Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Where to be careful when developing and evaluating a complex intervention!!

Experiences from presented and other projects in the field of primary health care

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Evaluation, eksperimental designs

Randomisation: robust, preventing selection bias

Individually Cluster Stepped wedge Preference trials/prerandomisation N -of-1 design

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Evaluation, non - eksperimental designs when:

Irreversible intervention Under the way Widespread use

Effect is small Long time before effect

Cost of study – justified?

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

MRC:

Developing and evaluating complex intervention: new guidance

2008

www.mrc.ac.uk/complexinterventionsguidance

Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Good questions to your project?

1. Have you conducted a systematic review

2. Who is the intervention aimed at?

3. Can you describe the intervention fully?

4. Have you done enough piloting

5. Effect sizes?

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9. Reporting: CONSORT, STROBE (obeservational), TREND (non-randomised), EQUATOR (health research)

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Annelli Sandbæk

MD, ph.d, Ass Professor

School of Public Health, Departement of General

Practice

Aarhus University

Workshop – Complex interventions

Session - Room 10

15.30 – 17.00