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. 2015 Mar 19:350:h1258.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1258.

Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

Graham F Moore  1 , Suzanne Audrey  2 , Mary Barker  3 , Lyndal Bond  4 , Chris Bonell  5 , Wendy Hardeman  6 , Laurence Moore  7 , Alicia O'Cathain  8 , Tannaze Tinati  3 , Daniel Wight  9 , Janis Baird  3
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Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

Graham F Moore et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Process evaluation is an essential part of designing and testing complex interventions. New MRC guidance provides a framework for conducting and reporting process evaluation studies

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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Fig 1 Key functions of process evaluation and relations among them (blue boxes are the key components of a process evaluation. Investigation of these components is shaped by a clear intervention description and informs interpretation of outcomes)
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Fig 2 Logic model for the INCLUSIVE intervention to reduce violence and aggression in schools
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Fig 3 Commonly used data collection and analysis methods for process evaluation
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