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Table 4 Themes developed from the thematic analysis, mapped on to NPT constructs

From: Implementing a digital intervention for managing uncontrolled hypertension in Primary Care: a mixed methods process evaluation

Theme

Sub-theme

Definitions

NPT construct

Ease or burden of implementing HOME BP

Perceptions about how well the digital intervention fits with current roles

Coherence (Individual Specification)

How tasks were implemented with colleagues

Collective action (Interactional Workability)

Belief in the concept of HOME BP

Perceptions about how the digital intervention fitted with organisational goals or patient outcomes

Coherence (Internalisation)

Supporting patients to manage their own blood pressure

Planning medication escalations

How prescribers adapted the medication planning to facilitate implementation

Collective Action (Contextual Integration)

Perceptions of the benefits and issues with using this approach to blood pressure management

Reflexive Monitoring (Individual appraisal)

Using remote communication to manage blood pressure

Prescribers’ perceptions of implementing medication escalation remotely

Collective Action (Relational Integration, Interactional Workability)

Supporters’ experiences of supporting patients via email

Collective Action (Relational Integration)

Prescribers’ and supporters’ experiences of receiving emails from patients

Collective Action (Interactional workability)

Delivering additional support to patients at the Practice

Perceptions about using the CARE approach to support patients

Coherence (Individual Specification) Collective Action (Skillset Workability)

Reluctance to escalate medication

Barriers to adhering to recommended medication escalations

Collective Action (Relational Integration)