Affiliation:
1. School of Psychological Sciences and Health University of Strathclyde Glasgow UK
2. Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit, UCL London UK
3. Institute for Global Health, UCL London UK
4. MRC‐University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Glasgow UK
5. Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UCL London UK
Abstract
AbstractPurposeThe aim of this study was to conduct a process evaluation of a whole‐genome sequence report form (SRF) used to reduce nosocomial SARS‐CoV‐2 through changing infection prevention and control (IPC) behaviours within the COVID‐19 pandemic.MethodsWe used a three‐staged design. Firstly, we described and theorized the purported content of the SRF using the behaviour change wheel (BCW). Secondly, we used inductive thematic analysis of one‐to‐one interviews (n = 39) to explore contextual accounts of using the SRF. Thirdly, further deductive analysis gauged support for the intervention working as earlier anticipated.ResultsIt was possible to theorize the SRF using the BCW approach and visualize it within a simple logic model. Inductive thematic analyses identified the SRF's acceptability, ease of use and perceived effectiveness. However, major challenges to embedding it in routine practice during the unfolding COVID‐19 crisis were reported. Notwithstanding this insight, deductive analysis showed support for the putative intervention functions ‘Education’, ‘Persuasion’ and ‘Enablement’; behaviour change techniques ‘1.2 Problem solving’, ‘2.6 Biofeedback’, ‘2.7 Feedback on outcomes of behaviour’ and ‘7.1 Prompts and cues’; and theoretical domains framework domains ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Behavioural regulation’.ConclusionsOur process evaluation of the SRF, using the BCW approach to describe and theorize its content, provided granular support for the SRF working to change IPC behaviours as anticipated. However, our complementary inductive thematic analysis highlighted the importance of the local context in constraining its routine use. For SRFs to reach their full potential in reducing nosocomial infections, further implementation research is needed.
Subject
Applied Psychology,General Medicine
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