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Table 1 Effectiveness assessment instruments

From: Using implementation facilitation to implement primary care mental health integration via clinical video telehealth in rural clinics: protocol for a hybrid type 2 cluster randomized stepped-wedge design

Instrument

Construct

Administred only at baselinea

Socio-demographics

18 items that measure socio-economic and military characteristics

Hoge barriers assessment

14-item measure of perceived access, need, and treatment effectiveness [34]

Perceived access inventoryb

43 items that perceived access to mental health care instrument developed in a preceding research project

Readiness ruler

3 items that assess perceived readiness to seek treatment [35]

Administered at baseline and follow-up

SF-12Vc

12 items addressing overall physical and mental health functioning [31]

Patient Health Questionnaire-9d

9-item inventory that yields a continuous and dichotomous assessment of depression [32]

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)d

3 items that yield a continuous and dichotomous assessment of alcohol use [33]

Miklowitz Adherence Scale

2-item medication adherence scale [36]

Pain scale

Single-item participant rating of the average overall level of pain for the past week rated on a continuous scale from 0 to 10

Jenkins Sleep Scale

4-item measure that assesses trouble falling and staying asleep, and feeling tired during the daytime [37]

Prime-Screen

6-item assessment of dietary and exercise habits/behaviors [38]

Generalized anxiety Disorder 7-item

7-item inventory that yields a continuous and dichotomous assessment of generalized anxiety disorder [39]

American Psychiatric Association–Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Severity Measure for Panic-Adult

10-item inventory that yields a continuous and dichotomous assessment of panic disorder [40]

PTSD Checklist for DSM-5

20-item inventory that yields a continuous and dichotomous assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [41]

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Tobacco Use

5 items to assess current tobacco use

Client Satisfaction Questionnaire

8 items to assess client satisfaction with MH services [42]

  1. aConstructs assessed via these instruments will be used for case-mix adjustment
  2. bThe Perceived Access Inventory was developed in 2017 as the main product of another VA research project [43]
  3. cMeasures for primary effectiveness outcome
  4. dMeasures for secondary effectiveness outcomes