TABLE 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics for 605 behavioral health clinicians, by PTSD Clinicians Exchange intervention group and control group
| Intervention group (N=453) | Control group (N=152) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | M | SD | M | SD |
| Age | 48.3 | 11.4 | 46.5 | 12.2 |
| Years treating mental illness | 17.5 | 10.1 | 16.2 | 10.0 |
| Years treating veterans | 8.8 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.1 |
| Number of clients per week | 23.5 | 12.3 | 25.4 | 12.6 |
| Number of clients with posttraumatic stress disorder | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 12.0 |
| Hours per week of administrative work | 12.3 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 7.3 |
| Hours per week of client care | 24.3 | 9.1 | 24.2 | 8.9 |
| Organizational support a | 6.2 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 1.2 |
| Compassion satisfaction score b | 42.6 | 4.9 | 42.5 | 4.9 |
| Burnout score b | 19.9 | 5.1 | 20.2 | 5.4 |
| Secondary traumatic stress score b | 18.9 | 4.9 | 19.0 | 5.2 |
| Median | Range | Median | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence‐Based Practice Attitudes Scale score c | 4.0 | 2.1–5.0 | 4.0 | 2.8–5.0 |
| N | % | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice setting | ||||
| Veterans Affairs | 197 | 44 | 66 | 43 |
| Department of Defense | 81 | 18 | 27 | 18 |
| Community | 175 | 39 | 59 | 39 |
| Discipline | ||||
| Social worker | 187 | 41 | 58 | 38 |
| Psychologist | 157 | 35 | 60 | 40 |
| Professional mental health counselor | 85 | 19 | 28 | 18 |
| Medical professional with psychiatry focus | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Other/missing | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 308 | 68 | 110 | 72 |
| Male | 140 | 32 | 41 | 27 |
| Other | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Race‐ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian | 339 | 75 | 122 | 80 |
| African American | 34 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| Hispanic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Asian | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Mixed | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Other/missing | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
a
Organizational support refers to support for using evidence‐based practices.
b
Compassion satisfaction score, burnout score, and secondary traumatic stress score were measured with three 10‐item subscales within the Professional Quality of Life Scale–5. Possible scores range from 10 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater risk of burnout.
c
Possible scores on the Evidence‐Based Practice Attitudes Scale range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating more favorable provider attitudes toward adopting evidence‐based practices.