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Table 4 Suggestions incorporated into the final version of the tool

From: Mobilising Implementation of i-PARIHS (Mi-PARIHS): development of a facilitation planning tool to accompany the Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services framework

Participant feedback

Changes made

Background content

 More explanation and definition of i-PARIHS framework and constructs

More detailed definitions provided

 Define pre-implementation from the i-PARIHS perspective

More information outlined on the pre-implementation stage as conceptualised by i-PARIHS

 How i-PARIHS differs from other frameworks and approaches

It is now clear that i-PARIHS differs from other frameworks due to its focus on facilitation

More definitions and examples of facilitation

Facilitation is defined in more detail with examples of how it can be operationalised

 Clarification of what the Facilitation Toolkit is and how it relates to or differs from the Mi-PARIHS Tool

More detail on how the Mi-PARIHS Tool was developed following on from the Facilitation Toolkit

 Explanation of why mobilisation of i-PARIHS is required

More rationale provided for why Mi-PARIHS was developed

 Explanation of the progression from PARIHS, i-PARIHS to Mi-PARIHS

The history and process to Mi-PARIHS is now explained

 More explanation of a team approach

Information now provided on how to use the tool and i-PARIHS more broadly as a team

 What is meant by ‘there is no correct way to use the tool’

More detail that this tool is a guide and the rating system is subjective

 Clarifying the three questions at the end

 

Mi-PARIHS Tool

 Lack of clarity with the rating system

The tool now includes prompts/explanations in the drop-down menu to assist with rating

 Repetitive questions across individual and team recipients

Individual and team have been collapsed into one overall ‘recipient’ section

 Simplify the wording of questions

All questions have been reworded into simple language

 More information explaining the questions

More explanation provided in instructions

 Change questions to statements

Questions have been turned into statements

 Information on the tool as iterative and being repeated over time

More information on how the tool can be used over time in instructions