Checklist section | Suggested checklist item |
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Introduction | Â |
 Background | Report the care or quality gap (e.g. failure to implement guidelines) that the intervention seeks to address [29]. |
 | Report the evidence behind the intervention to be implemented (e.g.: RCTs, controlled trials, systematic reviews) [11,29]. |
 | Report the theory behind the intervention [10,31,29] and how the theory influenced the study design [10]. |
Methods | Â |
 Setting | |
 | Describe any changes or modifications required to adjust to the intervention [7,10]. |
 | Report readiness to change (also those not eager to change) [29]. |
 | How did the setting enable or hinder the implementation? [10] |
 Participants | Report method of recruitment [4] which should be to the clinical service not the research [11]. Participants recruited to research should be considered as a sub-group [11]. |
 Intervention | Provide detailed description of intervention strategies: |
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 | Frequency [10], duration [4,10,31,29] and intensity [10,31,29] of the intervention |
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 | What is the relationship of components to the theory discussed above? [10] |
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 | Provide details of participants receiving the intervention (eligibility criteria?) [10,11,31]. |
 | Provide detailed characteristics of those promoting and undertaking the intervention [4,10,31]. |
 | What were the processes for ensuring intervention fidelity? [4,7,10,31] |
 | Describe the intervention received by control group (not just describe as ‘usual care’) [31]. |
The intervention must be delivered as part of routine care [11]. | |
 Analysis | Describe measurements used to assess implementation effectiveness [29]. |
Outcomes should be assessed at the population level, typically with routine data [11]. Describe methods of statistical analysis [31,29]. | |
Results | Â |
 Participant flow | Report the process by which eligible patients were invited to participate (e.g. number invited and timescale) and any exclusions [4]. |
 | Report participation rate among the eligible population [4,11] and the representativeness of participants compared to whole eligible population [4]. |
 Setting | Report characteristics of the setting to enable assessment of representativeness [4]. |
 Intervention | Cost of the intervention [4]. |
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 | Report any intervention feasibility, acceptability, and potential sustainability [28]. |
Discussion | Â |
 Reflections | |
 | Report any lessons learned from the implementation process [10]. |
 | Report any barriers or facilitators for implementing in routine care [9]. |
 | Discuss the relationship between adaptations/modifications and treatment outcomes, implementation outcomes and adverse events [28]. |