Table 4.

Health care professionals' perceptions about potential barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the guideline for breast cancer surgery in day care

Statement	Mean ± SD	Median (range)
Preconditions:
Written information after diagnosis	4.30 ± 0.54	4; 2–5
Discharge criteria	4.18 ± 0.56	4; 2–5
Written information at discharge	4.08 ± 0.62	4; 2–5
Status of the guideline	4.05 ± 0.69	4; 2–5
Preoperative counselling	4.05 ± 0.69	4; 2–5
Breast care nursing staff	4.02 ± 0.73	4; 2–5
Collaboration agreements with home care organizations	3.93 ± 0.77	4; 1–5
Possibility to choose between day care and hospital admission	3.87 ± 0.86	4; 2–5
Day Surgery Unit	3.73 ± 0.94	4; 1–5
Expectations:
Cooperation ward nursing staff	3.88 ± 0.52	4; 2–5
Cooperation patients/patient organizations	3.86 ± 0.48	4; 2–5
Cooperation colleagues	3.81 ± 0.53	4; 2–5
Cooperation management	3.81 ± 0.68	4; 1–5
Compensation	3.75 ± 0.86	4; 1–5
Expertise home care nurses	3.73 ± 0.83	4; 1–5
Patient satisfaction	3.52 ± 0.81	4; 1–5
Time investment	2.82 ± 0.90	3; 1–5

SD: standard deviation.

Respondents indicated on a 5-point scale from 1 (fully disagree) to 5 (fully agree) to what extent they agreed with the 17 statements.