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Table 5 Extent to which these factors influence the program's ability to involve families in opioid use disorder treatment for AYA

From: Provider perceptions of systems-level barriers and facilitators to utilizing family-based treatment approaches in adolescent and young adult opioid use disorder treatment

CFIR domains, subdomains, factors

Total sample

Respondents who work for programs that can treat adolescents & young adults

Respondents who work for programs that ONLY treat young adults**

None

Somewhat

A lot

None

Somewhat

A lot

None

Somewhat

A lot

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Intervention characteristics

 Evidence Strength & Quality

Staff do not consider family involvement to be effective for AYA

60

63.20%

27

28.40%

8

8.40%

13

54.2%

7

29.2%

4

16.7%

47

66.2%

20

28.2%

4

5.6%

Staff do not consider family-based treatment to be effective for AYA

61

64.20%

28

29.50%

6

6.30%

13

54.2%

9

37.5%

2

8.3%

48

67.6%

19

26.8%

4

5.6%

 Costs

Lack of funding for staff to attend training for family-based approaches

23

24.00%

38

39.60%

35

36.50%

4

16.7%

12

50.0%

8

33.3%

19

26.4%

26

36.1%

27

37.5%

Issues with insurance reimbursement for services for family members

33

34.70%

37

38.90%

25

26.30%

5

20.8%

9

37.5%

10

41.7%

28

39.4%

28

39.4%

15

21.1%

Inner setting

 Culture

The culture of adult treatment models does not fit with family-based treatment models

38

40.00%

41

43.20%

16

16.80%

9

37.5%

10

41.7%

5

20.8%

29

40.8%

31

43.7%

11

15.5%

Implementation climate

 Organizational incentives & rewards

Family treatment is not prioritized in staff productivity requirements

22

22.90%

34

35.40%

40

41.70%

6

25.0%

9

37.5%

9

37.5%

16

22.2%

25

34.7%

31

43.1%

 Relative priority

Staff lack of interest in increasing family involvement in treatment

48

51.10%

29

30.90%

17

18.10%

10

41.7%

6

25.0%

8

33.3%

38

54.3%

23

32.9%

9

12.9%

Staff lack of interest in family-based treatment approaches*

49

51.60%

30

31.60%

16

16.80%

11

45.8%

4

16.7%

9

37.5%

38

53.5%

26

36.6%

7

9.9%

Readiness for implementation

 Leadership engagement

Staff not receiving support and encouragement from the agency for

increasing family-involvement in treatment

32

33.70%

46

48.40%

17

17.90%

8

33.3%

11

45.8%

5

20.8%

24

33.8%

35

49.3%

12

16.9%

Program leaderships’ lack of interest in increasing family involvement in treatment

48

50.50%

31

32.60%

16

16.80%

10

41.7%

8

33.3%

6

25.0%

38

53.5%

23

32.4%

10

14.1%

Program leaderships’ lack of interest in increasing family involvement in treatment

48

50.5%

31

32.60%

16

16.80%

10

41.7%

8

33.3%

6

25.0%

38

53.5%

23

32.4%

10

14.1%

 Available resources

Lack of staff availability to lead groups for families

26

27.10%

29

30.20%

41

42.70%

4

16.7%

6

25.0%

14

58.3%

22

30.6%

23

31.9%

27

37.5%

Lack of funding to support expansion of services to families

17

17.70%

40

41.70%

39

40.60%

3

12.5%

7

29.2%

14

58.3%

14

19.4%

33

45.8%

25

34.7%

Insufficient space for family groups to meet

32

33.30%

31

32.30%

33

34.40%

8

33.3%

9

37.5%

7

29.2%

24

33.3%

22

30.6%

26

36.1%

Insufficient space for family therapy sessions

31

32.30%

38

39.60%

27

28.10%

7

29.2%

12

50.0%

5

20.8%

24

33.3%

26

36.1%

22

30.6%

Lack of time in staffs' schedule for family sessions

22

22.90%

41

42.70%

33

34.40%

4

16.7%

10

41.7%

10

41.7%

18

25.0%

31

43.1%

23

31.9%

Lack of time for staff to attend trainings for family-based approaches

30

31.30%

34

35.40%

32

33.30%

6

25.0%

8

33.3%

10

41.7%

24

33.3%

26

36.1%

22

30.6%

Lack of staff trained in family-based treatment

16

16.70%

50

52.10%

30

31.30%

3

12.5%

11

45.8%

10

41.7%

13

18.1%

39

54.2%

20

27.8%

 Access to knowledge and information

Lack of staff knowledge regarding how to involve family members in opioid use disorder treatment for AYA patients

21

21.90%

54

56.30%

21

21.90%

4

16.7%

11

45.8%

9

37.5%

17

23.6%

43

59.7%

12

16.7%

Staff are unsure of how to document family sessions

46

47.90%

34

35.40%

16

16.70%

9

37.5%

8

33.3%

7

29.2%

37

51.4%

26

36.1%

9

12.5%

Characteristics of individuals

 Knowledge & Beliefs about the Intervention

Staff concerns that families enable loved ones substance use*

33

34.70%

44

46.30%

18

18.90%

10

41.7%

6

25.0%

8

33.3%

23

32.4%

38

53.5%

10

14.1%

Lack of staff who are comfortable working with patients and their family together

35

36.50%

43

44.80%

18

18.80%

7

29.2%

11

45.8%

6

25.0%

28

38.9%

32

44.4%

12

16.7%

Staff concerns that family involvement in treatment will perpetuate enabling dynamics

43

45.30%

37

38.90%

15

15.80%

14

58.3%

5

20.8%

5

20.8%

29

40.8%

32

45.1%

10

14.1%

Staff beliefs that family-based treatment is not in the best interest of AYA patients

56

58.90%

33

34.70%

6

6.30%

10

41.7%

11

45.8%

3

12.5%

46

64.8%

22

31.0%

3

4.2%

 Individual stage of change

Staff resistance to changing clinical practice to increase family involvement

41

43.20%

32

33.70%

22

23.20%

8

33.3%

6

25.0%

10

41.7%

33

46.5%

26

36.6%

12

16.9%

 Other personal attributes

Lack of staff motivation to increase family member involvement in treatment*

45

47.40%

42

44.20%

8

8.40%

9

37.5%

10

41.7%

5

20.8%

36

50.7%

32

45.1%

3

4.2%

  1. **Includes respondents who reported that their program does not have the capacity to treat adolescents as well as respondents who were unsure (N = 14 if their program has the capacity to treat both adolescents and young adults, as it was presumed that those respondents could not reliably report on factors influencing service delivery to adolescents
  2. * p < .05 for chi-square tests of the significance of observed between group differences