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Table 1 Evidence synthesis phase

From: Enhancing the Behaviour Change Wheel with synthesis, stakeholder involvement and decision-making: a case example using the ‘Enhancing the Quality of Psychological Interventions Delivered by Telephone’ (EQUITy) research programme

 

Ideal

Possible compromises

Worked example

Evidence collection

Mixed-methods meta-synthesis based on published papers

• Rapid primary data collection

• Rapid reviews

• 5 primary qualitative studies

• 1 rapid review

• 1 literature mapping exercise

Personnel

Widest possible grouping of fully trained stakeholders design and conduct the mixed-methods meta-synthesis

• Multidisciplinary research team

• Behavioural scientists plus practitioners

• Face-to-face meeting of multidisciplinary research team (N = 16) including behavioural scientists, academics, psychologists, mental health practitioners and the patient and public involvement lead

Input

Recommendations based on mixed-methods meta-synthesis

Accessible summaries of the key findings and recommendations for intervention development from individual studies

Two weeks prior to face-to-face meeting, the full programme team (N = 27) received:

• Two slides for a 5-min presentation

• Single-page summaries of the key findings and recommendations for each of the 7 studies and comments invited.

Identify key domains to be included in intervention

Already present in mixed-method synthesis conclusions

Use COM-B to structure people’s identification of key domains, which can be completed by:

• Individuals

• Small group

• Facilitated large group discussions

Face-to-face meeting attendees used post-it notes to categorise intervention domains into the six COM-B areas:

• Individually

• In small groups mixed by experience/expertise

• In facilitated large group discussion

Cross-validation

Experts cross-check evidence synthesis phase with knowledge and experience

Experts cross-check evidence synthesis phase with knowledge and experience

Identification of potential barriers/enablers to behaviour change identified via a scoping search of previously published literature conducted by PB and KL