Sustainability, spread, and scale in trials using audit and feedback: a theory-informed, secondary analysis of a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Audit and feedback (A&F) is a widely used implementation strategy to influence health professionals' behavior that is often tested in implementation trials. This study examines how A&F trials describe sustainability, spread, and scale.

Methods

This is a theory-informed, descriptive, secondary analysis of an update of the Cochrane systematic review of A&F trials, including all trials published since 2011. Keyword searches related to sustainability, spread, and scale were conducted. Trials with at least one keyword, and those identified from a forward citation search, were extracted to examine how they described sustainability, spread, and scale. Results were qualitatively analyzed using the Integrated Sustainability Framework (ISF) and the Framework for Going to Fu

SUBMITTER: Laur C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10604689 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature