Table 1 Articles selected for inclusion
From: Using realist evaluation to open the black box of knowledge translation: a state-of-the-art review
Authors, year, country | Country of origin | Study type | Setting | KT intervention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Goicolea et al., 2013 [33] | Spain | Protocol | Primary healthcare teams | Provision of guidelines, protocols, training and information systems |
Chouinard et al. 2013 [34] | Canada | Protocol (RCT) | Primary care | Implementation of an evidence-based intervention to improve chronic-disease management |
Seers et al. 2012 [35] | Europe | Protocol (RCT) | Long-term nursing care | Facilitation interventions vs. standard dissemination of information in evidence-based practice |
Ranmuthugala et al. 2011 [36] | Australia | Protocol | Healthcare settings | Communities of practice |
(Note: Communities of practice will be studied using an opportunistic sample) | ||||
Rycroft-Malone et al. 2011 [37] | UK | Protocol | Various healthcare settings | Communities of practice/implementation teams |
(Note: This study is part of work undertaken within the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care [CLAHRC]. Specific settings are to be determined.) | ||||
UK | Protocol (RCT)/Evaluation | Local health or community centres | Implementation of an evidence-based intervention to improve smoking cessation by improving weight management through nutritional/lifestyle intervention | |
Williams et al. 2013 [38] | UK | Evaluation | Hospital | Intermediary program (where intermediary was defined as `a linking agent, facilitator, change agent, champion or opinion leader') |
Ward et al. 2012 [39] | UK | Evaluation | Large mental health organization | Knowledge brokering within service delivery teams |
UK | Evaluation (RCT) | Primary healthcare | Implementation of a policy-mandated element of a national guideline | |
Australia | Evaluation | ED-based outpatient service | Implementation of an evidence-based intervention to improve access and acceptability of mental health care | |
Rycroft-Malone et al. 2010 [40] | UK | Evaluation | Multiple clinical sites | Implementation of protocol-based care (guidelines, care pathways, algorithms, protocols) |
Bick et al. 2009 [41] | UK | Evaluation | Birth Centre | Implementation of care pathway |
Wiechula et al. 2009 [42] | Australia | Evaluation | Acute care hospital | Implementation of Knowledge Translation Toolkit |
Tolson et al. 2007 [43] | UK | Evaluation | Rural primary care | Implementation of guidelines within a managed care network |