Implementation fidelity in a complex intervention promoting psychosocial well-being following stroke: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study

• Published in: BMC Medical Research Methodology
• Main Authors: Bragstad, Line Kildal, Bronken, Berit Arnesveen, Sveen, Unni, Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen, Kitzmüller, Gabriele, Martinsen, Randi, Kvigne, Kari Johanne, Mangset, Margrete, Kirkevold, Marit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2019
• Subjects: Process evaluations; Implementation fidelities; Strokes; Psychosocial interventions; Mixed methods; Arctic; Narvik; Norway; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6867; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0694-z

Background: Evaluation of complex interventions should include a process evaluation to give evaluators, researchers, and policy makers greater confidence in the outcomes reported from RCTs. Implementation fidelity can be part of a process evaluation and refers to the degree to which an intervention...