Domain | Content | Sample question as applied to this study |
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Knowledge | An awareness of something | What do you understand by the Sepsis Six? |
Skills | Ability or proficiency acquired through practice | Can you think of any ways in which your own skills for performing the steps in the Sepsis Six could be improved? |
Social/professional role and identity | Set of behaviors and qualities of an individual in social or work setting | To what extent do you consider performing the steps in the Sepsis Six a part of your role? |
Beliefs about capabilities | Views about one’s ability/talent/capability to perform the target behavior(s) | Are there any particular steps that you are more or less confident about performing? |
Optimism | Confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained | How optimistic or pessimistic are you that improving performance of the Sepsis Six holds the potential to improve patient care in the future? |
Beliefs about consequences | Acceptance of the truth, reality or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation | To what extent do you believe that performing the steps in the Sepsis Six can affect patient outcomes? |
Reinforcement | Increasing the likelihood of a behavior being performed by establishing an association between performing a behavior and a given stimulus or cue | Are you aware of any ways in which performing the Sepsis Six is rewarded? |
Intentions | Conscious decision to perform a behavior or resolve to act in a certain way | To what extent do you intend to (continue to) perform the Sepsis Six in daily clinical practice? |
Motivation and Goals | Mental representation of outcomes or states that an individual wants to achieve | Do you have any specific goals for performing the Sepsis Six? |
Memory, attention and decision processes | The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment and choose between two or more alternatives | How easy or difficult is it to remember the steps involved in the Sepsis Six when you are performing it in daily clinical practice? |
Environmental context and resources | Circumstances of a person’s situation/environment that affect behavior | To what extent does your working environment have sufficient levels of resources needed to allow performance of the Sepsis Six within one hour of recognition? |
Social influences | Interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change thoughts/feelings/behaviors | Are there any conflicting beliefs amongst your colleagues about the Sepsis Six? |
Emotions | Complex reaction pattern by which individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event | To what extent do you feel that your emotional state affects your performance of the Sepsis Six? |
Behavioral regulation | Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions | Do you ever receive feedback on your performance of the Sepsis Six on septic patients? |