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ArticleEvaluation (London, England : 1995)2016

Realist complex intervention science: Applying realist principles across all phases of the Medical Research Council framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions.

Adam Fletcher, Farah Jamal, Graham Moore, Rhiannon E Evans, Simon Murphy, Chris Bonell

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Article in Evaluation (London, England : 1995), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Adam FletcherCardiff University, UK.
Farah JamalUCL Institute of Education, UK.
Graham MooreCardiff University, UK.
Rhiannon E EvansCardiff University, UK.
Simon MurphyCardiff University, UK.
Chris BonellLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of realist evaluation principles within randomised controlled trials ('realist RCTs') enables evaluations of complex interventions to answer questions about

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Complex interventionscomplex systemsevaluationpilot trialspublic healthrandomised controlled trialsrealism

Identifiers

PMID27478401
PMCPMC4946011

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