Investigating primary healthcare practitioners' barriers and enablers to referral of patients with COPD to pulmonary rehabilitation: a mixed-methods study using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a highly effective, recommended intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Using behavioural theory within mixed-methods research to understand why referral remains low enables the development of targeted interventions in order to improve future PR referral.

Design

A multiphase sequential mixed-methods study.

Setting

United Kingdom (UK).

Participants

252 multiprofessional primary healthcare practitioners (PHCPs).

Measures

Phase 1: semistructured interviews. Phase 2: a 54-item paper and online questionnaire, based on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Content and descriptive analysis utilised. Data mixed at two points: instrument design and interpretation.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Watson JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8772414 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature