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

BMJ · 2021 · Vol. 374 · pp. n2061–n2061

Kathryn Skivington✉(MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)Lynsay Matthews(MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)Sharon Simpson(MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)Peter Craig(MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)Janis Baird(MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit)Jane Blazeby(NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre)Kathleen Boyd(University of Glasgow)Neil Craig(Public Health Scotland)David French(Manchester Academic Health Science Centre)Emma McIntosh(University of Glasgow)Mark Petticrew(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)Jo Rycroft‐Malone(Lancaster University)Martin White(University of Cambridge)Laurence Moore(MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)

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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The UK Medical Research Council’s widely used guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research, which takes account of recent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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