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. 2021 Aug 6;45(4):282–291. doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000364

Table 4. Barriers and Implementation Strategies According to CFIR Domain and Construct.

CFIR Construct Barrier Description Implementation strategy/KT Intervention
(See Appendix 3 for Detailed Explanations)
CFIR domain: Intervention characteristics
Adaptability Clinicians' concerns about feasibility, specifically related to safety, patient capacity to participate, and potential for pain, aphasia, and/or poor understanding of Norwegian language Promote adaptability
Identification of barriers and facilitators
Tailor strategies
Conduct educational meetings
Visit other sites
Cost Equipment cost Access new funding
CFIR domain: Inner setting
Available resources Personnel costs—training, implementation, operations, etc Access new funding
Potential for negative impact on care delivery of patients who were not receiving HIT if resources are limited (eg, PTs sick or on vacation) Access new funding (attempted but not successful)
Local consensus discussions (agreed that these patients would not be prioritized over others)
Poor accessibility to equipment (from wheelchair to treadmill) Change physical structure and equipment
Equipment for safety monitoring (alarm, blood pressure, and heart rate monitors) and orthoses Access new funding
Change physical structure and equipment
Time management—time for documentation, time for education sessions Purposely reexamine the implementation
Enough equipment and possibilities for mutual exchange between sites/floors Develop resource-sharing agreements
Compatibility Distribution of patient needs/care among the interdisciplinary team. A primary goal of PT is related to improving upper extremity function. Increasing time spent gait training would result in decreased time focusing on upper extremity function. Promote adaptability
Changing long established habits/beliefs/experiences related to workflow, interdisciplinary team, and work-related roles. Revise professional roles
Conduct local consensus discussions
Use an implementation adviser
Change record system
Culture Changing long-established habits/beliefs/experiences related to practice beliefs and culture among the PTs Create a learning collaborative
Conduct educational meetings
Conduct local consensus discussions
CFIR domain: Characteristics of individuals
Individual stage of change Little knowledge of the evidence to support HIT (interdisciplinary team) Conduct educational meetings
Involve executive boards
Knowledge and beliefs about the intervention Little knowledge of the evidence to support HIT (PTs)
Little knowledge of how to provide HIT to patients (PTs)
Conduct educational meetings
Build a coalition (RKR, City of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital)
Use an implementation adviser
Organize clinician implementation team meetings
Conduct ongoing training
Provide clinical supervision
Develop educational materials
Distribute educational materials
Facilitation
Obtain and use patients/consumers and family feedback
Remind clinicians
Little knowledge of the evidence to support HIT (interdisciplinary team) Conduct educational meetings

Abbreviations: CFIR, Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research; HIT, high-intensity training; PTs, physiotherapists; RKR, Regional Center of Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation.