Operationalizing implementation science frameworks to plan a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of a digital health intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating implementation of digital health interventions (DHIs) in practice settings is complex, involving diverse users and multistep processes. Proactive planning can ensure desired implementation determinants and outcomes are captured for hybrid studies, but operational guidance for DHI studies is limited.

Methods

We planned a cluster randomized, type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial testing PositiveLinks, a smartphone application for HIV care, compared to usual care (n = 6 sites per arm), among HIV outpatient sites in the DC Cohort Longitudinal HIV Study in Washington, DC. Our process included: 1) Defining components of the DHI and associated implementation strategy, 2) Selecting implementation science frameworks to accomplish evaluation aims, 3)

SUBMITTER: Hodges J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11601874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature