Effectiveness of using implementation frameworks to facilitate the implementation of a stroke management guideline in the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China: protocol for a factorial randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is commonly used alongside Western medicine for stroke management in China. However, there is significant variation in TCM practice, and the utilisation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines is inadequate. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of three popular frameworks-Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and Normalization Process Theory (NPT)-in improving implementation outcomes for the integrated TCM and Western medicine clinical practice guideline for stroke management.

Methods and analysis

This study employs a hybrid type III design with a factorial randomised controlled trial, where 45 TCM hospitals will be randomly assigned to one of eight experi

SUBMITTER: He W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883620 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature