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Table 1 Summary of checklist items suggested by the literature
| Checklist section | Suggested checklist item |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| 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 | |
| Setting | Describe the study setting [10,11,31]. |
| 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: |
| Components/content for each group [10,31,29]. | |
| Frequency [10], duration [4,10,31,29] and intensity [10,31,29] of the intervention | |
| Mode of delivery [31,29] and materials used [31,29]. | |
| What is the relationship of components to the theory discussed above? [10] | |
| What is the target population? [4,11] | |
| 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 | |
| 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]. |
| Report any modifications or adaptation [4,11,28]. | |
| Report any intervention feasibility, acceptability, and potential sustainability [28]. | |
| Discussion | |
| Reflections | Reflect on the implementation process [10,11]. |
| 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]. |
