Table 2 Outline of initial inclusion criteria of the review
Criterion | Definition |
|---|---|
Process evaluation | Publications that focus on a theoretical approach that has been developed explicitly for process evaluations of complex interventions in health care (e.g. methodological articles; theoretical debates; empirical articles developing/testing theoretical approaches for process evaluation) OR Publications reporting process evaluations that apply an existing theoretical approach ➔ search for the original publication of the applied theoretical approach will be performed OR Publications reporting studies that are not labelled as “process evaluation”, but that actually meet the criteria of a process evaluation (see working definition in additional file 2) and that apply an existing theoretical approach ➔ search for the original publication of the applied theoretical approach will be performed |
Health context | Any field of health care |
Theoretical approach | Key publication with thorough description of a theoretical approach must be available (including information on, e.g., domains/dimensions/concepts/processes/strategies of the theoretical approach) |
Type of publication | Any type of publication that focuses on the development or application of theoretical approaches for process evaluation in health care (e.g. (reviews of) methodological articles; theoretical debates; empirical articles developing/testing/applying theoretical approaches for process evaluation) |
Other | Languages: English, German |
Year of publication: no limitation |