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ArticleBMJ open2017

Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI): explanation and elaboration document.

Hilary Pinnock, Melanie Barwick, Christopher R Carpenter, Sandra Eldridge, Gonzalo Grandes, Chris J Griffiths, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Paul Meissner, Elizabeth Murray, Anita Patel and 3 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 187 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

187 citing papers in PubMed, 12 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

13 authors.

Hilary PinnockAsthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Melanie BarwickResearch Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher R CarpenterDivision of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, USA.
Sandra EldridgePragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Gonzalo GrandesPrimary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain.
Chris J GriffithsCentre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Jo Rycroft-MaloneBangor Institute for Health and Medical Research, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
Paul MeissnerMontefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Elizabeth MurrayDepartment of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
Anita PatelCentre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Aziz SheikhAsthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Stephanie J C TaylorCentre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
StaRI Group

Funding

Chief Scientist Office PCRCA/08/01Department of Health 11/1014/04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesImplementation studies are often poorly reported and indexed, reducing their potential to inform the provision of healthcare services. The Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) initiative aims to develop guidelines for transparent and accurate reporting of implementation studies.

methodsAn international working group developed the StaRI guideline informed by a systematic literature review and e-Delphi prioritisation exercise. Following a face-to-face meeting, the checklist was developed iteratively by email discussion and critical review by international experts.

resultsThe 27 items of the checklist are applicable to the broad range of study designs employed in implementation science. A key concept is the dual strands, represented as 2 columns in the checklist, describing, on the one hand, the implementation strategy and, on the other, the clinical, healthcare or public health intervention being implemented. This explanation and elaboration document details each of the items, explains the rationale and provides examples of good reporting practice.

conclusionsPreviously published reporting statements have been instrumental in improving reporting standards; adoption by journals and authors may achieve a similar improvement in the reporting of implementation strategies that will facilitate translation of effective interventions into routine practice.

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ChecklistGuidelines as TopicDelphi TechniqueHumansResearch DesignResearch ReportDissemination and implementation researchEQUATOR NetworkImplementation ScienceOrganisational innovationReporting standards

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PMCPMC5387970

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