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Published in: Implementation Science 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Systematic review

A scoping review of classification schemes of interventions to promote and integrate evidence into practice in healthcare

Authors: Cynthia Lokker, K Ann McKibbon, Heather Colquhoun, Susanne Hempel

Published in: Implementation Science | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

Many models and frameworks are currently used to classify or describe knowledge translation interventions to promote and integrate evidence into practice in healthcare.

Methods

We performed a scoping review of intervention classifications in public health, clinical medicine, nursing, policy, behaviour science, improvement science and psychology research published to May 2013 by searching MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and the grey literature. We used five stages to map the literature: identifying the research question; identifying relevant literature; study selection; charting the data; collating, summarizing, and reporting results.

Results

We identified 51 diverse classification schemes, including 23 taxonomies, 15 frameworks, 8 intervention lists, 3 models and 2 other formats. Most documents were public health based, 55% included a literature or document review, and 33% were theory based.

Conclusions

This scoping review provides an overview of schemes used to classify interventions which can be used for evaluation, comparison and validation of existing and emerging models. The collated taxonomies can guide authors in describing interventions; adequate descriptions of interventions will advance the science of knowledge translation in healthcare.
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Metadata
Title
A scoping review of classification schemes of interventions to promote and integrate evidence into practice in healthcare
Authors
Cynthia Lokker
K Ann McKibbon
Heather Colquhoun
Susanne Hempel
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Implementation Science / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1748-5908
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0220-6

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