Fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) trial: A psychosocial intervention administered by speech and language therapists to prevent depression in people with post-stroke aphasia

Carragher, M; Ryan, B; Worrall, L; Thomas, S; Rose, M; Simmons-Mackie, N; Khan, A; Hoffmann, TC; Power, E; Togher, L; Kneebone, I

Fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) trial: A psychosocial intervention administered by speech and language therapists to prevent depression in people with post-stroke aphasia

Carragher, M Ryan, B

Worrall, L Thomas, S Rose, M Simmons-Mackie, N Khan, A Hoffmann, TC Power, E

Togher, L Kneebone, I

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Issue Date:: 2019-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Carragher, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ryan, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6053-7614	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Worrall, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rose, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Simmons-Mackie, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Khan, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hoffmann, TC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Power, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2638-0406	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Togher, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kneebone, I https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-7264	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	BMJ Open, 2019, 9 (5)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135329
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction Treatment fidelity is a complex, multifaceted evaluative process which refers to whether a studied intervention was delivered as intended. Monitoring and enhancing fidelity is one recommendation of the TiDIER (Template for Intervention Description and Replication) checklist, as fidelity can inform interpretation and conclusions drawn about treatment effects. Despite the methodological and translational benefits, fidelity strategies have been used inconsistently within health behaviour intervention studies; in particular, within aphasia intervention studies, reporting of fidelity remains relatively rare. This paper describes the development of a fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) study, a current cluster randomised trial investigating an early mood intervention for people with aphasia (a language disability caused by stroke). Methods and analysis A novel fidelity protocol and tool was developed to monitor and enhance fidelity within the two arms (experimental treatment and attention control) of the ASK study. The ASK fidelity protocol was developed based on the National Institutes of Health Behaviour Change Consortium fidelity framework. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee in Queensland, Australia under the National Mutual Acceptance scheme of multicentre human research projects. Specific ethics approval was obtained for those participating sites who were not under the National Mutual Agreement at the time of application. The monitoring and ongoing conduct of the research project is in line with requirements under the National Mutual Acceptance. On completion of the trial, findings from the fidelity reviews will be disseminated via publications and conference presentations. Trial registration number ACTRN12614000979651.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1060673
dc.relation.ispartof	BMJ Open	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023560	en_US
dc.title	Fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) trial: A psychosocial intervention administered by speech and language therapists to prevent depression in people with post-stroke aphasia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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© 2019 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction Treatment fidelity is a complex, multifaceted evaluative process which refers to whether a studied intervention was delivered as intended. Monitoring and enhancing fidelity is one recommendation of the TiDIER (Template for Intervention Description and Replication) checklist, as fidelity can inform interpretation and conclusions drawn about treatment effects. Despite the methodological and translational benefits, fidelity strategies have been used inconsistently within health behaviour intervention studies; in particular, within aphasia intervention studies, reporting of fidelity remains relatively rare. This paper describes the development of a fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) study, a current cluster randomised trial investigating an early mood intervention for people with aphasia (a language disability caused by stroke). Methods and analysis A novel fidelity protocol and tool was developed to monitor and enhance fidelity within the two arms (experimental treatment and attention control) of the ASK study. The ASK fidelity protocol was developed based on the National Institutes of Health Behaviour Change Consortium fidelity framework. Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee in Queensland, Australia under the National Mutual Acceptance scheme of multicentre human research projects. Specific ethics approval was obtained for those participating sites who were not under the National Mutual Agreement at the time of application. The monitoring and ongoing conduct of the research project is in line with requirements under the National Mutual Acceptance. On completion of the trial, findings from the fidelity reviews will be disseminated via publications and conference presentations. Trial registration number ACTRN12614000979651.

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