Identifying facilitators and barriers to implementing the Feverkidstool, a clinical decision tool, in the emergency department: a qualitative study in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify determinants that hinder or facilitate implementation of the Feverkidstool, a clinical decision support tool offering a quantitative, evidence-based approach, to manage children with fever in the emergency department (ED) setting.

Design

Qualitative study using semistructured interviews, analysed through directed content analysis guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).

Setting

Secondary and tertiary paediatric emergency departments in three hospitals in the Netherlands.

Participants

Eighteen potential end users of the Feverkidstool, including paediatricians and paediatric residents working in the ED and involved in the care of febrile children, participated in the study.

Primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Vrijlandt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829391 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature