Structured Abstract

Contents

• Preface
• Background
  • Objectives
  • Rationale
• Methods
  • Overview
  • Literature Scan
  • Review of AHRQ EHC Reviews
  • Key Informant (KI) Interviews
• Results
  • Overview
  • Specific Methodologic Challenges Faced by Investigators Conducting EPC Reviews of Behavior Change Interventions and Available Guidance
• Summary and Implications
  • Future Directions
• References
• Appendix A AHRQ EHC Program Reports Including Studies of Behavior Change Interventions
• Appendix B Approaches to Addressing Behavior Change Interventions in EPC Reviews
• Appendix C Key Informants
• Appendix D Key Informant Interview Guide

Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services¹, Contract No. 290-2012-00004-C. Prepared by: Scientific Resource Center, Portland, OR

This research was funded through contracts from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to the following Evidence-based Practice Centers: Vanderbilt University (290-2012-00009-I), University of Minnesota (290-2012-00016-I), RAND Corporation (290-2012-00006-I), RTI International and the University of North Carolina (290-201200008-I), and the Scientific Resource Center for the EPC Program (290-2012-00004-C).

Suggested citation:

McPheeters M, Butler M, Maglione M, Viswanathan M, O'Neil M, Epstein R, Anderson A, Guise J-M, Gozu A, Kondo K, Chang C. Challenges in Conducting EPC Reviews of Behavior Change Interventions. Methods Research Report. (Prepared by the Scientific Resource Center under Contract No. 290-2012-00004-C). AHRQ Publication No. 15-EHC029-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2015. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.

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