Effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs: combining elements of clinical effectiveness and implementation research to enhance public health impact.
Effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs: combining elements of clinical effectiveness and implementation research to enhance public health impact.
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DOI:
10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182408812
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发表时间:
2012-03
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3
通讯作者:
Stetler C
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作者:
Curran GM;Bauer M;Mittman B;Pyne JM;Stetler C
This study proposes methods for blending design components of clinical effectiveness and implementation research. Such blending can provide benefits over pursuing these lines of research independently; for example, more rapid translational gains, more effective implementation strategies, and more useful information for decision makers. This study proposes a “hybrid effectiveness-implementation” typology, describes a rationale for their use, outlines the design decisions that must be faced, and provides several real-world examples. An effectiveness-implementation hybrid design is one that takes a dual focus a priori in assessing clinical effectiveness and implementation. We propose 3 hybrid types: (1) testing effects of a clinical intervention on relevant outcomes while observing and gathering information on implementation; (2) dual testing of clinical and implementation interventions/strategies; and (3) testing of an implementation strategy while observing and gathering information on the clinical intervention’s impact on relevant outcomes. The hybrid typology proposed herein must be considered a construct still in evolution. Although traditional clinical effectiveness and implementation trials are likely to remain the most common approach to moving a clinical intervention through from efficacy research to public health impact, judicious use of the proposed hybrid designs could speed the translation of research findings into routine practice.