Table 4.
Primary Care Provider Questionnaire/Modified Behavioral Health Care Provider Questionnaire—selected items (CFIR constructs: network and communications)
| Strongly Disagree (1) |
Disagree (2) |
Slightly Disagree (3) |
Slightly Agree (4) |
Agree (5) | Strongly Agree (6) |
Mean (SD) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It is difficult to reach mental health colleagues for an informal consultation (HIV providers; N = 38) | 2 (5%) | 8 (21%) | 8 (21%) | 8 (21%) | 6 (16%) | 6 (16%) | 3.7 (1.5) |
| I have been satisfied with the amount of contact I have with mental health providers regarding the care of my patients (HIV providers; N = 38) | 5 (13%) | 9 (24%) | 7 (18%) | 9 (24%) | 7 (18%) | 1 (3%) | 3.2 (1.4) |
| I have easy access to a behavioral medicine expert (i.e. chronic pain management, sleep hygiene, medication adherence issues) (HIV providers; N = 38) | 3 (5%) | 15 (39%) | 6 (16%) | 5 (13%) | 8 (21%) | 1 (3%) | 3.1 (1.4) |
| My patients have easy access to a behavioral medicine expert (i.e. chronic pain management, sleep hygiene, medication adherence issues) (HIV providers; N = 38) | 5 (8%) | 12 (32%) | 6 (16%) | 6 (16%) | 7 (18%) | 2 (5%) | 3.1 (1.5) |
| I am satisfied with the current referral process for mental health (HIV providers; N = 38) | 5 (13%) | 7 (18%) | 5 (13%) | 10 (17%) | 9 (24%) | 2 (5%) | 3.5 (1.5) |
| I know how to easily contact a mental health professional for a patient consultation (HIV providers; N = 38) | 1 (3%) | 6 (16%) | 2 (5%) | 13 (22%) | 8 (21%) | 8 (21%) | 4.2 (1.4) |
| HIV/primary care providers in this clinic can easily contact a mental health professional for a patient consultation (BH providers; N = 7) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 5 (71%) | 1 (14%) | 5.0 (0.6) |
| It is difficult to reach HIV/primary care colleagues with my recommendations for care (BH providers; N = 7) | 1 (14%) | 4 (57%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2.3 (1.0) |
| I have been satisfied with the amount of contact I have with HIV/primary care providers regarding the care of my patients (BH providers; N = 7) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (28%) | 3 (43%) | 1 (14%) | 4.6 (1.0) |
| HIV/primary care providers frequently call on us as behavioral medicine specialists to support patients’ lifestyle changes (i.e. smoking, weight loss) (BH providers; N = 7) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 2 (28%) | 2 (28%) | 2 (28%) | 4.7 (1.1) |
| HIV/primary care providers in this clinic can easily access a behavioral medicine expert (i.e. for chronic pain management, sleep hygiene, medication adherence issues) (BH providers; N = 7) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (14%) | 4 (57%) | 1 (14%) | 4.7 (1.0) |
| I am satisfied with the current referral process from HIV/primary care to mental health (BH providers; N = 7) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (28%) | 2 (28%) | 2 (28%) | 1 (14%) | 4.3 (1.1) |
BH, behavioral health.
aShaded rows represent responses of HIV care providers; un-shaded rows represent responses of behavioral health providers.