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. 2022 Nov:151:65-74.
doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.07.013. Epub 2022 Aug 1.

The RIPI-f (Reporting Integrity of Psychological Interventions delivered face-to-face) checklist was developed to guide reporting of treatment integrity in face-to-face psychological interventions

Jesus Lopez-Alcalde  1 , Ninib Yakoub  2 , Markus Wolf  3 , Thomas Munder  3 , Erik von Elm  4 , Christoph Flückiger  3 , Christiane Steinert  5 , Sarah Liebherz  6 , Jenny Rosendahl  7 , Claudia M Witt  8 , Jürgen Barth  9
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The RIPI-f (Reporting Integrity of Psychological Interventions delivered face-to-face) checklist was developed to guide reporting of treatment integrity in face-to-face psychological interventions

Jesus Lopez-Alcalde et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

Objectives: Intervention integrity is the degree to which the study intervention is delivered as intended. This article presents the RIPI-f checklist (Reporting Integrity of Psychological Interventions delivered face-to-face) and summarizes its development methods. RIPI-f proposes guidance for reporting intervention integrity in evaluative studies of face-to-face psychological interventions.

Study design and setting: We followed established procedures for developing reporting guidelines. We examined 56 documents (reporting guidelines, bias tools, and methodological guidance) for relevant aspects of face-to-face psychological intervention integrity. Eighty four items were identified and grouped as per the template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) domains. Twenty nine experts from psychology and medicine and other scholars rated the relevance of each item in a single-round Delphi survey. A multidisciplinary panel of 11 experts discussed the survey results in three online consensus meetings and drafted the final version of the checklist.

Results: We propose RIPI-f, a checklist with 50 items. Our checklist enhances TIDieR with important extensions, such as therapeutic alliance, provider's allegiance, and the adherence of providers and participants.

Conclusion: RIPI-f can improve the reporting of face-to-face psychological interventions. The tool can help authors, researchers, systematic reviewers, and guideline developers. We suggest using RIPI-f alongside other reporting guidelines.

Keywords: Adherence; Delphi survey; Face-to-face psychological intervention; Fidelity; Non-pharmacological intervention; Reporting guideline.

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Stepwise procedure to develop the RIPI-f checklist. 1Delphi exercise: July 20 to August 13, 2020; 2Online consensus meetings: September 23, October 13, and December 8, 2020 (4 h each).
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