Improving the normalization of complex interventions: part 2 - validation of the NoMAD instrument for assessing implementation work based on normalization process theory (NPT)

• Published in: BMC medical research methodology Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 135 - 13
• Main Authors: Finch, Tracy L., Girling, Melissa, May, Carl R., Mair, Frances S., Murray, Elizabeth, Treweek, Shaun, McColl, Elaine, Steen, Ian Nicholas, Cook, Clare, Vernazza, Christopher R., Mackintosh, Nicola, Sharma, Samridh, Barbery, Gaery, Steele, Jimmy, Rapley, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 15.11.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Cognition; Collective action; Delivery of Health Care - methods; Delivery of Health Care - standards; Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Evaluation; Health care; Health Services Research - methods; Health Services Research - standards; Health Services Research - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Implementation process; Implementation Science; Instrument development; Interview, Psychological - methods; Interview, Psychological - standards; NoMAD; Normalization process theory; NPT; Pilot Projects; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaire; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Research methods; Surveys and Questionnaires; Systematic review; Theory; Validity; Instrument development; Normalization process theory; NoMAD; NPT; Questionnaire; Complex interventions; Implementation process

Successful implementation and embedding of new health care practices relies on co-ordinated, collective behaviour of individuals working within the constraints of health care settings. Normalization Process Theory (NPT) provides a theory of implementation that emphasises collective action in explain...