A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance

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Authors
Kathryn Skivington, Lynsay Matthews, Sharon Simpson, Peter Craig, Janis Baird, Jane Blazeby, Kathleen Boyd, Neil Craig, David French, Emma McIntosh, Mark Petticrew, Jo Rycroft‐Malone, Martin White, Laurence Moore
Journal
BMJ
Year
2021
Citations
5,723

Abstract

The UK Medical Research Council’s widely used guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research, which takes account of recent developments in theory and methods and the need to maximise the efficiency, use, and impact of research.

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