Development and Evaluation of a Fidelity Instrument for PEARLS.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This manuscript describes the development and the preliminary evaluation of a fidelity instrument for the Program for Encouraging Active and Rewarding Lives (PEARLS), an evidence-based depression care management (DCM) program. The objective of the study was to find an effective, practical, multidimensional approach to measure fidelity of PEARLS programs to the original, research-driven PEARLS protocol in order to inform program implementation at various settings nationwide.

Methods

We conducted key informant interviews with PEARLS stakeholders, and held focus groups with former PEARLS clients, to identify core program components. These components were then ranked using a Q-sort process, and incorporated into a brief instrument. We tested the instrument at two time po

SUBMITTER: Farren L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4410416 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature