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Table 3 Facilitators and barriers to implementation of the guideline

From: Barriers and facilitators to guideline for the management of pediatric off-label use of drugs in China: a qualitative descriptive study

CFIR framework

Facilitating factors

Barrier factors

Coding

Coding

Intervention characteristics

  

Intervention Source

The physician support

A lack of practicality

Unnecessary clinical practice

Evidence Strength & Quality

The physician trust

/

Relative advantage

More advantageous than comparable existing Chinese similar guidelines

/

Adaptability

 

A need for context-specific adaptation

Trialability

/

A poor trialability in non-children’s Hospitals

Complexity

/

A poor feasibility in primary Hospitals

Some complicated recommendations

Cost

/

A need for some cost

Outer setting

  

Patient Needs & Resources

Meet children’s treatment needs

/

Cosmopolitanism

Pharmaceutical companies participate in and promote clinical trials

A lack of patients understanding

pharmaceutical industry off-label promotion

Peer Pressure

The Guangdong Pharmaceutical Society, the Shandong Pharmaceutical Society, and similar guidelines from other countries

 

External Policy & Incentives

The Physicians Law of the People’s Republic of China

Non-reimbursement by health insurance

The occurrence of off-label drug use disputes in children raises concerns in this area

A risk of legal conflicts

Unique improvement campaigns

A lack of administrative & policy promotion

Inner setting

  

Structural Characteristics

Graded management

The low priority of pediatrics in non-children’s hospitals

A dedicated person to drive

/

The addition of prescription review rules

/

Networks & Communications

A promotion by societies or associations

The unfavorable social environment and conflict between doctors and patients

A promotion by medical associations

A lack of communication between pharmacists and clinicians

Culture

Cultural alignment with the hospital

/

Implementation Climate

High urgency

A lack of no priority in comparison to other daily work

Fitting firmly with the hospital’s management

A lack of personal gain

Availability of punishments

A low-physician compliance

Alignment with hospital management goals

Complex management procedures

A better learning environment

/

Readiness for Implementation

Proper off-label drugs coverage by the hospital

A lack of attention from hospital leadership

A special team of off-label drug management

A lack of specialized training

A database of off-label drug use

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clinical pharmacists’ support

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characteristics of individuals

  

Knowledge & Beliefs about the Intervention

/

A lack of understanding of the Benefit and Risk Assessment framework

Self-efficacy

An alignment with personal beliefs

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Individual Stage of Change

Physician confidence

Low titles

A willingness to promote

A lack of passion and innovation of pharmacists

A high degree of professional restraint and self-defense of pediatric doctors

A wide range of technical competence

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A few physicians’ poor ethical principles

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An ignorance of physicians’ management of off-label use drugs

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Physicians’ empiricism with drug use