Table III.
Item | Pattern matrix
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I (Competence) | II (Lack of role legitimacy) | III (Satisfaction working w/ at-risk) | IV (Organizational resources) | V (Skepticism) | VI (Time & compensation) | |
I know what questions to aska | 0.78 | |||||
I’m comfortable asking about drinkinga | 0.74 | |||||
I don’t know how to identify at-risk drinkers with no obvious signs of excess | 0.65 | |||||
I know how to effectively help patientsa | 0.71 | |||||
I am at ease making these statementsa | 0.72 | |||||
How often do your colleagues screen? | −0.60 | |||||
How do you think your colleagues would feel about you screening patients? | −0.85 | |||||
How do you think your colleagues would feel about you briefly intervening? | −0.83 | |||||
How often do you think your colleagues intervene? | −0.68 | |||||
It is rewarding to work with at-risk drinkersa | 0.73 | |||||
There are no professional benefits | 0.46 | |||||
Problem drinkers are more noncompliant | 0.68 | |||||
My organization is without an intervention protocol | −0.67 | |||||
The plans I contract with reimburse for alc counselinga | −0.69 | |||||
There is no information provided for referring patients | −0.70 | |||||
I’m not aware of a single problem drinker who cut back | −0.61 | |||||
Advising patients to seek assistance is the best I can do | −0.61 | |||||
I’m skeptical of behavioral medicine | −0.46 | |||||
Given adequate information practitioners can help patients reducea | −0.72 | |||||
There is not enough time to advise patientsa | 0.61 | |||||
Patients would not be willing to pay for counseling | 0.60 |
Items were recoded for analysis so that 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree.