Barriers to physician adherence to a subfertility guideline

Barriers to physician adherence to a subfertility guideline.

BACKGROUND Guidelines aim to improve clinical practice but are not self-implementing. Insight into barriers to physician guideline adherence is crucial for development of effective implementation strategies. The study aim was to identify barriers to physician adherence to an intrauterine insemination (IUI) guideline of the Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. METHODS We conducted a cr...

Perceived barriers to guideline adherence: A survey among general practitioners

BACKGROUND Despite considerable efforts to promote and support guideline use, adherence is often suboptimal. Barriers to adherence vary not only across guidelines but also across recommendations within guidelines. The aim of this study was to assess the perceived barriers to guideline adherence among GPs by focusing on key recommendations within guidelines. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectio...

Physician and patient barriers to adherence with cholesterol guidelines.

Several national studies have shown poor compliance with National Cholesterol Education Program II (NCEP) goals. A study we conducted of patients in the General Internal Medicine Clinic at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington showed that 46% of them were not at NCEP goals. We hypothesized that both patient and physician barriers were responsible for these fin...

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Physician-related barriers to hypertension management.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the levels of understanding and implementation of current hypertension guidelines among specialist physicians. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A survey of the understanding and practice in the management of hypertension was conducted among 56 physicians who individually had managed more than 150 new hypertensive patients annually. RESULTS All respondents were familiar with the...