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Table 2 Most frequent cited facilitators and barriers for acceptance of the NET interventions identified by patients

From: Barriers and opportunities for implementation of a brief psychological intervention for post-ICU mental distress in the primary care setting – results from a qualitative sub-study of the PICTURE trial

Facilitators identified by patients

Barriers identified by patients

long-term trustful relationship between patient and GP practice staff (n = 5)

brevity of the intervention (n = 2)

medical doctor applies the intervention (n = 4)

unknown GP applies the intervention (n = 1)

professional emotional distance of the GP (n = 2)

non-psychological expert applies the intervention (n = 1)