Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Pressure Injury Guidelines for Nutrition Assessment and Alternating Pressure Air Mattress Allocation: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate clinicians' views on barriers and facilitators to implementing pressure injury prevention guideline recommendations for nutrition assessment and treatment, and de-implementing inappropriate alternating pressure air mattress allocation.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study adhering to the COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative research (COREQ) guidelines.

Methods

We conducted face-to-face or videoconference focus groups and semi-structured individual interviews with clinicians recruited from a metropolitan tertiary hospital. Participants were purposively sampled according to their years of clinical practice. Interview transcripts were thematically analysed inductively to derive barriers and facilitators to guideline uptake. These were the

SUBMITTER: Wan CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12460943 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature