Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI): Explanation and elaboration document

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Pinnock, Hilary ^a   Barwick, Melanie ^b,c   Carpenter, Christopher R ^d   Eldridge, Sandra ^e   Grandes, Gonzalo ^f   Griffiths, Chris J ^e   Rycroft Malone, Jo ^g   Meissner, Paul ^h   Murray, Elizabeth ⁱ   Patel, Anita ^e   Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Taylor, Stephanie J C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia   (Spain)

^g BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHECKLIST; E-MAIL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DELPHI STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 85017144032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013318     Document Type: Article

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