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Cardiac surgeons' practices and attitudes toward addiction care for patients with substance use disorders.
Substance Abuse 2021 May 27
INTRODUCTION: Rates of injection-drug use associated infective endocarditis (IDU-IE) are rising, and most patients with IDU-IE do not receive addiction care during hospitalization. We sought to characterize cardiac surgeons' practices and attitudes toward patients with IDU-IE due to their integral role treating them.
METHODS: This is a survey of 201 cardiac surgeons in the U.S who were asked about the addiction care they engage for patients with IDU-IE along with questions pertaining to stigma against people who use drugs (PWUD). Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were used to identify patterns in surgeons' practices and determine associations between attitudes toward substance use disorder (SUD) and beliefs about medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
RESULTS: A minority of surgeons have access to specialty addiction services (35%) in their hospital, but when available 93% consult them for patients with IDU-IE. A quarter of surgeons reported thinking that SUD is a choice and do not believe MOUD have a role in reducing IDU-IE recurrence. Conversely, 69% of surgeons agreed with the disease model of addiction and were four times more likely to believe that MOUD has a role in reducing IDU-IE recurrence (aOR 4.09, 95% CI 1.8-9.27, p = 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Access to addiction specialists is limited in most hospital settings, but when available, most surgeons report consulting them and supporting MOUD. However, a significant proportion of surgeons hold non-evidence-based attitudes toward SUD and PWUD. This suggests that lack of education and stigma may affect the care of patients with IDU-IE, highlighting the need for education about, and destigmatization of addiction within health systems.
METHODS: This is a survey of 201 cardiac surgeons in the U.S who were asked about the addiction care they engage for patients with IDU-IE along with questions pertaining to stigma against people who use drugs (PWUD). Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were used to identify patterns in surgeons' practices and determine associations between attitudes toward substance use disorder (SUD) and beliefs about medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
RESULTS: A minority of surgeons have access to specialty addiction services (35%) in their hospital, but when available 93% consult them for patients with IDU-IE. A quarter of surgeons reported thinking that SUD is a choice and do not believe MOUD have a role in reducing IDU-IE recurrence. Conversely, 69% of surgeons agreed with the disease model of addiction and were four times more likely to believe that MOUD has a role in reducing IDU-IE recurrence (aOR 4.09, 95% CI 1.8-9.27, p = 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Access to addiction specialists is limited in most hospital settings, but when available, most surgeons report consulting them and supporting MOUD. However, a significant proportion of surgeons hold non-evidence-based attitudes toward SUD and PWUD. This suggests that lack of education and stigma may affect the care of patients with IDU-IE, highlighting the need for education about, and destigmatization of addiction within health systems.
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