Murray, J, Baxter, R orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-2786, Lawton, R et al. (6 more authors) (2023) Unpacking the Cinderella black box of complex intervention development through the Partners at Care Transitions (PACT) programme of research. Health Expectations, 26 (4). pp. 1478-1490. ISSN 1369-6513
Abstract
Introduction
Complex intervention development has been described as the ‘Cinderella’ black box in health services research. Greater transparency in the intervention development process is urgently needed to help reduce research waste.
Methods
We applied a new consensus-based framework for complex intervention development to our programme of research, in which we developed an intervention to improve the safety and experience of care transitions for older people. Through this process, we aimed to reflect on the framework's utility for intervention development and identify any important gaps within it to support its continued development.
Findings
The framework was a useful tool for transparent reporting of the process of complex intervention development. We identified potential ‘action’ gaps in the framework including ‘consolidation of evidence’ and ‘development of principles’ that could bracket and steer decision-making in the process.
Conclusions
We consider that the level of transparency demonstrated in this report, aided through use of the framework, is essential in the quest for reducing research waste.
Patient or Public Contribution
We have involved our dedicated patient and public involvement group in all work packages of this programme of research. Specifically, they attended and contributed to co-design workshops and contributed to finalizing the intervention for the pilot evaluation. Staff also participated by attending co-design workshops, helping us to prioritize content ideas for the intervention and supporting the development of intervention components outside of the workshops.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Complex intervention development; transitions of care; older people |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NIHR National Inst Health Research RP-PG-1214-20017 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 May 2023 13:53 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 12:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/hex.13682 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199198 |