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Table 3 Alignment of distinct and overarching barriers and intuitive strategies with theoretical recommendations

From: Aligning intuition and theory: a novel approach to identifying the determinants of behaviours necessary to support implementation of evidence into practice

 

Distinct barrier and intuitive strategy alignment with theoretical recommendations

Align with theory

Non-links

Inconclusive

No evidence

TBA1

6/31 (19%)

• ‘Conserving mental resources’—memory, attention, and decision processes; used on two occasions

• ‘Behavioural practice/rehearsal’—skills

• ‘Social support (practical)’ —environmental context and resources; used on three occasions

3/31 (10%)

• ‘Prompts and cues’—knowledge

• ‘Conserving mental resources’—professional role and identity; used on two occasions

5/31 (16%)

17/31 (55%)

TBA2

2/12 (17%)

• ‘Information about social and environmental consequences’—knowledge

• ‘Social support (unspecified)’ —social influences

2/12 (17%)

• ‘Problem solving’—professional role and identity

• ‘Monitoring of outcomes of behaviour without feedback’—professional role and identity

1/12 (8%)

7/12 (58%)

TBA3

2/6 (33%)

• ‘Conserving mental resources’—memory, attention, and decision processes

• ‘Social support (unspecified)’—social influences

1/6 (17%)

• ‘Action planning’—knowledge

0/6 (0%)

3/6 (50%)

Totala

10/49 (20%)

6/49 (12%)

6/49 (12%)

27/49 (55%)

 

Distinct/overarching barrier and intuitive strategy alignment with theoretical recommendations

Align with theory

Non-links

Inconclusive

No evidence

TBA1

11/31 (35%)

• ‘Conserving mental resources’—memory, attention, and decision processes; used on two occasions

• ‘Behavioural practice/rehearsal’—skills

• ‘Social support (practical)’—environmental context and resources; used on three occasions

• ‘Demonstration of the behaviour’—beliefs about capabilities

• ‘Salience of consequences’—beliefs about consequences

• ‘Behavioural practice/rehearsal’—beliefs about capabilities

• ‘Problem solving’—beliefs about capabilities

• ‘Graded task’—beliefs about capabilities

3/31 (10%)

• ‘Prompts and cues’—knowledge

• ‘Conserving mental resources’—professional role and identity; used on two occasions

5/31 (16%)

12/31 (39%)

TBA2

4/12 (33%)

• ‘Information about social and environmental consequences’—knowledge

• ‘Social support (unspecified)’ —social influences

• ‘Information about others approval’—social influences

• ‘Social comparison’—social influences

4/12 (33%)

• ‘Problem solving’—professional role and identity; used on two occasions

• ‘Monitoring of outcomes of behaviour without feedback’—professional role and identity

• ‘Problem solving’—social influences

2/12 (17%)

2/12 (17%)

TBA3

2/6 (33%)

• ‘Conserving mental resources’—memory, attention, and decision processes

• ‘Social support (unspecified)’ —social influences

1/6 (17%)

• ‘Action planning’—knowledge

0/6 (0%)

3/6 (50%)

Total

17/49 (35%)

8/49 (16%)

7/49 (14%)

17/49 (35%)

  1. aDecimal rounding down provides a total of 99%