Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

Gary F. Moore; Suzanne Audrey; Mary Barker; Lyndal Bond; Chris Bonell; Wendy Hardeman; Laurence Moore; Alicia O’Cathain; Tannaze Tinati; Daniel Wight; Janis Baird

doi:10.1136/bmj.h1258

Abstract

Process evaluation is an essential part of designing and testing complex interventions. New MRC guidance provides a framework for conducting and reporting process evaluation studies

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Psychological interventionProcess (computing)Computer scienceData scienceProcess managementManagement scienceMedicineEngineeringNursing

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Year: 2015
Type: article
Volume: 350
Issue: mar19 6
Pages: h1258-h1258
Citations: 5699
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                                    Gary F. Moore, 
                                
                                    Suzanne Audrey, 
                                
                                    Mary Barker
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2015). 
                            Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance. 
                            BMJ
                            , 350
                            (mar19 6)
                            , h1258-h1258.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1258
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1258