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Table 2 Interview guide based on selected CFIR constructs

From: Formative evaluation prior to implementation of a brief treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care

Intervention characteristics

 Adaptability

  What do you think it will take to deliver a 5-session structured cognitive-behavioral intervention in the integrated primary care setting?

  What are your concerns about this? Do you think it will work, or not work? What do you think you need to make a 5-session cognitive behavioral therapy intervention work?

Outer setting

 Patient needs and resources

  How well do you think a cognitive behavioral therapy skills intervention would meet the needs of the individuals served by your organization?

  How well do you think a brief PTSD intervention would meet the needs of the individuals served by your organization?

  What barriers do you think the individuals served by your organization might face in order to participate in the intervention?

Inner setting

 Compatibility

  How do you think a 5-session cognitive behavioral therapy intervention fits in with your organization?

   How does the intervention potentially NOT fit?

  When thinking about a 5-session cognitive behavioral therapy intervention, how well do you think this might fit in with your organization’s current work flow processes?

   Does it fit with the way you currently deliver care (for example, your collaborative care model)?

   What are some issues or complications that you think may arise?

aCharacteristics of individuals

 Knowledge and beliefs about the intervention

  What do you know about this brief PTSD intervention?

   Of these things that you know, what makes you think that this intervention will work, or not work, in your setting?

  How do you feel about the intervention being used in your setting?

   How do you feel about the goal of implementing the intervention in your setting?

   When you first think about this brief PTSD intervention, what are the first thoughts or feelings that you have about it?

 Self-efficacy

  How confident are you that you will be able to use the intervention?

   What gives you that level of confidence (or lack of confidence)?

  1. CFIR Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research [35], PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder
  2. aThese questions were only asked to integrated behavioral health therapists