The unrecognized role of fidelity in hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers

Preface

This online tutorial serves as a hands-on guide for researchers to replicate the simulation described in

“The unrecognized role of fidelity in effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers”, by Trutschel et al. 

This supplementary material was designed to support applied researchers to adapt the simulation with required parameters for their own study. Consequently, the content is split in the following chapters:

• Chapter 1 gives an overview of the technical requirements

• Chapter 2 describes the step-by-step approach how to conduct the simulation for a specific research study, based on parallel or stepped wedge CRTs, and furthermore shows the comparison of several fidelity patterns

• Chapter 3 provides optional statistical information (for a detailed understanding of the method)

Citation

If you find this work helpful, please cite both the online tutorial and the paper by the reference of the original paper as in:

The unrecognized role of fidelity in effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials: simulation study and guidance for implementation researchers. Trutschel et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology (2023) 23:116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-01943-3