RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Implementation of the Needs Assessment Tool for patients with interstitial lung disease (NAT:ILD): facilitators and barriers
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 1049
OP 1051
DO 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209768
VO 72
IS 11
A1 C Reigada
A1 A Papadopoulos
A1 J W Boland
A1 J Yorke
A1 J Ross
A1 D C Currow
A1 S Hart
A1 S Bajwah
A1 G Grande
A1 A Wells
A1 M J Johnson
YR 2017
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/72/11/1049.abstract
AB A Needs Assessment Tool (NAT) was developed previously to help clinicians identify the supportive/palliative needs of people with interstitial lung disease (ILD) (NAT:ILD). This letter presents barriers and facilitators to clinical implementation. Data from (1) a focus group of respiratory clinicians and (2) an expert consensus group (respiratory and palliative clinicians, academics, patients, carers) were analysed using Framework Analysis. Barriers related to resources and service reconfiguration, and facilitators to clinical need, structure, objectiveness, flexibility and benefits of an ‘aide-memoire’. Identified training needs included communication skills and local service knowledge. The NAT:ILD was seen as useful, necessary and practical in everyday practice.