Table 3 Items added to organizational readiness to change scale to assess providers personal preferences and intentions
Construct | Item |
|---|---|
Preferences | • If monetary rewards can help patients to achieve abstinence, I support it. |
|  | • Giving patients monetary rewards for staying abstinent or attending treatment is wrong. (reverse coded) |
|  | • Patients who really want to stay abstinent shouldn’t need monetary rewards. (reverse coded) |
|  | • We need to use every possible tool, including monetary rewards, to help patients succeed in treatment. |
|  | • Giving patients monetary rewards for abstinence or treatment attendance is an inappropriate use of VHA funds. (reverse coded) |
|  | • Giving patients monetary rewards will recognize their achievements and give them a sense of accomplishment. |
Intentions | • I would like to see the use of incentive interventions in this clinic. |
|  | • There are specific plans in place to implement an incentive intervention in this clinic. |