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Making psychological theory useful for implementing evidence based practice: a consensus approach

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Michie, S·2005·Quality and Safety in Health Care

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BACKGROUND: Evidence-based guidelines are often not implemented effectively with the result that best health outcomes are not achieved. This may be due to a lack of theoretical understanding of the processes involved in changing the behaviour of healthcare professionals. This paper reports the development of a consensus on a theoretical framework that could be used in implementation research. The objectives were to identify an agreed set of key theoretical constructs for use in (1) studying the implementation of evidence based practice and (2) developing strategies for effective implementation, and to communicate these constructs to an interdisciplinary audience. METHODS: Six phases of work were conducted to develop a consensus: (1) identifying theoretical constructs; (2) simplifying into construct domains; (3) evaluating the importance of the construct domains; (4) interdisciplinary evaluation; (5) validating the domain list; and (6) piloting interview questions. The contributors were a "psychological theory" group (n = 18), a "health services research" group (n = 13), and a "health psychology" group (n = 30). RESULTS: Twelve domains were identified to explain behaviour change: (1) knowledge, (2) skills, (3) social/professional role and identity, (4) beliefs about capabilities, (5) beliefs about consequences, (6) motivation and goals, (7) memory, attention and decision processes, (8) environmental context and resources, (9) social influences, (10) emotion regulation, (11) behavioural regulation, and (12) nature of the behaviour. CONCLUSIONS: A set of behaviour change domains agreed by a consensus of experts is available for use in implementation research. Applications of this domain list will enhance understanding of the behaviour change processes inherent in implementation of evidence-based practice and will also test the validity of these proposed domains.

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Authors
Michie, S.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Michie, S
Venue
Quality and Safety in Health Care
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2005-02-01
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
26-33
ISSN
  • 1475-3898 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-3901
OpenAlex
W2116567300
Cited by
3,440
References
30
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FWCI
39.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • BMJ Quality & Safety (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • British Psychological Society
  • Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Keywords
evidence-based practice implementation, behavior change, theoretical constructs, consensus development, implementation research, healthcare professional behaviour, health psychology, social influence, emotion regulation, professional role and identity, knowledge and skills
MeSH terms
United Kingdom, Health Personnel, Humans, Models, Psychological, Evidence-Based Medicine

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