Perceived barriers and facilitators to preventing hospital-acquired pressure injury in paediatrics: A qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This qualitative study aimed to identify nurses' and allied health professionals' perceptions and experiences of providing hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) prevention in a paediatric tertiary hospital in Australia, as well as understand the perceived barriers and facilitators to preventing HAPI.

Design

A qualitative, exploratory study of hospital professionals was undertaken using semi-structured interviews between February 2022 and January 2023.

Methods

Two frameworks, the Capability, Opportunity and Motivation Model of Behaviour (COM-B) and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), were used to give both theoretical and pragmatic guidance. Participants included 19 nursing and allied health professionals and data analysis was informed by the framework appr

SUBMITTER: Dimanopoulos TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature