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Trial reportJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

Implicit Racial Bias in Evaluation of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.

Katherine Nyman, Francesca Okolie, Natalie L Davis, Erin Hager, Dina El-Metwally

Erratum issuedAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine NymanUniversity of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.
Francesca OkolieUniversity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Natalie L DavisUniversity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Erin HagerJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dina El-MetwallyUniversity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. dmetwally@som.umaryland.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1394-6789
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess implicit bias by administrating the Modified Finnegan Score (MFS) for quantifying neonatal opioid withdrawal and to evaluate risk of decreased opioid treatment of Black versus White infants. STUDY

designStudy participants were nurses recruited from a large tertiary care center who received three clinical vignettes portraying withdrawing infants and were randomized to receive an accompanying photo of either a Black or White infant. MFS results were compared for identical vignettes based on race of infant photo.

resultsOut of 275 nurses, 70 completed the survey. In vignette 2, nurses aged ≤35 years scored Black infants lower than White infants (MFS=8.3 ± 2 vs. 9.5 ± 1.2, p=0.012). Nurses with <5 years of experience and ≤10 years of experience also scored Black infants lower for the same vignette (8.2 ± 2.3 vs. 9.6 ± 1.2, p=0.032 and 8.3 ± 2 vs. 9.5 ± 1.2, p=0.0083).

conclusionImplicit bias may contribute to the difference in opioid treatment.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidBlack or African AmericanNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeRacismWhiteAdultFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleOpioid-Related DisordersAnalgesics, OpioidImplicit biasNeonatal opioid withdrawal syndromeNeonate

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PMID38110799
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