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Table 3 Identified facilitators by professional group

From: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of prehabilitation for elderly frail patients prior to elective surgery: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals

Identified facilitators

Physicians (n = 5)

Therapists (n = 7)

Other

(n = 2)

Organisation

   

 Sufficient personnel resources

x

x

x

 Optimisation of patient pathway

x

x

x

  Standardised structures and organisation of prehabilitation

x

x

x

 Use of IT and technology

x

 

x

 More planning time for prehabilitation

x

x

x

 Compressed documentation

x

x

 

 Concept of the SDM Conferences

x

x

x

 Implementation of prehabilitation in regular care

x

 

x

Communication and cooperation

   

 Good communication between professionals

x

x

x

 Fixed contact person/permanent team

x

x

x

 Close cooperation between different professional groups

x

x

x

Prehabilitation

   

 Positive impact of prehabilitation on patients

x

x

x

 Committed patients

 

x

 

 Well trained therapists

 

x

 

 Longer prehabilitation period + fewer units per week

x

x

 

 Individual therapy design

x

x

 

 Multimodal prehabilitation

x

x

x

 One hour therapy time

 

x

 

 Choice of setting (outpatient/inpatient/partial inpatient/home visits)

x

x

x

 Manual for therapists

 

x

 

 Proof of evidence

x

  
  1. An ‘x’ indicates that this theme was at least once mentioned by the respective professional group