Table 1.
Scales and associated items used in the present study.
| Physicians (n = 766 ) |
Pharmacists (n = 369 ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale/Item | M | SD | αa | M | SD | αa |
| Concern about Misuse of Controlled Substances not concerned at all (0) to extremely concerned (3) | 0.85 | 0.82 | ||||
| How concerned are you about prescription drug misuse and abuse among patients in California? | 2.36 | 0.70 | 2.54 | 0.64 | ||
| How concerned are you about prescription drug misuse and abuse among patients in the community where you practice? | 2.19 | 0.80 | 2.39 | 0.77 | ||
| Usefulness of the PDMP; not useful at all (1) to very useful (4) | 0.91 | 0.90 | ||||
| How useful to you is CURES for helping manage patients with pain? | 2.34 | 1.10 | 2.73 | 0.95 | ||
| How useful to you is CURES for helping build trust with patients? | 2.16 | 1.04 | 2.60 | 1.01 | ||
| How useful to you is CURES for informing decisions to [prescribe/dispense] controlled substances? | 2.73 | 1.09 | 3.23 | 0.84 | ||
| How useful to you is CURES for identifying patients filling prescriptions from multiple doctors and/or pharmacies? | 3.16 | 1.06 | 3.46 | 0.83 | ||
| How useful to you is CURES for identifying patients who misuse or abuse controlled prescription drugs? | 3.08 | 1.04 | 3.40 | 0.85 | ||
| PDMP Normative Beliefs; 11-point scale, 0% to 100% | 0.80 | 0.74 | ||||
| What percentage of your colleagues do you think use CURES at least weekly? | 2.71 | 2.68 | 5.02 | 3.48 | ||
| What percentage of your colleagues do you feel ought to be using CURES at least weekly? | 4.85 | 3.66 | 6.16 | 3.79 | ||
| Professional and Moral Obligation; strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) | 0.89 | 0.84 | ||||
| I have a professional responsibility to check CURES when [prescribing/dispensing] controlled substances. | 3.52 | 1.10 | 4.15 | 0.88 | ||
| Checking CURES when [prescribing/dispensing] controlled substances is the right thing to do. | 3.74 | 1.01 | 4.19 | 0.86 | ||
| Using CURES when [prescribing/dispensing] controlled substances is considered standard of care. | 3.12 | 1.13 | 3.89 | 0.96 | ||
| [Prescribing/Dispensing] controlled substances without checking CURES would be morally wrong. | 2.44 | 1.06 | 2.99 | 1.12 | ||
| Checking CURES when [prescribing/dispensing] controlled substances is not a necessary part of my job. | 3.14 | 1.09 | 3.59 | 1.02 | ||
| Barriers to Use; strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) | 0.73 | 0.82 | ||||
| CURES is helpful. (RC) | 3.81 | 1.05 | 4.21 | 0.80 | ||
| CURES is not relevant to my practice. | 2.58 | 1.41 | 2.33 | 1.41 | ||
| CURES is easy to use. (RC) | 3.10 | 1.06 | 3.74 | 0.83 | ||
| I don't know how to use CURES. | 2.30 | 1.20 | 1.83 | 1.03 | ||
| CURES is checked by someone else in the office. | 2.06 | 1.13 | 2.22 | 1.20 | ||
| I have limited or no access to CURES while I practice. | 2.02 | 1.09 | 1.83 | 1.09 | ||
| How long have you been using CURES? | ||||||
| Less than 3 months (1), to more than 1 year (4) | 2.64 | 1.23 | 3.15 | 1.10 | ||
| How long have you been practicing in years? | 21.58 | 12.85 | 19.25 | 13.39 | ||
| How likely are you to use CURES at least once in the next 3 months?; extremely unlikely (1) to extremely likely (4) | 2.70 | 1.14 | 2.95 | 1.18 | ||
Note: Means and standard deviations are based on respondents with complete data at the item level; RC = Reverse coded item;
a
Cronbach’s alpha