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. 2024 Feb 20;74(740):e156–e164. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0117

Box 3.

Barriers and facilitators identified in the data, linked to the TICD checklist

TICD domain headings with relevant determinants of practice Barriers to implementation identified in the data mapped on to the TICD checklist Facilitators of implementation identified in the data mapped on to the TICD checklist
Guideline factors
  • Quality of evidence

  • Strength of recommendation

  • Accessibility of recommendation

  • Feasibility

Lack of certainty that benefits outweigh harms
Perceived lack of easy access to resources at point of care
Accessible evidence-based guidelines

Individual health professional factors
  • Skills needed to adhere

  • Agreement towards guidelines

  • Emotions

  • Nature of the behaviour/capacity to plan to change

Lack of expertise communicating risk assessment results
Lack of consensus on approach to education
Reluctance to reduce screening frequency for common cancers/potential fidelity
Fear of missing a cancer
Lack of time for risk-tailored patient discussions
Professional education: communicating risk assessment results
GP expertise with screening programmes/risk factors
Perceived benefit of reduced screening frequency where screening tests are invasive

Patient factors
  • Patient needs

  • Patient beliefs and knowledge

  • Patient behaviour

Patient resistance to screening advice
Concern about patient anxiety related to high-risk results
Patient response/confusion from changes in screening advice
Professional education — communicating risk assessment results
Targeted public messages

Incentives and resources
  • Continuing education system

  • Assistance for clinicians

Lack of time for education/to become an evidence-based provider Evidence-based guidelines and risk calculators

Capacity for organisational change
  • Priority of necessary change

Lack of perceived priority to change practice

Social, political and legal factors
  • Economic constraints on the health budget

Reluctance for change if cost-effectiveness is the only reason for change Potentially cost-effective

TICD = Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases.