Evaluation of an evidence-based practice training for peer support workers in behavioral health care

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Table 1. Evaluation survey: questions on training content

How would you rate your …		Low		Medium		High
1. Ability to counsel clients about the topic(s) covered in this training	Before this training	1	2	3	4	5
	After this training	1	2	3	4	5
2. Ability to manage clients regarding topic(s) covered in this training	Before this training	1	2	3	4	5
	After this training	1	2	3	4	5
3. Ability to implement seeking safety	Before this training	1	2	3	4	5
	After this training	1	2	3	4	5
4. Comfort level in providing services to clients in relation to the topic(s) covered in this training	Before this training	1	2	3	4	5
	After this training	1	2	3	4	5
5. Overall knowledge of the topic(s) covered in this training	Before this training	1	2	3	4	5
	After this training	1	2	3	4	5

Table 2. Perceived effectiveness of training for PSWs and BHPs

Survey item^1	Pre-Training median (Q1, Q3)^2	Post-training median (Q1, Q3)^2	Change median (Q1, Q3)^2	Change scores p-value^3	Comparison of change between PSWs and BHPs p-value^4
PSWs (n = 15)
Ability to counsel clients about the topic(s) covered in the training	2 (1, 3)	4 (4, 5)	2 (1, 2)	0.0001^*
Ability to manage clients regarding topic(s) covered in the training	3 (1, 3)	4 (3, 5)	1 (1, 2)	0.0002^*
Ability to implement Seeking Safety	2 (1, 3)	4 (3, 5)	2 (1, 3)	0.0001^*
Comfort level in providing services to clients in relation to topics covered in the training	2 (2, 3)	4 (4, 5)	2 (1, 2)	0.0005^*
Overall knowledge of the topic(s)covered in the training	3 (2, 3)	4 (4, 5)	2 (1, 2)	0.0002^*
BHPs (n = 20)
Ability to counsel clients about the topic(s) covered in the training	4 (2, 5)	4 (4, 5)	1 (0, 1)	0.0027^*
Ability to manage clients regarding topic(s) covered in the training	3 (3, 5)	5 (4, 5)	1 (0, 2)	0.0002^*
Ability to implement seeking safety	3 (2, 4)	4 (4, 5)	1 (1, 2)	0.0001^*
Comfort level in providing services to clients in relation to topics covered in the training	4 (3, 5)	4 (4, 5)	1 (0, 2)	0.0020^*
Overall knowledge of the topic(s) covered in the training	3 (3, 4)	4 (4, 5)	1 (0, 2)	0.0005^*
Ability to counsel clients about the topic(s) covered in the training					0.0038^*
Ability to manage clients regarding topic(s) covered in the training					0.14
Ability to implement seeking safety					0.051
Comfort level in providing services to clients in relation to topics covered in the training					0.082
Overall knowledge of the topic(s) covered in the training					0.092

^* p-value is significant if ≤ 0.01. Type I error rate was Bonferroni-corrected to adjust for multiple comparisons.

¹ Scaling is low 1–2, medium 3–4, and high 5.

² Q1 = 25th percentile, Q3 = 75th percentile.

³ p-value obtained from the Wilcoxon sign-rank test.

⁴ p-value obtained from the Wilcoxon rank sum test.