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dc.contributor.authorBorek, AJ
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, C
dc.contributor.authorSmith, JR
dc.contributor.authorGreaves, CJ
dc.contributor.authorTarrant, M
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-09T09:31:22Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-25
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Published descriptions of group-based behaviour-change interventions (GB-BCIs) often omit design and delivery features specific to the group setting. This impedes the ability to compare behaviour-change interventions, synthesise evidence on their effectiveness and replicate effective interventions. The aim of this study was to develop a checklist of elements that should be described to ensure adequate reporting of GB-BCIs. METHODS: A range of characteristics needed to replicate GB-BCIs were extracted from the literature and precisely defined. An abbreviated checklist and a coder manual were developed, pilot tested and refined. The final checklist and coder manual were used to identify the presence or absence of specified reporting elements in 30 published descriptions of GB-BCIs by two independent coders. Reliability of coding was assessed. RESULTS: The checklist comprises 26 essential reporting elements, covering intervention design, intervention content, participant characteristics, and facilitator characteristics. Inter-rater reliability for identification of reporting elements was high (95% agreement, Mean AC1 = 0.89). CONCLUSION: The checklist is a practical tool that can be used, alongside other reporting guidelines, to ensure comprehensive description and to assess reporting quality of GB-BCIs. It can also be helpful for designing group-based health interventions.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was partially funded by the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care of the South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 15, article 963en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-015-2300-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/19658
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26403082en_GB
dc.rightsCopyright © Borek et al. 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_GB
dc.titleA checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventionsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2016-02-09T09:31:22Z
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
exeter.place-of-publicationEngland
dc.identifier.eissn1471-2458
dc.identifier.journalBMC Public Healthen_GB


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