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Table 3 Categorization of the generic and specific domains, major categories, and codes

From: Experiences of physiotherapists regarding a standard set of measurement instruments to improve quality of care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mixed methods study

Generic domains according to Flottorp et al. [21]

Major categories

Codes

Guideline factors

Applicability and time frame of assessments of the measurement instruments in the standard set

Goals of using the measurement instruments

  

Barriers to using the measurement instruments

  

Facilitators of using the measurement instruments

  

Presented information for using the standard set is sufficient

Individual health professional factors

Knowledge and skills of physiotherapists

Different experiences of using the measurement instruments related to additional COPD training

 

Acceptance (including attitudes) of physiotherapists

Different experiences of using the measurement instruments related to age

  

Mixed perspectives on different ways to use the data of the measurement instruments

Patient factors

Patient motivation and behaviour

Resistance to frequent measuring

  

Interest in own results

  

Participating in filling in questionnaires

  

Enthusiasm towards using an accelerometer

  

Barriers to using the accelerometer

Professional interactions

Quality improvement

Barriers to quality improvement

  

Facilitators of quality improvement

  

Barriers of having a small practice and little capacity

  

Feedback on the measurement instruments results is valued

Incentives and resources

Information system of the practice

Barriers to the implementation

  

Facilitators of the implementation

  

Software problems

  

Software facilitators

 

Availability of resources in the practice

Lack of space to complete the 6MWT

  

Microfetâ„¢ is expensive to purchase

  

Shortage of accelerometers

Capacity for organizational change

Information system of the practice

Barriers to the implementation

  

Facilitators of the implementation

  

Software problems

  

Software facilitators

 

Availability of resources in the practice

Lack of space to complete the 6MWT

  

Microfetâ„¢ is expensive to purchase

  

Shortage of accelerometers

Social, political, and legal factors

Transparency

Positive perspectives towards making the anonymized standard set data transparent for policymakers

  

Negative perspectives towards making the standard set data transparent at an individual level

  1. 6MWT six-minute walk test, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease