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Table 4 Exploratory effectiveness outcomes from tenant surveys

From: The POP (Permanent Supportive Housing Overdose Prevention) Study: protocol for a hybrid type 3 stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Outcome

Measure

Overdose

Self-reported non-fatal overdose [56] and details about the overdose

Overdose risk behaviors

9-item instrument based on past research [57], with added item on using drugs behind a locked door

Naloxone use

Current possession, carrying, knowledge of sources, motivation to carry

Overdose risk knowledge

Brief Opioid Overdose Knowledge (BOOK) Survey [51]

Motivation for treatment/risk reduction

Motivation to initiate MOUD, obtain SUD treatment, and change overdose risk behaviors, with scales measuring importance, readiness, and confidence for making a change

Stigma

Perceived Stigma Toward Substance Users Scale [52]

SUD treatment and treatment barriers

Self-reported receipt of and barriers to SUD treatment, including MOUD [58]

PSH building services

Degree of comfort discussing substance use with building staff; self-report of building services related to substance use and overdose prevention

  1. Legend: Table shows exploratory effectiveness outcomes for the stepped-wedge cluster RCT. Exploratory outcomes encompass tenant-level substance use and overdose-related measures. All are assessed via surveys administered to each tenant immediately before and 12 months following the start of their building’s intervention wave