Development of a theory-informed questionnaire to assess the acceptability of healthcare interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The theoretical framework of acceptability (TFA) was developed in response to recommendations that acceptability should be assessed in the design, evaluation and implementation phases of healthcare interventions. The TFA consists of seven component constructs (affective attitude, burden, ethicality, intervention coherence, opportunity costs, perceived effectiveness, and self-efficacy) that can help to identify characteristics of interventions that may be improved. The aim of this study was to develop a generic TFA questionnaire that can be adapted to assess acceptability of any healthcare intervention.

Methods

Two intervention-specific acceptability questionnaires based on the TFA were developed using a 5-step pre-validation method for developing patient-reported

SUBMITTER: Sekhon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8887649 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature