Bridging the gap between pragmatic intervention design and theory: using behavioural science tools to modify an existing quality improvement programme to implement “Sepsis Six”

Table 1 Study process

Step	Tasks	Behavioural science tools used
Characterise existing intervention (fully described in [16])	Collection of data on intervention content from relevant intervention documents, interviews with intervention facilitators/developers, observation of intervention delivery	Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR)
	Data analysed for BCTs and intervention functions	BCT Taxonomy (v1), behaviour change wheel
	BCTs and functions mapped to TDF domains likely to be targeted	TDF
Identification of influences on Sepsis Six implementation	Design and piloting of interview topic guide	TDF
Identification of influences on Sepsis Six implementation	Conduct interviews, analyse data/code responses	TDF, thematic analysis
	Ideas for modification: mapping TDF domains identified to BCTs	TDF, BCT Taxonomy (v1)
Development of a modified implementation intervention	Selection of intervention modifications to existing content	Delphi, APEASE
Development of a modified implementation intervention	Creation of modified intervention protocol	BCTs

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