Background It is increasingly acknowledged that 'acceptability'should be considered when
designing, evaluating and implementing healthcare interventions. However, the published …

Background: Interventions to change behaviour have substantial potential to impact
positively on individual and overall public health. Despite an increasing focus on health …

Single-case experimental designs (SCED) are experimental designs aiming at testing the
effect of an intervention using a small number of patients (typically one to three), using …

Objectives: To discuss methods of preservation of treatment fidelity in health behavior
change trials conducted in public health contexts. Methods: The treatment fidelity framework …

This component analysis used meta-analytic techniques to synthesize the results of 77
published evaluations of parent training programs (ie, programs that included the active …

Despite the critical role of fidelity and the proliferation of intervention manuals and related
measures, no comprehensive, structured guide exists, resulting in definitional confusion …

Background Educational meetings are used widely by health personnel to provide
continuing medical education and to promote implementation of innovations or translate …

Single-case experimental design (SCED) studies in the behavioral sciences literature are
not only common, but their proportion has also increased over past decades. Moreover …

Recent literature suggests a revival of interest in single-case methodology (eg, the
randomised n-of-1 trial is now considered Level 1 evidence for treatment decision purposes …

Abstract Treatment integrity refers to the degree to which an intervention is delivered as
intended. Two studies evaluated the adequacy of treatment integrity procedures (including …