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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2013 Jul 1;45(4):350–355. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.05.004

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of external barriers (N=262).

Items# n (%)
Time Conflict

 Have things to do at home
  Agree/Strongly Agree 160 (61.1)
  Otherwise1 102 (38.9)
 Does not fit my time schedule
  Agree/Strongly Agree 158 (60.3)
  Otherwise1 104 (39.7)
Treatment Accessibility

 Moving too far away
  Agree/Strongly Agree 149 (56.9)
  Otherwise1 113 (43.1)
 Do not know where to go
  Agree/Strongly Agree 218 (83.2)
  Otherwise1 44 (16.8)
 Difficult getting to and from treatment
  Agree/Strongly Agree 246 (93.9)
  Otherwise1 16 (6.1)
Entry Difficulty

 Waiting list too long
  Agree/Strongly Agree 195 (74.4)
  Otherwise 67 (25.6)
 Too many steps
  Agree/Strongly Agree 230 (87.8)
  Otherwise1 32 (12.2)

Note.

#

Responses to each barrier item were measures on a five-point scale:

1

Strongly disagree;

2-Disagree; 3-Neutral; 4-Agree; and 5-Strongly agree. In this study, a response of Agree or Strongly Agree was coded 1, otherwise 0.