Contributions to the literature
Introduction
Objectives
Methods
Information sources and searches
Eligibility criteria and study selection
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report primary data and be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal;
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use a Delphi methodology, focus group, in-depth interview or semi-structured interview design for qualitative studies, or a randomized controlled trial, before-after with no control group, cohort, case-control or cross-sectional design for quantitative studies;
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address barriers and facilitators for implementing alcohol SBI reported by GPs or nurses working in primary care general practices (excluding out-of-hours practices or walk-in centres, full definition in protocol [32]);
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be available in full-text copy in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.
Data extraction and quality assessment
Data synthesis
Results
Study selection
First author | Year | Country | Language | Study design | Study sample (n) | Methodological quality | |
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GP | Nurse | ||||||
Aalto [36] | 2001 | Finland | English | Cross-sectional | 84 | 167 | Good |
Aalto [38] | 2003 | Finland | English | Cross-sectional | 64 | Good | |
Aalto [37] | 2003a | Finland | English | Focus group | 18 | 19 | Good |
Abidi [39] | 2016 | Netherlands | English | Delphi | 37 | Good | |
Abouyanni [40] | 2000 | Australia | English | Cross-sectional | 416 | Poor | |
Aira [41] | 2003 | Finland | English | Semi-structured interviews | 35 | Good | |
Aira [42] | 2004 | Finland | English | Semi-structured interviews | 35 | Good | |
Ampt [43] | 2009 | Australia | English | Semi-structured interviews | 15 | 1 | Good |
Anderson [44] | 1985 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 312 | Good | |
Anderson [46] | 2003 | Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, UK | English | Cross-sectional | 1300 | Good | |
Anderson [45] | 2004 | Australia, Belgium, Spain, UK | English | RCT | 277 | Good | |
Anderson [47] | 2014 | Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, UK | English | Cross-sectional | 2345 | Fair | |
Arborelius [48] | 1995 | Sweden | English | Structured interviews | 13 | Fair | |
Beich [49] | 2002 | Denmark | English | Focus groups Individual interviews | 24 | Fair | |
Bendtsen [50] | 2015 | Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK | English | Cohort | 409 | 282 | Fair |
Berner [51] | 2007 | Germany | English | Cross-sectional | 58 | Fair | |
Brennan [52] | 2013 | Australia | English | Cross-sectional | 15 | Poor | |
Brotons [53] | 2005 | Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden | English | Cross-sectional | 2082 | Poor | |
Carlfjord [54] | 2012 | Sweden | English | Focus groups | 9 | 12 | Good |
Casswell [55] | 1982 | New Zealand | English | Cross-sectional | 431 | Fair | |
Charrel [56] | 2010 | France | English | Cross-sectional | 300 | Fair | |
Clement [57] | 1986 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 71 | Good | |
Clifford [58] | 2011 | Australia | English | Pre-post training surveys Focus groups | 3 | 3 | Good |
Deehan [60] | 1997 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 81 | Fair | |
Deehan [61] | 1998 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 2377 | Poor | |
Deehan [59] | 1999 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 264 | 196 | Fair |
Farmer [62] | 2001 | UK | English | Semi-structured interviews Cross-sectional | 50 | Poor | |
Ferguson [63] | 2003 | USA | English | Cross-sectional | 40 | Poor | |
Fernández [64] | 1999 | Spain | Spanish | Cross-sectional | 227 | Fair | |
Friedmann [65] | 2000 | USA | English | Cross-sectional | 243 | Fair | |
Fucito [66] | 2003 | Australia | English | Cross-sectional | 110 | Good | |
Geirsson [20] | 2005 | Sweden | English | Cross-sectional | 68 | 193 | Good |
Gurugama [67] | 2003 | Sri Lanka | English | Cross-sectional | 105 | Good | |
Haley [68] | 2000 | Canada | English | Cross-sectional | 805 | Fair | |
Harris [69] | 2005 | Australia | English | Pre-post questionnaire with no control group | 21 | Poor | |
Holmqvist [70] | 2008 | Sweden | English | Cross-sectional | 1790 | 2549 | Good |
Hutchings [71] | 2006 | UK | English | Focus groups | 18 | 15 | Good |
Johansson [73] | 2002 | Sweden | English | Cross-sectional | 65 | 141 | Good |
Johansson [72] | 2005 | Sweden | English | Focus groups | 26 | Poor | |
Johansson [74] | 2005a | Sweden | English | Focus groups | 13 | Good | |
Kaariainen [75] | 2001 | Finland | English | Cross-sectional | GP + nurse = 69 | Fair | |
Kaner [78] | 1999 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 279 | Good | |
Kaner [79] | 2001 | Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Thailand, UK | English | Cross-sectional | 2139 | Good | |
Kaner [76] | 2003 | UK | English | Cluster RCT | 212 general practices | Fair | |
Kaner [77] | 2006 | UK | English | Interviews | 29 | Good | |
Kersnik [80] | 2009 | Slovenia | English | Focus groups | 32 | Good | |
Keurhorst [81] | 2014 | Netherlands | English | Cluster RCT | 112 | Fair | |
Kolsek [82] | 2008 | Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia | English | Delphi Focus groups | nr | nr | Fair |
Koopman [83] | 2008 | South Africa | English | Cross-sectional | 50 | Fair | |
Lacey [84] | 2009 | UK | English | Focus groups Semi-structured interviews Cross-sectional | nr | Fair | |
Lambe [85] | 2008 | UK | English | Cross-sectional Focus groups | 53 | Good | |
Lid [86] | 2012 | Norway | English | Focus groups | 13 | Fair | |
Lid [87] | 2015 | Norway | English | Focus groups | 19 | Good | |
Linke [88] | 2005 | UK | English | Focus groups | 10 | Fair | |
Lock [89] | 2002 | UK | English | Semi-structured interviews | 24 | Good | |
Maheux [90] | 1999 | Canada | English | Cross-sectional | 805 | Fair | |
May [91] | 2006 | UK | English | Semi-structured interviews | 43 | 1 | Good |
McAvoy [92] | 2001 | Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia | English | Semi-structured interviews | 126 | Fair | |
Miller [93] | 2006 | USA | English | Focus groups | nr | nr | Good |
Miner [94] | 1990 | Spain | Spanish | Cross-sectional | 83 | Fair | |
Mistral [95] | 2001 | UK | English | Cross-sectional Semi-structured interviews | 103 | Poor | |
Moretti-Pires [96] | 2011 | Brazil | Portuguese | Focus groups Semi-structured interviews | 12 | Fair | |
Mules [97] | 2012 | New Zealand | English | Semi-structured interviews | 19 | Fair | |
Nevin [98] | 2002 | Canada | English | Cross-sectional | 75 | Fair | |
Nygaard [100] | 2010 | Norway | English | Cross-sectional | 901 | Good | |
Nygaard [99] | 2011 | Norway | English | Focus groups | 40 | Good | |
Owens [101] | 2000 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 101 | Fair | |
Payne [102] | 2005 | Australia | English | Cross-sectional | 170 | Fair | |
Poplas Susic [103] | 2010 | Slovenia | English | Focus groups | 32 | Good | |
Proude [104] | 2006 | Australia | English | Pre-post questionnaire with no control group | 300 | Poor | |
Rapley [105] | 2006 | UK | English | Semi-structured interviews | 43 | Good | |
Ribeiro [16] | 2011 | Portugal | Portuguese | Cross-sectional | 188 | Fair | |
Richmond [106] | 1998 | Australia | English | Post-intervention questionnaire with no control group | 272 | Poor | |
Roche [107] | 1991 | Australia | English | Focus groups | 44 | Fair | |
Rush [108] | 1994 | Canada | English | Cross-sectional | 1235 | Good | |
Rush [109] | 1995 | Canada | English | Focus groups Semi-structured interviews | 12 | Good | |
Segnan [110] | 1992 | Italy | English | Cross-sectional | 209 | Fair | |
Sharp [111] | 2011 | USA | English | Cross-sectional | 101 | Good | |
Slaunwhite [112] | 2015 | Canada | English | Cross-sectional | 67 | Poor | |
Souza [113] | 2012 | Brazil | Portuguese | Semi-structured interviews | 8 | Fair | |
Van Zyl [114] | 2013 | South Africa | English | Cross-sectional | 77 | Fair | |
Vandermause [115] | 2007 | USA | English | In-depth interviews | 23 | Fair | |
Vinson [116] | 2004 | USA | English | Cluster RCT | 44 | Fair | |
Wilson [23] | 2011 | UK | English | Cross-sectional | 282 | Good |
Methodological quality
Summary of findings
COM-B component—TDF domain | Theme name | Definition of the theme | Study type—no survey/interview/focus group/mixed methods/other | No. of data items |
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Barriers/facilitators | ||||
Capability—knowledge | Alcohol-related knowledge | Doctors’ and nurses’ knowledge about specific concepts related to alcohol screening and brief interventions (e.g. drinking limits, definition of heavy drinking, guidelines, screening questionnaires, content of brief interventions) | 26/6/5/2/2 | 58/19 |
Disease model training | An approach to the patient in that health providers ask about alcohol only when the patient present with specific symptoms and/or signs | 2/2/1/0/0 | 5/0 | |
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | The extent to which doctors and nurses think patients are open to be asked and advised about their drinking | 1/3/1/1/0 | 3/4 | |
Doctors and nurses own drinking habits | The use of doctors and nurses own drinking behaviour as a benchmark to define whether or not a patient drinks excessively | 0/2/1/0/0 | 3/0 | |
Alcohol being perceived as having health benefits | The extent to which doctors and nurses believe that drinking moderately improves health in general | 2/1/0/0/0 | 3/0 | |
Knowledge of support services | Doctors’ and nurses’ knowledge of alcohol services where they could refer the patient to | 2/0/0/0/0 | 2/0 | |
Capability—skills | Training | The extent to which doctors and nurses agree they have received/need training in screening and advising at-risk drinkers | 28/4/2/3/3 | 51/25 |
Role adequacy | The extent to which doctors and nurses believe they have sufficient knowledge and skills to manage drinkers | 16/4/2/3/4 | 45/0 | |
Demographical characteristics of the PHC professionals | Doctors’ and nurses’ demographical characteristics influencing their screening and advice performance | 2/0/0/0/0 | 3/0 | |
Capability—memory, attention and decision processes | Demographical characteristics of the patient | Patients’ demographical characteristics influencing doctors’ and nurses’ screening and advice performance | 1/3/1/0/0 | 6/0 |
Feedback on the results of delivering SBI | Information about doctors’ and nurses’ performance concerning screening, advice and/or effectiveness of their actions | 0/1/1/0/1 | 1/2 | |
Remembering | Doctors’ and nurses’ perception of how easy/difficult it is to remember to ask about alcohol | 0/1/1/0/0 | 2/0 | |
Capability—behaviour regulation | Organization for preventive counselling | Doctors’ and nurses’ perception of the presence or absence of organization/systematic strategies to implement alcohol screening and brief advice | 5/4/7/0/2 | 6/19 |
Motivation—beliefs about capabilities | Beliefs about the ability to deliver SBI and in helping patients to cut down | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about, and/or confidence in, the effectiveness of their skills to screen and advise patients to reduce their alcohol intake | 23/5/4/2/6 | 60/6 |
Time | Time-related factors doctors and nurses believe to affect their capability to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions | 9/7/10/3/3 | 31/14 | |
Difficult task | Difficulties perceived by doctors and nurses when asking and advising patients about alcohol | 13/6/6/2/4 | 30/24 | |
Therapeutic commitment | Doctors’ and nurses’ predisposition to working therapeutically with people who have excessive alcohol consumption | 3/0/0/0/2 | 5/0 | |
Self-esteem when working with at-risk drinkers | Doctors’ and nurses’ perceived self-worth when working with at-risk drinkers | 4/0/1/0/0 | 4/3 | |
Disease model training | An approach to the patient in that health providers ask about alcohol only when the patient present with specific symptoms and/or signs | 0/1/0/0/0 | 1/0 | |
Patients’ beliefs about alcohol | Doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of the conceptions patients have about the effects of alcohol, either beneficial or detrimental | 0/1/0/0/0 | 1/0 | |
Demographical characteristics of the patient | Patients’ demographical characteristics influencing doctors’ and nurses’ screening and advice performance | 0/1/0/0/0 | 2/0 | |
Motivation—beliefs about consequences | Effectiveness of SBI | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about the effectiveness of asking and advising patients about their alcohol consumption | 13/3/4/1/4 | 24/14 |
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would feel if asked and advised about alcohol | 5/6/6/1/0 | 22/3 | |
Therapeutic relation with the patient | The therapeutic alliance that is established between a healthcare professional and a patient | 1/4/5/1/2 | 12/4 | |
Reliability of the answers of the patients when asked about alcohol | The degree to which doctors and nurses believe in the accuracy of the answers provided by patients concerning their alcohol consumption | 1/5/2/0/1 | 9/0 | |
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | The extent to which doctors and nurses think patients are open to be asked and advised about their drinking | 4/3/2/1/0 | 7/4 | |
Patients’ reactions when asked about alcohol | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would react if asked and advised about alcohol | 3/4/0/2/1 | 7/3 | |
Frustrating task | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how they would feel if they were to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions | 2/2/0/1/1 | 5/1 | |
Alcohol being perceived as having health benefits | The extent to which doctors and nurses believe that drinking moderately improves health in general | 2/1/0/0/0 | 3/0 | |
Incentives | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about what they would gain by implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions | 4/1/2/1/1 | 2/22 | |
Time | Time-related factors doctors and nurses believe to affect their capability to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions | 1/4/4/0/1 | 2/14 | |
Delivering SBI can make other patients suffer | Doctors’ and nurses’ belief that implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions could harm other patients | 1/0/0/1/0 | 2/0 | |
Bad publicity | Doctors’ and nurses’ belief that dealing with at-risk drinkers could give the practice a bad name | 0/0/0/1/0 | 1/0 | |
Demographical characteristics of the patient | Patients’ demographical characteristics influencing doctors’ and nurses’ screening and advice performance | 0/1/0/0/0 | 1/0 | |
SBI delivery impedes caring for the patient | Doctors’ and nurses’belief that bringing alcohol into the discussion impedes the comprehensive care of the patient | 1/0/0/0/0 | 1/0 | |
Uncomfortable task | Doctors’ and nurses’ expectation of feeling unease or awkward when conducting alcohol screening and brief interventions | 0/0/1/0/1 | 1/1 | |
Patients with alcohol problems do not attend their appointments | Doctors’ and nurses’expectation that patients with alcohol problems would not attend appointments to address their drinking | 0/1/0/0/0 | 1/0 | |
Motivation—social/professional role and identity | Role legitimacy | The extent to which doctors and nursesbelieve they have a legitimate role in addressing alcohol issues in their patients | 15/4/4/1/2 | 41/0 |
Professional responsibility | The extent to which doctors and nurses find addressing alcohol in their patients to be their responsibility | 12/2/4/1/0 | 24/0 | |
Disease model training | An approach to the patient in that health providers ask about alcohol only when the patient present with specific symptoms and/or signs | 7/2/4/1/0 | 14/0 | |
Doctors and nurses own drinking habits | The use of doctors and nurses own drinking behaviour as a benchmark to define whether or not a patient drinks excessively | 4/2/3/0/0 | 9/0 | |
Doctors’ and nurses’ permissiveness towards alcohol | Doctors’ and nurses’ tolerance or acceptability towards their patients’ alcohol consumption | 3/3/0/0/0 | 7/0 | |
Role security | The extent to which doctors and nurses feel secure in their role when addressing alcohol issues in their patients | 3/0/0/0/2 | 5/0 | |
Doctors’ and nurses’ attitudes towards discussing alcohol with patients | The way doctors and nurses feel or think about asking and advising their patients about their drinking | 1/0/1/0/1 | 3/0 | |
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would feel if asked and advised about alcohol | 0/2/1/1/0 | 3/3 | |
Demographical characteristics of the PHC professionals | Doctors’ and nurses’ demographical characteristics influencing thier screening and advice performance | 0/0/1/0/0 | 1/0 | |
Demographical characteristics of the patient | Patients’ demographical characteristics influencing doctors’ and nurses’ screening and advice performance | 0/1/0/0/0 | 1/0 | |
Therapeutic relation with the patient | The therapeutic alliance that is established between a healthcare professional and a patient | 1/0/2/1/1 | 1/4 | |
Feedback on the results of delivering SBI | Information about doctors’ and nurses’ performance concerning screening, advice and/or effectiveness of their actions | 0/1/1/0/1 | 1/2 | |
Motivation—emotion | Satisfaction when working with at-risk drinkers | The extent to which doctors and nurses feel rewarded when working with at-risk drinkers | 13/0/1/0/0 | 19/0 |
Uncomfortable task | Doctors’ and nurses’ expectation of feeling unease or awkward when conducting alcohol screening and brief interventions | 5/6/3/0/3 | 16/1 | |
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would feel if asked and advised about alcohol | 0/2/5/1/0 | 7/3 | |
Frustrating task | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how they would feel if they were to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions | 2/2/0/1/1 | 5/1 | |
Therapeutic commitment | Doctors’ and nurses’ predisposition to working therapeutically with people who have excessive alcohol consumption | 3/0/0/0/2 | 5/0 | |
Self-esteem when working with at-risk drinkers | Doctors’ and nurses’ perceived self-worth when working with at-risk drinkers | 1/0/1/1/1 | 2/3 | |
Doctors and nurses own drinking habits | The use of doctors and nurses own drinking behaviour as a benchmark to define whether or not a patient drinks excessively | 0/2/0/0/0 | 3/0 | |
Motivation to work with at-risk drinkers | The extent to which doctors and nurses want to work with at-risk drinkers | 4/2/1/0/1 | 1/16 | |
Motivation—intentions | Motivation to work with at-risk drinkers | The extent to which doctors and nurses want to work with at-risk drinkers | 15/2/2/2/1 | 18/16 |
Therapeutic commitment | Doctors’ and nurses’ predisposition to working therapeutically with people who have excessive alcohol consumption | 3/0/0/0/2 | 5/0 | |
Motivation—reinforcement | Incentives | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about what they would gain by implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions | 7/1/4/1/2 | 13/22 |
Motivation—optimism | Beliefs about the ability to deliver SBI and in helping patients to cut down | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about, and/or confidence in, the effectiveness of their skills to screen and advise patients to reduce their alcohol intake | 3/2/1/1/1 | 4/6 |
Motivation—goals | Importance / Priority given to alcohol issues | Importance / priority given to alcohol issues by doctors and nurses when compared to other risk factors or tasks | 5/5/3/0/0 | 13/1 |
Time | Time-related factors doctors and nurses believe to affect their capability to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions | 5/4/3/0/2 | 7/14 | |
Opportunity—environmental context and resources | Time | Time-related factors doctors and nurses believe to affect their capability to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions | 16/7/11/3/5 | 45/14 |
Support | The extent to which doctors and nurses feel to be working in supporting environment to address alcohol problems | 24/3/5/2/4 | 30/57 | |
Resources | The availability of materials, tools or any other thing that doctors and nurses feel they need to screen and advise at-risk drinkers | 9/3/5/1/3 | 22/21 | |
Patients’ denial of the problem and resistance to accepting treatment | The extent to which doctors and nurses agree patient denial of the problem and resistance to treatment influence their decision to deliver screening and brief intervention | 6/3/1/1/0 | 14/0 | |
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would feel if asked and advised about alcohol | 5/3/3/1/0 | 12/3 | |
Organization for preventive counselling | Doctors’ and nurses’ perception of the presence or absence of organization/systematic strategies to implement alcohol screening and brief advice | 6/4/7/0/3 | 9/19 | |
Patients’ beliefs about alcohol | Doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of the conceptions patients have about the effects of alcohol, either beneficial or detrimental | 1/3/1/0/0 | 8/1 | |
Incentives for patients | Something (e.g. reimbursement) doctors and nurses think would encourage patients to seek alcohol counselling | 5/1/1/0/0 | 7/0 | |
Patients with alcohol problems do not attend their appointments | Doctors’ and nurses’ perception that at-risk drinkers are not interested and frequently miss follow-up consultations | 0/2/0/1/1 | 4/0 | |
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | The extent to which doctors and nurses think patients are open to be asked and advised about their drinking | 0/2/1/1/2 | 4/4 | |
Delivering SBI can make other patients suffer | Doctors’ and nurses’ belief that implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions could harm other patients | 1/0/0/1/0 | 2/0 | |
Familiarity with the patient | The level of acquaintance between the primary health care provider and the patient | 0/1/1/0/0 | 1/1 | |
Opportunity—social influences | Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would feel if asked and advised about alcohol | 5/4/5/1/0 | 17/3 |
Patients’ reactions when asked about alcohol | Doctors’ and nurses’ beliefs about how patients would react if asked and advised about alcohol | 3/5/1/2/1 | 10/3 | |
Doctors’ and nurses’ permissiveness towards alcohol | Doctors’ and nurses’ tolerance or acceptability towards their patients’ alcohol consumption | 3/3/0/0/0 | 7/0 | |
Patients seeking help | Patients asking primary care doctors or nurses for help or advice about their drinking by their own initiative | 4/4/0/0/0 | 4/6 | |
Support | The extent to which doctors and nurses feel to be working in supporting environment to address alcohol problems | 11/3/5/2/2 | 3/57 | |
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | The extent to which doctors and nurses think patients are open to be asked and advised about their drinking | 0/2/1/1/2 | 4/4 | |
Role legitimacy | The extent to which doctors and nurses believe they have a legitimate role in addressing alcohol issues in their patients | 0/1/1/0/0 | 2/0 | |
Presence of third parties in the consultation | Having relatives, friends or other persons attending the consultation with the patient | 0/1/0/0/0 | 1/0 |
Capability (COM-B component 1)
TDF | Theme | Countries | References on barriers | References on facilitators |
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Knowledge | Alcohol-related knowledge | UK(8); Finland(6); Sweden(4); Multicountry(3); Norway(3); Australia(2); New Zealand(2); South Africa(2); Spain(2); USA(2); Brazil(1); Canada(1); France(1); Netherlands(1); Portugal(1); Slovenia(1); Sri Lanka(1) | ||
Disease model training | Finland(3); Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Doctors and nurses own drinking habits | UK(2); Norway(1) | |||
Alcohol being perceived as having health benefits | Finland(1); Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | Australia(1); Finland(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); UK(1); USA(1) | |||
Knowledge of support services | Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Skills | Training | UK(13); Sweden(5); Multicountry(4); USA(3); Canada(2); Finland(2); Spain(2); Australia(1); Brazil(1); Denmark(1); Italy(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Portugal(1); Slovenia(1); South Africa(1); Sri Lanka(1) | ||
Role adequacy | UK(9); Australia(3); USA(3); Multicountry(2); Sweden(2); Canada(1); Denmark(1); Finland(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Portugal(1); Slovenia(1); South Africa(1); Spain(1); Sri Lanka(1) | |||
Demographical characteristics of the PHC professionals | Germany(1); Norway(1) | |||
Memory, attention and decision processes | Demographical characteristics of the patient | Finland(1); Germany(1); Sweden(1); UK(1); USA(1) | ||
Remembering | Finland(1); Sweden(1) | |||
Feedback on the results of delivering SBI | UK(2); Finland(1) | [42] | ||
Behaviour regulation | Organization for preventive counselling | Sweden(4); UK(4); Slovenia(2); Canada(1); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); South Africa(1); USA(1) |
Skills—TDF domain no. 2
Knowledge—TDF domain no. 1
Memory, attention and decision processes—TDF domain no. 10
Behavioural regulation—TDF domain no. 14
Motivation (COM-B component 2)
TDF | Theme | Countries | References on barriers | References on facilitators |
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Beliefs about capabilities | Beliefs about the ability to deliver SBI and in helping patients to cut down | UK(11); Australia(5); Multicountry(5); Finland(3); Sweden(3); USA(3); Canada(2); Denmark(1); New Zealand(2); Netherlands(1); South Africa(1); Spain(1); Sri Lanka(1) | ||
Time | Sweden(7); Australia(5); UK(5); USA(4); Finland(2); Norway(2); Canada(1); Denmark(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Portugal(1); Slovenia(1); Sri Lanka(1) | |||
Difficult task | UK(8); Australia(3); Canada(3); Finland(3); Norway(3); Multicountry(2); Sweden(2); Brazil(1); Denmark(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Portugal(1); South Africa(1); Sri Lanka(1) | |||
Therapeutic commitment | Multicountry(4); Netherlands(1) | |||
Self-esteem when working with at-risk drinkers | UK(3); Portugal(1); Sweden(1) | [71] | ||
Disease model training | Finland(1) | [41] | ||
Patients’ misbeliefs about alcohol | UK(1) | [105] | ||
Demographical characteristics of the patient | New Zealand(1) | [97] | ||
Beliefs about consequences | Effectiveness of SBI | UK(6); Finland(3); Sweden(3); Australia(2); Multicountry(2); Norway(2); Canada(1); Denmark(1); Italy(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); South Africa(1); Spain(1) | ||
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Norway(3); UK(3); Finland(2); Multicountry(2); USA(2); Australia(1); Brazil(1); France(1); New Zealand(1); Slovenia(1); Sweden(1) | |||
Therapeutic relation with the patient | Sweden(3); UK(2); Canada(1); Denmark(1); Finland(1); France(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Slovenia(1); USA(1) | |||
Reliability of the answers of the patients when asked about alcohol | Finland(2); Denmark(1); Multicountry (1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Sri Lanka(1); Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Patients’ reactions when asked about alcohol | Sweden(3); UK(3); Australia(1); Denmark(1); Finland(1); Multicountry(1) | |||
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | Finland(2); USA(2); Australia(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Slovenia(1); Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Frustrating task | UK(3); Canada(1); Portugal(1); Sweden(1) | [48] | ||
Alcohol being perceived as having health benefits | Finland(1); Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Incentives | UK(3); Australia(1); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); Slovenia(1); Sweden(1) | |||
Time | Sweden(2); Australia(1); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Slovenia(1); UK(1); USA(1) | |||
Delivering SBI can make other patients suffer | Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Bad publicity | UK(1) | [95] | ||
Demographical characteristics of the patient | UK(1) | [89] | ||
SBI delivery impedes caring for other patients | Finland(1) | [38] | ||
Uncomfortable task | Australia(1); Netherlands(1) | [107] | [39] | |
Patients with alcohol problems do not attend their appointments | New Zealand(1) | [97] | ||
Social/professional role and identity | Role legitimacy | UK(7); Finland(5); Sweden(3); Canada(2); New Zealand(2); Australia(1); Denmark(1); Norway(1); Portugal(1); Slovenia(1); South Africa(1); Spain(1) | ||
Professional responsibility | UK(7); Sweden(3); Finland(2); New Zealand(2); Australia(1); Multicountry(1); South Africa(1); Sri Lanka(1); USA(1) | |||
Disease model training | UK(4); Sweden(3); Finland(2); Australia(1); Multicountry(1); Norway(1); South Africa(1); Sri Lanka(1) | |||
Doctors and nurses own drinking habits | UK(4); Canada(1); Multicountry(1); Norway(1); Slovenia(1); Sweden(1) | |||
Doctors’ and nurses’ permissiveness towards alcohol | UK(2); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Sweden(1); USA(1) | |||
Role security | Multicountry(4); Netherlands(1) | |||
Doctors’ and nurses’ attitudes towards discussing alcohol with patients | Finland(2); Denmark(1) | |||
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Finland(2); Australia(1); USA(1) | |||
Demographical characteristics of the PHC professionals | Australia(1); Canada(1) | |||
Demographical characteristics of the patient | UK(1) | [89] | ||
Therapeutic relation with the patient | Denmark(1); Finland(1); Norway(1); Sweden(1); UK(1) | [38] | ||
Feedback on the results of delivering SBI | UK(2); Finland(1) | [42] | ||
Emotion | Uncomfortable task | UK(5); Finland(2); USA(2); Canada(1); France(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); South Africa(1); Sweden(1) | [39] | |
Satisfaction when working with at-risk drinkers | UK(8); Sweden(2); Canada(1); Portugal(1); Spain(1); Sri Lanka(1) | |||
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | Norway(3); USA(2); Australia(1); New Zealand(1); UK(1); | |||
Frustrating task | UK(3); Canada(1); Portugal(1); Sweden(1) | [48] | ||
Therapeutic commitment | Multicountry(4); Netherlands(1) | |||
Self-esteem when working with at-risk drinkers | UK(2); Canada(1) | [71] | ||
Doctors and nurses own drinking habits | UK(2) | |||
Motivation to work with at-risk drinkers | UK(3); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); Norway(1); Sri Lanka(1); Sweden(1) | [105] | ||
Intentions | Motivation to work with at-risk drinkers | UK(9); Sweden(3); Australia(2); Spain(2); Canada(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); Portugal(1); Sri Lanka(1); USA(1) | ||
Therapeutic commitment | Multicountry(4); Netherlands(1) | |||
Reinforcement | Incentives for delivering SBI | UK(3); Australia(2); Multicountry(2); Slovenia(2); Finland(1); Netherlands(1); Norway(1); Portugal(1); South Africa(1); Sweden(1) | ||
Goals | Importance/priority given to alcohol issues | UK(4); Sweden(3); Multicountry(2); Norway(2); Finland(1); USA(1) | [99] | |
Time | UK(4); Australia(2); Multicountry(2); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Slovenia(1); South Africa(1); Sweden(1); USA(1) | |||
Optimism | Beliefs about the ability to deliver SBI and in helping patients to cut down | UK(3); Denmark(1), Multicountry(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Sweden(1) |
Beliefs about capabilities—TDF domain no. 4
Beliefs about Consequences—TDF domain no. 6
Social/professional role and identity—TDF domain no. 3
Emotion—TDF domain no. 13
Intentions—TDF domain no. 8
Goals—TDF domain no. 9
Reinforcement—TDF domain no. 7
Optimism—TDF domain no. 5
Opportunity (COM-B component 3)
TDF | Theme | Countries | References on barriers | References on facilitators |
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Environmental context and resources | Time | UK(10); Sweden(7); Australia(5); USA(5); Finland(2); Multicountry(2); Norway(2); Slovenia(2); Canada(1); Denmark(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Portugal(1); South Africa(1); Sri Lanka(1) | ||
Support | UK(12); Multicountry(4); Canada(3); Finland(3); New Zealand(2); Norway(2); South Africa(2); Sweden(2); USA(2); Brazil(1); France(1); Italy(1); Netherlands(1); Slovenia(1); Sri Lanka(1); | |||
Resources | Finland(4); Sweden(3); UK(3); Australia(2); Multicountry(2); Canada(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Slovenia(1); South Africa(1); USA(1) | |||
Patients’ denial of the problem and resistance to accepting treatment | Australia(2); USA(2); Brazil(1); Canada(1); France(1); Finland(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Sweden(1) | |||
Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | UK(3); Multicountry(2); USA(2); Australia(1); France(1); New Zealand(1); Slovenia(1); Sweden(1) | |||
Organization for preventive counselling | UK(5); Sweden(4); Slovenia(2); Australia(1); Canada(1); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); South Africa(1); USA(1) | |||
Incentives for patients | Multicountry(2); UK(2); Canada(1); Italy(1); South Africa(1) | |||
Patients’ beliefs about alcohol | Finland(2); UK(2); New Zealand(1) | [97] | ||
Patients with alcohol problems do not attend their appointments | UK(2); Denmark(1); New Zealand(1) | |||
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | Australia(1); Denmark(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); UK(1); USA(1) | |||
Delivering SBI can make other patients suffer | Sweden(1); UK(1) | |||
Familiarity with the patient | UK(2) | [105] | [71] | |
Social support | Patients’ feelings when asked about their drinking | UK(4); Multicountry(2); USA(2); Australia(1); Brazil(1); France(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); Slovenia(1); Sweden(1) | ||
Patients’ reactions when asked about alcohol | UK(4); Sweden(3); Australia(1); Denmark(1); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Norway(1) | |||
Doctors’ and nurses’ permissiveness towards alcohol | UK(2); Finland(1); Multicountry(1); Sweden(1); USA(1) | |||
Patients seeking help | Finland(2); Multicountry(2); UK(2); Brazil(1); France(1) | |||
Support | UK(8); Multicountry(3); Finland(2); Norway(2); Slovenia(2); Sweden(2); Italy(1); Netherlands(1); New Zealand(1); Sri Lanka(1) | |||
Patients’ receptiveness to alcohol interventions | Australia(1); Denmark(1); New Zealand(1); Norway(1); UK(1); USA(1) | |||
Role legitimacy | Norway(1); USA(1) | |||
Presence of third parties in the consultation | New Zealand(1) | [97] |