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Project ECHO and the Confidence and Knowledge of Treatment for Patients with Substance Use Disorder

In the United States, specifically New Hampshire, there is a major drug use crisis. With this crisis, there is a need for support and treatments for these patients. The purpose of this project is to determine if there is a significant difference in health care professionals’ confidence and knowledge on treating patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) before and after collaborating with Project ECHO. Project ECHO, which partners with the University of New Hampshire, is a practice that allows a group of specialists to video call practitioners who need to assist patients that require attention regarding substance use. Surveys have been provided to seven medical professionals before and after working with this program, where they are asked to score their knowledge or confidence on a topic. JMP software is utilized in order to analyze the data set to determine if there is a significant difference. Background analysis is also conducted to understand the data set and the providers more in depth. After the analysis was conducted, including a Matched Pairs test, it was determined that the difference between pre and post questions were not statistically significant. Project ECHO has a positive effect when being incorporated into healthcare facilities, as seen by the mean difference, but due to the small sample size, a large enough difference is not seen.

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