Examining drivers of self-harm guideline implementation by general practitioners: A qualitative analysis using the theoretical domains framework.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to (1) examine barriers and enablers to General Practitioners' (GP) use of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for self-harm and (2) recommend potential intervention strategies to improve implementation of them in primary care.

Design

Qualitative interview study.

Methods

Twenty-one telephone interviews, semi-structured around the capabilities, opportunities and motivations model of behaviour change (COM-B), were conducted with GPs in the United Kingdom. The Theoretical Domains Framework was employed as an analytical framework. Using the Behaviour Change Wheel, Behaviour Change Techniques (BCTs), intervention functions and exemplar interventions were identified.

Results

GPs valued additional knowledge a

SUBMITTER: Leather JZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790562 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature