Fidelity review: a scoping review of the methods used to evaluate treatment fidelity in behavioural change interventions

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 3-6, 2016, Pages 207-214

  O’Shea, Orlagh ^a   McCormick, Rosemary ^a   Bradley, Judy M ^b   O’Neill, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Exercise; Physical activity; Physiotherapy; Treatment fidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030830703     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10833196.2016.1261237     Document Type: Article

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