TDF domains and semistructured interview questions.
| Domain Name (definition) | Sample Question from Interview |
|---|---|
| Knowledge (An awareness of the existence of something) | Are you familiar with any Canadian research on outcomes in JIA? |
| Intentions (A conscious decision to perform a behavior or a resolve to act in a certain way) | Do you usually intend to provide information about the future to patients and families? |
| Skills (An ability or proficiency acquired through practice) | What skills are needed to use this information? |
| Goals (Mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve) | How important is it to provide the most up-to-date information on the outcomes of JIA to patients and parents? |
| Social/professional role and identity (A coherent set of behaviors and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting) | Do you feel it is your role to have discussion with patients and families about recent research findings? |
| Memory, attention, and decision process (The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment, and choose between 2 or more alternatives) | What triggers your decision to use information from the ReACCh-Out study? |
| Beliefs about capabilities (Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about an ability, talent, or facility that a person can put to constructive use) | How confident do you feel in your ability to use information from the ReACCh-Out study in counseling patients and families about future disease course? |
| Environment, context, and resources (Any circumstance of a person’s situation or environment that discourages or encourages the development of skills and abilities, independence, social competence, and adaptive behavior) | What factors in your clinical environment influence your decision to use information from the ReACCh-Out study? |
| Beliefs about consequences (Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation) | What do you think is the balance of potential benefits and potential harms for providing information about the future to patients and parents? |
| Social influences (Those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors) | Do other healthcare providers in your division influence your decision to use information from Canadian JIA research? |
| Optimism (The confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained) | Do you feel that the provision of information obtained from the ReACCh-Out study will improve patient care? |
| Emotion (A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event) | Does providing information to patients and caregivers ever evoke an emotional response in you? |
| Reinforcement (Increasing the probability of a response by arranging a dependent relationship, or contingency, between the response and a given stimulus) | Are there any incentives to providing information about the future to patients and families? |
| Behaviour regulation (Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions) | What do you think is needed to ensure that you consistently use information obtained from the ReACCh-Out study or other research on JIA in the clinic setting? |
TDF: Theoretical Domains Framework; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; ReACCh-Out: Research in Arthritis in Canadian Children emphasizing Outcomes study.