessica Rogge
- Maxwell C. Klapow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-2581)
- Merlin Greuel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-7051)
- Daniel Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-5829)
- Andrew S. Gordon
- Maya Adam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5563-421X)
- Misha Seeff
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Maastricht School of Management (NL)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (US)
- Africa Health Research Institute (ZA)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Columbia College (CA)
- Columbia University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addictive Behaviors Reports
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100622
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.54