Barriers and facilitators to shared decision making in child and youth mental health: clinician perspectives using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

ABSTRACT: Shared decision making (SDM) is increasingly being suggested as an integral part of mental health provision. Yet, there is little research on what clinicians believe the barriers and facilitators around practice to be. At the same time, there is also increasing recognition of a theory-practice gap within the field, with calls for more pragmatic uses of theory to inform and improve clinical practice. Using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), a comprehensive, theoretical-led framework, underpinned by 33 behaviour change theories and 128 constructs, clinician perceived barriers and facilitators to SDM are investigated. The sample comprised of 15 clinicians across two sites in England, who took part in qualitative semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Transcripts were analysed usin

SUBMITTER: Hayes D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6514112 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature