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Sweetnam, Chloe, Goulding, Lucy, Davis, Rachel E., Khadjesari, Zarnie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2958-9555, Boaz, Annette, Healey, Andy, Sevdalis, Nick, Bakolis, Ioannis and Hull, Louise
(2022)
Development and psychometric evaluation of the Implementation Science Research Project Appraisal Criteria (ImpResPAC) tool: a study protocol.
BMJ Open, 12 (12).
ISSN 2044-6055
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Abstract
Introduction: The need for quantitative criteria to appraise the quality of implementation research has recently been highlighted to improve methodological rigour. The Implementation Science Research development (ImpRes) tool and supplementary guide provide methodological guidance and recommendations on how to design high-quality implementation research. This protocol reports on the development of the Implementation Science Research Project Appraisal Criteria (ImpResPAC) tool, a quantitative appraisal tool, developed based on the structure and content of the ImpRes tool and supplementary guide, to evaluate the conceptual and methodological quality of implementation research. Methods and analysis: This study employs a three-stage sequential mixed-methods design. During stage 1, the research team will map core domains of the ImpRes tool, guidance and recommendations contained in the supplementary guide and within the literature, to ImpResPAC. In stage 2, an international multidisciplinary expert group, recruited through purposive sampling, will inform the refinement of ImpResPAC, including content, scoring system and user instructions. In stage 3, an extensive psychometric evaluation of ImpResPAC, that was created in stage 1 and refined in stage 2, will be conducted. The scaling assumptions (inter-item and item-total correlations), reliability (internal consistency, inter-rater) and validity (construct and convergent validity) will be investigated by applying ImpResPAC to 50 protocols published in Implementation Science. We envisage developing ImpResPAC in this way will provide implementation research stakeholders, primarily grant reviewers and educators, a comprehensive, transparent and fair appraisal of the conceptual and methodological quality of implementation research, increasing the likelihood of funding research that will generate knowledge and contribute to the advancement of the field. Ethics and dissemination: This study will involve human participants. This study has been registered and minimal risk ethical clearance granted by The Research Ethics Office, King’s College London (reference number MRA-20/21-20807). Participants will receive written information on the study via email and will provide e-consent if they wish to participate. We will use traditional academic modalities of dissemination (eg, conferences and publications).
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London at King\u2019s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; and by King\u2019s Improvement Science, which offers co-funding to the NIHR ARC South London and is funded by King\u2019s Health Partners (Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust, King\u2019s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King\u2019s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust), and Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 Charity (grant number: NIHR200152). NS\u2019 research is further supported by the ASPIRES research programme (Antibiotic use across Surgical Pathways - Investigating, Redesigning and Evaluating Systems), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. NS is further funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Health System Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa, King\u2019s College London (GHRU 430 16/136/54) using UK aid from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR, the charities, the ESRC or the Department of Health and Social Care. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | international health services,organisation of health services,protocols & guidelines,quality in health care,medicine(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Implementation Science Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2022 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2024 08:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90281 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061209 |
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