None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Two commonly reported tools used to assess barriers and enablers are semi-structured interviews (SSI) and online questionnaires. Few studies have examined the similarity in responses between these two methods to see if and when comparisons are justified.Therefore the aims of this study were (1) to enhance knowledge on the optimal methods for assessment of barriers and enablers in the field of implementation science using a theoretical construct (Theoretical Domains Framework) (Michie 2005, Cane 2012) to assess which assessment method (SSI or Questionnaire) is most effective in identifying barriers and enablers to implementation of a new Antenatal Corticosteroid Clinical Practice Guideline. This is a multicentred randomised trial which conducted across four hospitals in Auckland, New Zealand among health professionals (HP) caring for pregnant women and their infants. Follow consent participants were randomised, and stratified by hospital site and health professional group (obstetrician, midwife, neonatologist/paediatrician), to a SSI or online questionnaire. The Theoretical Domains Framework was used to inform questions and to code participant responses into one or more of the 14 behavioural domains within the TDF framework and to classify them as either a barrier or an enabler to implementation of the antenatal corticosteroid clinical practice guideline. An assessment was undertaken to look at the similarity of reponses between the two methods, the influence of the assessment method on the differences identified and the overall detail of response provided.
Interventions
Completion of a semi-structured interview (SSI):
A Face to face interview was conducted by a single researcher (EM) to maintain consistency. Interviews were conducted at a time and location convenient to the participant. The majority of interviews were conducted at the hospital site. No explicit time restraints were applied
Sponsors
The University of Auckland
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Health professionals working within three district health boards in four maternity hospitals in Auckland, New Zealand consented to participate. Consumers were recruited postnatally from 4 neonatal units across three district health boards (DHBs) in Auckland, New Zealand. Women were eligible to participate if they had received a dose(s) of ACS prior to preterm birth at or less than 34 weeks’ gestation Participants completed a semi-structured interview or questionnaire.
Exclusion criteria
No exclusion criteria
Outcome results
None listed