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. 2024 Dec 16;19(12):e0315588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315588

Table 2. Example of coding and theme development.

Extracted data Category-sub theme (Coding) Level of impact or application (main theme construct)
BARRIERS ‘Cost factors—booking fee and cost of travel to hospital (against a background of poverty, low resources, long distance to travel)’ Resource limitations Women and community-based challenges (patient and population)
‘Different guidelines used to inform practice (national and international)’ Variability in guidelines Guidelines and standards related challenges
‘An overburdened national health system’ Resource limitations-low resource settings Health care system or systemic challenges
‘Resistance to change on the part of health professionals’ Resistance to change Health professional related challenges
‘Lack of alert-reminder design /interface in electronic records’ Lack of decision support systems and processes Organisation (healthcare provider) related challenges
ENABLERS ‘Educating nurses and midwives about the continued monitoring and reporting of unremitting symptoms in the postpartum period to minimize any possible complications’ Continued education and training about monitoring and reporting data Health professional practise
‘More consistent and evidence-based guidelines for the paediatric setting could improve confidence in recommendations and hence compliance with them’ Consistent and evidence-based guidelines to improve confidence in recommendations Guidelines and standards development
‘Automated orders as part of care maps and electronically generated messages to facilitate adherence’ Automated care pathways and electronic reminders Organisation/facility initiatives
‘Simplify test and make it easier for woman’ Redesign screening and tests to improve patient uptake Health care system
‘Patient education and instructional handouts’ Patient education Women and community (Patient and population)