Table 3 Decision-making phase

Personnel

Widest possible grouping of fully trained stakeholders

• Multidisciplinary research team

• Behavioural scientists plus practitioners

Face-to-face meeting of an intervention development subgroup comprised of a behavioural scientist, principal investigators, programme manager, researcher, patient and public involvement lead

Input

Recommendations based on RAND/UCLA analyses of multiple stakeholder groups conducted separately

Recommendations based on RAND/UCLA analyses of single expert group

Three days prior to face-to-face meeting, intervention development subgroup (n=6) received output of phase 2

Identify intervention content

All stakeholder groups agree fully on intervention domains. Translate intervention domains into behaviour change techniques and modes of delivery using APEASE criteria

Decide on decision rules to aid choice of intervention domains. Translate intervention domains into behaviour change techniques and modes of delivery using APEASE criteria

Agree criterion of two or more stakeholder groups from phase two rating domains as ‘essential’ (i.e. Median ≥ 7 on round 3). Translate intervention domains into behaviour change techniques and modes of delivery using APEASE criteria

Final approvals

Full multidisciplinary research team and all stakeholders provided with intervention materials for feedback.

Details of the behaviour change intervention described using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR)

Subgroup of multidisciplinary research team and stakeholders provided with intervention materials for feedback.

Details of the behaviour change intervention described using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR)

Full multidisciplinary research team provided with intervention materials for feedback.

Details of the behaviour change intervention described using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR)