A mixed methods approach will be adopted to evaluate stakeholder attitudes towards implementation of NIPT to elicit potential barriers to and facilitators for implementation.
Qualitative methods were employed using a pragmatic blended design that included a descriptive approach to describe factual information directly conveyed by participants such as current implementation resources and activities, and a grounded approach to elicit and understand participant views about optimizing implementation capacity or other approaches for improving guideline use [ 26, 27].
As such, H2 and H3 are a step further from the process account central to GEMC, because implementation choices for when and how to elicit directed actions within the intervention may bear on their influence on outcome measures.
Interviews were designed to elicit further detail on implementation strategies and processes, and why these hospitals were able to implement changes related to their urinary catheter use.
Similarly, in Cross River State, Nigeria, monthly meetings were held with elected 'Chairladies' to elicit input into project implementation and serve as a forum to discuss topics of concern [ 136].
The interviews and survey questionnaire (see section below) will also include questions to elicit feedback on the format, implementation and methods of delivering the intervention from the perspectives of patients, family and HCPs.
In conclusion, a survey design was used to elicit nurses' perceptions regarding barriers to implementation of the Fall Prevention CPG in their practice setting.
Stakeholder input was obtained using an interview guide developed to elicit comprehensive and consistent feedback on implementation of the process principles of the pCODR and their perceived value.
The validated questionnaire titled, 'Barriers and facilitators assessment instrument', developed by Peters, Harmsen, Laurant, & Wensing [ 51], and designed to elicit perceptions of the barriers to implementation of CPGs in practice, was administered.
