Reducing barriers to trauma inquiry in substance use disorder treatment – a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Means and Standard Deviations of Perceived Barriers to Trauma Inquiry at Baseline, 3-Month and 6-Month Follow-up

Barriers to trauma inquiry	Baseline						p	3-month follow-up						6-month follow-up
	Intervention (n = 57)			Control (n = 74)				Intervention (n = 42)			Control (n = 61)			Intervention (n = 31)			Control (n = 43)
	n	M	SD	n	M	SD		n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD
‘Feeling uncomfortable’	57	1.40	0.68	74	1.30	0.77	.154	41	1.20	0.63	60	1.30	0.74	31	1.10	0.67	43	1.30	0.75
‘Fear of offending the client’	57	1.50	0.71	74	1.30	0.86	.121	42	1.10	0.71	60	1.20	0.88	31	0.97	0.71	43	1.30	0.85
‘Fear of retraumatizing the client’	57	1.30	0.71	74	1.30	0.79	.949	42	0.67	0.61	60	1.20	0.81	31	0.81	0.48	42	1.40	0.76
‘Fear that client may terminate treatment’	57	1.10	0.62	74	0.83	0.60	.025	42	0.69	0.64	60	0.83	0.64	31	0.68	0.60	42	0.93	0.64
‘Unsure whether authorities have to be informed when perpetrator is known’	57	1.20	0.92	74	0.81	0.91	.034	42	0.88	0.86	61	0.74	0.85	31	0.45	0.72	43	0.88	0.85
‘No trauma-specific treatment available in my local area’	57	1.40	0.86	74	1.10	0.87	.093	42	1.00	0.91	60	1.20	0.84	31	1.00	0.82	43	1.20	0.93

0 = I strongly disagree, 1 = I somewhat disagree, 2 = I somewhat agree, 3 = I strongly agree

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