Translating a walking intervention for health professional delivery within primary care: A mixed‐methods treatment fidelity assessment

• Published in: British journal of health psychology Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 17 - 38
• Main Authors: Williams, Stefanie L., McSharry, Jennifer, Taylor, Claire, Dale, Jeremy, Michie, Susan, French, David P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior change; Best practice; Care assistants; Change agents; Competence; Components; Cross-Sectional Studies; Efficacy; Evaluation; Exercise; Exercise Therapy - methods; Exercise Therapy - psychology; Exercise Therapy - statistics & numerical data; Female; Fidelity; General practice; Health care assistants; Health Personnel; Humans; implementation; Intervention; intervention fidelity; Medical personnel; Middle Aged; Mixed methods research; Original; Patient Compliance - psychology; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Physical activity; Practice nurses; Primary care; Primary Health Care - methods; Rigour; Translation; treatment fidelity; United Kingdom; Walking; Walking - psychology; Walking - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; United Kingdom; general practice; walking; implementation; intervention fidelity; primary care; treatment fidelity; intervention; physical activity

Objectives Existing fidelity studies of physical activity interventions are limited in methodological quality and rigour, particularly those delivered by health care providers in clinical settings. The present study aimed to enhance and assess the fidelity of a walking intervention delivered by heal...