Measuring implementation: development of the implementation process assessment tool (IPAT).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation science comprises a large set of theories suggesting interacting factors at different organisational levels. Development of literature syntheses and frameworks for implementation have contributed to comprehensive descriptions of implementation. However, corresponding instruments for measuring these comprehensive descriptions are currently lacking. The present study aimed to develop an instrument measuring care providers' perceptions of an implementation effort, and to explore the instrument's psychometric properties.

Methods

Based on existing implementation literature, a questionnaire was designed with items on individual and team factors and on stages of change in an implementation process. The instrument was tested in a Norwegian study on implemen

SUBMITTER: Hartveit M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805659 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature