Table 2.
Barrier | Theoretical Domain | Definition | COM-B |
Lack of awareness | Environmental context and resources | Any circumstance of a person’s situation or environment that discourages or encourages the development of skills and abilities, independence, social competence and adaptive behaviour | Opportunity Physical |
Finding and completing stickers perceived as unnecessary duplication | Goals | Mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve | Motivation Reflective |
Bundle fatigue: 22 other bundles and checklists already in use on the AMU | Optimism | The confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained | Motivation Reflective |
Conflict with sepsis and antibiotic policies and with guidance on renal ultrasound in AMU | Beliefs about consequences | Acceptance of the truth, reality or validity about outcomes of a behaviour in a given situation | Motivation Reflective |
Compliance with some bundle elements already perceived as good | Beliefs about capabilities | Acceptance of the truth, reality or validity about an ability, talent or facility that a person can put to constructive use | Motivation Reflective |
Not all bundle elements perceived as equally important | Intentions | A conscious decision to perform a behaviour or a resolve to act in a certain way | Motivation Reflective |
AMU, acute medical unit; COM-B, Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour; PDSA, Plan-Do-Study-Act.