Table 5 Subcategories relating to barriers to engaging in and maintaining a maintenance care plan, according to which ones were mentioned by participants in each group
From: The nordic maintenance care program: patient experience of maintenance care—a qualitative study
Subcategories: barriers | AC group | ID group | DYS group |
|---|---|---|---|
Time consuming care | × | ✓ | ✓ |
Cost demanding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Questionable benefit of care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
A sense of low value | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Only one aspect of a wider need | ✓ | ✓ | × |
Perceived as unavailable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Logistical challenges | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Inherent cultural and social beliefs | ✓ | × | ✓ |
Not part of the system | ✓ | ✓ | × |
Lack of knowledge regarding MC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Intimacy and personal space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Communication, trust and report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sense of retention | ✓ | × | × |
Undesired treatment reaction | × | ✓ | ✓ |
Fear of treatment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |