Table 2 Barriers and facilitators according to parents and healthcare providers in TDF domains.

Knowledge

H: Challenges in accurately informing hospital neonatology and nursing staff⁸

P: Lack of information about duration of treatment⁵¹

H: Careful screening and selection of appropriate candidates for home PT^38,41,44

P: Good parent education and availability of (written) information^29,38,41,51

P: Demonstration on how to use the equipment^9,38

Skills

P: Difficulties with the equipment, such as struggling to put the eye mask on^9,35,51

H: An option for nurses who may be looking for additional ways to use their skills⁴¹

P: Equipment was easy to use^9,34,51

Social/professional and role and identity

H: Information dissemination and cultural change across a larger tertiary hospital⁸

P: Responsible for your own baby without constant medical supervision⁹

H: Opportunity to offer additional support to a new family⁴¹

H: Opportunity to develop a bond with the family⁴⁹

H: CHW perception of parental confidence in the provision of home PT⁴⁹

P: Advice of the physician to start with home PT⁸

P: Nurse’s daily visit at home^29,41,43,49

P: Daily contact with the nurse by phone call^8,9

P: Support by midwives³¹

P: More comfortable contacting the hospital for advice if parents had concerns^8,51

Beliefs about capabilities

H: Lack of confidence in CHW skills⁴⁹

P: Parental incapability to comply with instructions^38,42

H: Trusting parents³⁸

H: Ensuring parents will cope with home PT³⁸

Beliefs about consequences

H: Concerns about potential consequences of community-based care⁸

H: Concerns about safety^38,42,45

H: Concerns about the reliability of home blood testing⁴⁴

H: Concerns about lack of compliance^38,45

H/P: Concerns about equipment failure or damage^38,51

H: The sun is more effective⁴²

H: Lack of monitoring³⁸

H: The costs to set-up in the first place³⁸

P: Increased work for mothers²⁹

H: Staff wellbeing³⁸

H: Workload will decrease^38,49

H: Decreased healthcare expenditure³⁸

H: Reduced risks associated with inpatient care³⁸

P: Hold and feed infant during PT at home⁴³

P: Continuing breastfeeding³⁷

H/P: Reduced costs^35,42,44

Reinforcement

Intentions

Goals

H/P: Family centered care^8,9,38

H/P: Parent empowerment³⁸

H/P: Parent autonomy³⁸

H/P: Better mother-child bonding^8,9,35,42,51

H: Improving flow of patients³⁸

H: Getting well babies out of the hospital^38,44

Memory, attention, and decision processes

Environment context and resources

H: Difficulties with blood drawing at home^29,44

H: Choosing the location for the therapy is a concern²⁹

H: It is not possible to check bilirubin levels as recommended by guidelines³¹

H: Administrative difficulties⁴⁴

H: Insurance reimbursement^44,45

H/P: Distance from parental home to hospital^35,38

H: Transportation of the PT device is difficult⁴⁹

P: Having to stay indoors⁹

H: Flexibility in the schedules of healthcare providers^31,41

H/P: Home environment is good^9,45,47,51

P: Freedom^9,51

P: Maintaining routine at home^9,51

Social influences

H: Lack of use by colleagues⁴⁴

P: Desirable to have to people at home during PT⁵¹

Optimism

Emotions

H: Fears that parents would not comply with PT^38,44

H: Fears that parents would not apply eye shields⁴⁴

H: Fears of overheating or dehydration⁴⁴

H/P: Parental anxiety^44,45,51

H: Concerns about parental anxiety⁴⁴

P: Parental stress⁵¹

P: Some parents felt more secure in hospital⁵¹

P: Insecure about handling and taking care for own newborn⁵¹

H: Psychological wellbeing of parents: less traumatic, more relaxed, happier³⁸

P: Hospitalization is less traumatic⁵¹

P: Lower stress levels of parents^23,51

P: Parents felt secure⁵¹

Behavioral regulation