Table 2.

Identified barriers by professional group

Identified barriers	Physicians (n = 5)	Therapists (n = 7)	Other (n = 2)
Organisation
Perceived personnel shortage	x	x	x
Patient pathway not adapted to incorporate prehabilitation	x		x
Scope and effort of the SDM conferences	x	x
Lack of prehabilitation centres			x
Short term planning of prehabilitation	x	x	x
Patient transportation	x	x	x
Postponing surgery appointments	x		x
Training deficits among healthcare professionals	x	x	x
Study matters	x	x	x
Communication & cooperation
Communication deficits with patients	x	x	x
Communication deficits among professionals	x	x	x
Excessive demands of patients		x	x
Limited cooperation between professionals	x	x	x
Prehabilitation
Age and health status of the patients	x	x	x
Pain	x	x	x
Time period of prehabilitation	x	x
Rigid treatment plans	x	x	x

An ‘x’ indicates that this theme was at least once mentioned by the respective professional group