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Testing a systematic approach to identify and prioritise barriers to successful implementation of a complex healthcare intervention
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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by L E Craig, L Churilov, L Olenko, D A Cadilhac, R Grimley, S Dale, C Martinez-Garduno, E McInnes, Julie ConsidineJulie Considine, J M Grimshaw, S MiddletonMultiple barriers may inhibit the adoption of clinical interventions and impede successful implementation. Use of standardised methods to prioritise barriers to target when selecting implementation interventions is an understudied area of implementation research. The aim of this study was to describe a method to identify and prioritise barriers to the implementation of clinical practice elements which were used to inform the development of the T(3) trial implementation intervention (Triage, Treatment [thrombolysis administration; monitoring and management of temperature, blood glucose levels, and swallowing difficulties] and Transfer of stroke patients from Emergency Departments [ED]). A survey was developed based on a literature review and data from a complementary trial to identify the commonly reported barriers for the nine T(3) clinical care elements. This was administered via a web-based questionnaire to a purposive sample of Australian multidisciplinary clinicians and managers in acute stroke care. The questionnaire addressed barriers to each of the nine T(3) trial clinical care elements. Participants produced two ranked lists: on their perception of: firstly, how influential each barrier was in preventing clinicians from performing the clinical care element (influence attribute); and secondly how difficult the barrier was to overcome (difficulty attribute). The rankings for both influence and difficulty were combined to classify the barriers according to three categories ('least desirable', desirable' or 'most desirable' to target) to assist interpretation. All invited participants completed the survey; (n = 17; 35% medical, 35% nursing, 18% speech pathology, 12% bed managers). The barriers classified as most desirable to target and overcome were a 'lack of protocols for the management of fever' and 'not enough blood glucose monitoring machines'. A structured decision-support procedure has been illustrated and successfully applied to identify and prioritise barriers to target within an implementation intervention. This approach may prove to be a useful in other studies and as an adjunct to undertaking barrier assessments within individual sites when planning implementation interventions.
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BMC medical research methodologyVolume
17Article number
24Pagination
1 - 14Publisher
BioMed CentralLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1471-2288eISSN
1471-2288Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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