Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

doi:10.1136/bmj.h1258

. 2015 Mar 19:350:h1258.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1258.

Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

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¹ DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK MooreG@cardiff.ac.uk.
² DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
⁵ Department of Childhood, Families and Health, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK.
⁶ Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁷ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK MooreG@cardiff.ac.uk.
⁸ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁹ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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PMCID: PMC4366184
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1258

Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

Graham F Moore et al. BMJ. 2015.

. 2015 Mar 19:350:h1258.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1258.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK MooreG@cardiff.ac.uk.
² DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
⁵ Department of Childhood, Families and Health, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK.
⁶ Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁷ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK MooreG@cardiff.ac.uk.
⁸ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁹ MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

PMID: 25791983
PMCID: PMC4366184
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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Competing interests: All authors have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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None — **Fig 1** Key functions of process evaluation and relations among them (blue boxes are the key components of a process evaluation. Investigation of these components is shaped by a clear intervention description and informs interpretation of outcomes)

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[1] Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, et al. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ 2008;337:a1655. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, et al. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. BMJ 2008;337:a1655. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Campbell M, Fitzpatrick R, Haines A, et al. Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health. BMJ 2000;321:694-96. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Campbell M, Fitzpatrick R, Haines A, et al. Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health. BMJ 2000;321:694-96. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, et al. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: new guidance: MRC, 2008. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, et al. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: new guidance: MRC, 2008. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Moore G, Audrey S, Barker M, et al. Process evaluation in complex public health intervention studies: the need for guidance. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:101-02. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Moore G, Audrey S, Barker M, et al. Process evaluation in complex public health intervention studies: the need for guidance. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:101-02. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Fretheim A, Flottorp S, Oxman AD. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data: a response to Eccle’s criticism of the OFF theory of research utilization. J Clin Epidemiol 2005;58:119-20. - PubMed

[10] Fretheim A, Flottorp S, Oxman AD. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data: a response to Eccle’s criticism of the OFF theory of research utilization. J Clin Epidemiol 2005;58:119-20. - PubMed

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