Meghan C. O’Leary, K. Hassmiller Lich, L. Frerichs, J. Leeman, D. Reuland, S. Wheeler
{"title":"Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science","authors":"Meghan C. O’Leary, K. Hassmiller Lich, L. Frerichs, J. Leeman, D. Reuland, S. Wheeler","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01192-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01192-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116856517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Swindle, J. Rutledge, J. Selig, Jacob Painter, Dong Zhang, Janna Martin, Susan L. Johnson, L. Whiteside-Mansell, D. Almirall, Tracey Barnett-McElwee, G. Curran
{"title":"Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial","authors":"T. Swindle, J. Rutledge, J. Selig, Jacob Painter, Dong Zhang, Janna Martin, Susan L. Johnson, L. Whiteside-Mansell, D. Almirall, Tracey Barnett-McElwee, G. Curran","doi":"10.1186/s13012-021-01185-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01185-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116382659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Toropova, Christina Björklund, G. Bergström, L. Elinder, K. Stigmar, C. Wåhlin, I. Jensen, L. Kwak
{"title":"Effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy for improving adherence to the guideline for prevention of mental ill-health among school personnel in Sweden: a cluster randomized trial","authors":"A. Toropova, Christina Björklund, G. Bergström, L. Elinder, K. Stigmar, C. Wåhlin, I. Jensen, L. Kwak","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01196-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01196-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122746639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Scrimshire, A. Booth, C. Fairhurst, Elizabeth Coleman, A. Malviya, A. Kotze, Chris Tiplady, D. Tate, A. Laverty, Gillian Davis, W. Tadd, B. Corbacho, D. Torgerson, C. McDaid, M. Reed, Mark Gail Allan Sue Kathryn Soha Raza Sharad Marshall H Burgess Lowdon Marriott Cadwallader McLoughlin Saj, Mark R Burgess, Gail Lowdon, A. Marriott, Sue Cadwallader, Kathryn Mcloughlin, S. Sajid, Raza Hassan, S. Bhatnagar, M. Sangster, H. Sharma, R. Holleyman, R. Morrison
{"title":"Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST)—avoiding surgical site infection and anaemia at the time of surgery: a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives to introduce change in the NHS","authors":"A. Scrimshire, A. Booth, C. Fairhurst, Elizabeth Coleman, A. Malviya, A. Kotze, Chris Tiplady, D. Tate, A. Laverty, Gillian Davis, W. Tadd, B. Corbacho, D. Torgerson, C. McDaid, M. Reed, Mark Gail Allan Sue Kathryn Soha Raza Sharad Marshall H Burgess Lowdon Marriott Cadwallader McLoughlin Saj, Mark R Burgess, Gail Lowdon, A. Marriott, Sue Cadwallader, Kathryn Mcloughlin, S. Sajid, Raza Hassan, S. Bhatnagar, M. Sangster, H. Sharma, R. Holleyman, R. Morrison","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01193-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01193-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131986985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kouri, J. Yamada, J. Lam Shin Cheung, S. Van de Velde, Samir Gupta
{"title":"Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake","authors":"A. Kouri, J. Yamada, J. Lam Shin Cheung, S. Van de Velde, Samir Gupta","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01199-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01199-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117258799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carl R May, Bianca Albers, Mike Bracher, Tracy L Finch, Anthony Gilbert, Melissa Girling, Kathryn Greenwood, Anne MacFarlane, Frances S Mair, Christine M May, Elizabeth Murray, Sebastian Potthoff, Tim Rapley
{"title":"Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development.","authors":"Carl R May, Bianca Albers, Mike Bracher, Tracy L Finch, Anthony Gilbert, Melissa Girling, Kathryn Greenwood, Anne MacFarlane, Frances S Mair, Christine M May, Elizabeth Murray, Sebastian Potthoff, Tim Rapley","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01191-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01191-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) is frequently used to inform qualitative research that aims to explain and evaluate processes that shape late-stage translation of innovations in the organisation and delivery of healthcare. A coding manual for qualitative researchers using NPT will facilitate transparent data analysis processes and will also reduce the cognitive and practical burden on researchers.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>(a) To simplify the theory for the user. (b) To describe the purposes, methods of development, and potential application of a coding manual that translates normalisation process theory (NPT) into an easily usable framework for qualitative analysis. (c) To present an NPT coding manual that is ready for use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Qualitative content analysis of papers and chapters that developed normalisation process theory, selection and structuring of theory constructs, and testing constructs against interview data and published empirical studies using NPT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A coding manual for NPT was developed. It consists of 12 primary NPT constructs and conforms to the Context-Mechanism-Outcome configuration of realist evaluation studies. Contexts are defined as settings in which implementation work is done, in which strategic intentions, adaptive execution, negotiating capability, and reframing organisational logics are enacted. Mechanisms are defined as the work that people do when they participate in implementation processes and include coherence-building, cognitive participation, collective action, and reflexive monitoring. Outcomes are defined as effects that make visible how things change as implementation processes proceed and include intervention mobilisation, normative restructuring, relational restructuring, and sustainment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The coding manual is ready to use and performs three important tasks. It consolidates several iterations of theory development, makes the application of NPT simpler for the user, and links NPT constructs to realist evaluation methods. The coding manual forms the core of a translational framework for implementation research and evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":" ","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8861599/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39641584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer Shuldiner, Kevin L Schwartz, Bradley J Langford, Noah M Ivers
{"title":"Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations.","authors":"Jennifer Shuldiner, Kevin L Schwartz, Bradley J Langford, Noah M Ivers","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01194-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01194-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Audit and feedback (A&F) that shows how health professionals compare to those of their peers, can be an effective intervention to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing among family physicians. However, the most impactful design approach to A&F to achieve this aim is uncertain. We will test three design modifications of antibiotic A&F that could be readily scaled and sustained if shown to be effective: (1) inclusion of case-mix-adjusted peer comparator versus a crude comparator, (2) emphasizing harms, rather than lack of benefits, and (3) providing a viral prescription pad.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We will conduct two interrelated pragmatic randomized trials in January 2021. One trial will include family physicians in Ontario who have signed up to receive their MyPractice: Primary Care report from Ontario Health (\"OH Trial\"). These physicians will be cluster-randomized by practice, 1:1 to intervention or control. The intervention group will also receive a Viral Prescription Pad mailed to their office as well as added emphasis in their report on use of the pad. Ontario family physicians who have not signed up to receive their MyPractice: Primary Care report will be included in the other trial administered by Public Health Ontario (\"PHO Trial\"). These physicians will be allocated 4:1 to intervention or control. The intervention group will be further randomized by two factors: case-mix adjusted versus unadjusted comparator and emphasis or not on harms of antibiotics. Physicians in the intervention arm of this trial will receive one of four versions of a personalized antibiotic A&F letter from PHO. For both trials, the primary outcome is the antibiotic prescribing rate per 1000 patient visits, measured at 6 months post-randomization, the primary analysis will use Poisson regression and we will follow the intention to treat principle. A mixed-methods process evaluation will use surveys and interviews with family physicians to explore potential mechanisms underlying the observed effects, exploring targeted constructs including intention, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, descriptive norms, and goal prioritization.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This protocol describes the rationale and methodology of two interrelated pragmatic trials testing variations of theory-informed components of an audit and feedback intervention to determine how to optimize A&F interventions for antibiotic prescribing in primary care.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>NCT04594200, NCT05044052. CIHR Grant ID: 398514.</p>","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":" ","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8842929/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39620727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transfer of knowledge to diagnose infant abuse and its incidence - a time-series analysis from Sweden.","authors":"Ulf Högberg","doi":"10.1186/s13012-022-01188-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01188-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To analyse the transfer of knowledge on how to detect physical abuse, especially shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT), and its association to trends in infant abuse diagnoses (maltreatment and assault).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Design: retrospective population-based and quasi-experimental.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Sweden 1987-2019.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Children below age 1 year, selected from the National Patient Register (n = 1150). Exposures: Literature search for transfer of knowledge by diffusion, dissemination and implementation, and whether supportive or disruptive of the SBS/AHT paradigm.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure: </strong>Abuse diagnoses (maltreatment or assault).</p><p><strong>Analyses: </strong>Incidence rate, incidence rate ratio (IRR).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall incidence rate of abuse was 32.23 per 100,000 during the years 1987-2019. It was rather stable 1987-2000. The SBS diagnosis was introduced in the late 1990s. A comprehensive increase of transfer of knowledge on physical abuse, specifically on SBS/AHT and dangers of shaking, took place from 2002 and onward through diffusion, dissemination and implementation. Maltreatment diagnoses, but not assault diagnosis, increased steeply during 2002-2007, peaking in 2008-2013 [IRR 1.63 (95% confidence interval 1.34-1.98)]. Transfer of disruptive knowledge on SBS/AHT during the period 2014-2019 was associated with a decline in maltreatment diagnoses [IRR 0.84 (95% confidence interval 0.71-0.99)].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>An increase in maltreatment diagnoses was associated with transfer of supportive knowledge of the SBS/AHT paradigm, while a decline occurred toward the end of the study period, which might indicate a burgeoning de-implementation process.</p>","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":" ","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8815122/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39890268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zoe Szewczyk, Penny Reeves, Melanie Kingsland, Emma Doherty, Elizabeth Elliott, Luke Wolfenden, Tracey W Tsang, Adrian Dunlop, Andrew Searles, John Wiggers
{"title":"Cost, cost-consequence and cost-effectiveness evaluation of a practice change intervention to increase routine provision of antenatal care addressing maternal alcohol consumption.","authors":"Zoe Szewczyk, Penny Reeves, Melanie Kingsland, Emma Doherty, Elizabeth Elliott, Luke Wolfenden, Tracey W Tsang, Adrian Dunlop, Andrew Searles, John Wiggers","doi":"10.1186/s13012-021-01180-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01180-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Implementation of antenatal clinical guideline recommendations for addressing maternal alcohol consumption is sub-optimal. There is a complete absence of evidence of the cost and cost-effectiveness of delivering practice change interventions addressing maternal alcohol consumption amongst women accessing maternity services. The study sought to determine the cost, cost-consequence and cost-effectiveness of developing and delivering a multi-strategy practice change intervention in three sectors of a health district in New South Wales, Australia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The trial-based economic analyses compared the costs and outcomes of the intervention to usual care over the 35-month period of the stepped-wedge trial. A health service provider perspective was selected to focus on the cost of delivering the practice change intervention, rather than the cost of delivering antenatal care itself. All costs are reported in Australian dollars ($AUD, 2019). Univariate and probabilistic sensitivity analyses assessed the effect of variation in intervention effect and costs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total cost of delivering the practice change intervention across all three sectors was $367,646, of which $40,871 (11%) were development costs and $326,774 (89%) were delivery costs. Labour costs comprised 70% of the total intervention delivery cost. A single practice change strategy, 'educational meetings and educational materials' contributed 65% of the delivery cost. Based on the trial's primary efficacy outcome, the incremental cost effectiveness ratio was calculated to be $32,570 (95% CI: $32,566-$36,340) per percent increase in receipt of guideline recommended care. Based on the number of women attending the maternity services during the trial period, the average incremental cost per woman who received all guideline elements was $591 (Range: $329 - $940) . The average cost of the intervention per eligible clinician was $993 (Range: $640-$1928).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The intervention was more effective than usual care, at an increased cost. Healthcare funders' willingness to pay for this incremental effect is unknown. However, the strategic investment in systems change is expected to improve the efficiency of the practice change intervention over time. Given the positive trial findings, further research and monitoring is required to assess the sustainability of intervention effectiveness and whether economies of scale, or reduced costs of intervention delivery can be achieved without impact on outcomes.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>The trial was prospectively registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, No. ACTRN12617000882325 (date registered: 16/06/2017).</p>","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":" ","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8815123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39889828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather T Gold, Cara McDermott, Ties Hoomans, Todd H Wagner
{"title":"Cost data in implementation science: categories and approaches to costing.","authors":"Heather T Gold, Cara McDermott, Ties Hoomans, Todd H Wagner","doi":"10.1186/s13012-021-01172-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01172-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A lack of cost information has been cited as a barrier to implementation and a limitation of implementation research. This paper explains how implementation researchers might optimize their measurement and inclusion of costs, building on traditional economic evaluations comparing costs and effectiveness of health interventions. The objective of all economic evaluation is to inform decision-making for resource allocation and to measure costs that reflect opportunity costs-the value of resource inputs in their next best alternative use, which generally vary by decision-maker perspective(s) and time horizon(s). Analyses that examine different perspectives or time horizons must consider cost estimation accuracy, because over longer time horizons, all costs are variable; however, with shorter time horizons and narrower perspectives, one must differentiate the fixed and variable costs, with fixed costs generally excluded from the evaluation. This paper defines relevant costs, identifies sources of cost data, and discusses cost relevance to potential decision-makers contemplating or implementing evidence-based interventions. Costs may come from the healthcare sector, informal healthcare sector, patient, participant or caregiver, and other sectors such as housing, criminal justice, social services, and education. Finally, we define and consider the relevance of costs by phase of implementation and time horizon, including pre-implementation and planning, implementation, intervention, downstream, and adaptation, and through replication, sustainment, de-implementation, or spread.</p>","PeriodicalId":417097,"journal":{"name":"Implementation Science : IS","volume":" ","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8796347/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39957777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}