Table 2.
Description of included articles.
| N | Reference | Description of Complexity | Refence(s) to Complexity | Part of Article Where Complexity Is Identified | Influence of Complexity Identification in Development/Evaluation of the Intervention | Type of Study | Evaluation Approach | Methodology Approach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power R 2004 | Minimalist | Campbell 2000 | Background | In evaluation | Pilot study | - Quasi experimental trial- Process evaluation | Qualitative |
| 2 | Byrne M 2006 | Minimalist | - Bradley 1999 - Medical research Council (MRC) 2000 - Campbell 2000 - Michie 2004 - Rowlands 2005 - Wong 2005 |
Background | In development | Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Mixed |
| 3 | Sturt J, J AdvNurs. 2006 | Minimalist | MRC 2000 | Background Methods |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | - Quasi experimental trial - Formative/developmental evaluation |
Mixed |
| 4 | Sturt J, BMC Fam Pract. 2006 | Minimalist | MRC 2000 | Discussion | No | Evaluation | - RCT Cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 5 | Panella M, 2007 | Intermediate | - Campbell 2000 - Hawe 2004 |
Discussion | No | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT - Process evaluation |
Quantitative |
| 6 | Paul G, S2007 | Minimalist | - MRC 2000 - Campbell 2000 - Van-Meijel 2004 |
Background Discussion |
In development | Pilot study | Formative evaluation/development | Mixed |
| 7 | Protheroe J, 2007 | Intermediate | - MRC 2000 - Campbell 2000 - Oakley 2006 - Campbell 2007 - Vanhaecht 2007 - Panella 2009 |
Background | In evaluation | Evaluation | - Pragmatic trial - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 8 | Redfern J, 2008 | Intermediate | Campbell 2000 | Background Methods Results Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | - Formative/developmental evaluation - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 9 | Lenz M, 2009 | Intermediate | - Campbell 2000 - Campbell 2007 - Lenz 2007 - Craig 2008 |
Methods Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | Formative /developmental evaluation | Qualitative |
| 10 | deVlaming R, 2010 | Intermediate | - MRC 2000 - Craig 2008 |
Background Discussion |
In evaluation | Evaluation | - Quasi experimental trial - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 11 | Freund T, 2010 | Minimalist | - Campbell 2000 - Campbell 2007 - Craig 2008 |
Background Methods |
In development | Feasibility study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Mixed |
| 12 | Lemmens KMM, 2010 | Intermediate | - Campbell 2000 - Campbell 2007 - Epping-Jordan 2005 - May 2006 - Lemmens 2008 |
Background Methods |
In evaluation | Evaluation | - Quasi experimental trial - Process evaluation |
Quantitative |
| 13 | Protheroe J, 2010 | Minimalist | MRC 2000 | Background Discussion |
In development | Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Qualitative |
| 14 | Siddiqi K, 2010 | Intermediate | - MRC 2000 - Campbell 2000 |
Background Methods |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study Evaluation |
- Cluster RCT - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 15 | Vanhaecht K, 2010 | Minimalist | - Campbell 2000 - Hawe 2004 - Oakley 2006 - Vanhaecht 2007 - Craig 2008 - Panella 2009 - Panella 2010 |
Background Methods Discussion |
No | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT - Realistic evaluation - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 16 | Brady MC, 2011 | In-depth | - MRC 2008 - Shiell 2008 |
Background Methods Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | - Quasi experimental trial - Formative/developmental evaluation |
Mixed |
| 17 | Burr JM, 2011 | Minimalist | Craig 2008 | Background Discussion |
In development | Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Mixed |
| 18 | Greenhalgh T, 2011 | Intermediate | - Hawe 2004 - Craig 2008 |
Background Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Feasibility study | - RCT - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 19 | Hartveit M, 2011 | Intermediate | - MRC 2000 - Campbell 2000 - Craig 2008 - Vanhaecht 2011 |
- Background Methods Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | - Quasi experimental trial - Formative/developmental evaluation |
Mixed |
| 20 | Hirsch O, 2011 | Minimalist | - Craig 2008 - Protheroe 2007 |
Background Methods |
In evaluation | Pilot study | Process evaluation | Mixed |
| 21 | Treweek S, 2011 | Minimalist | MRC 2008 | Background Discussion |
In evaluation | Feasibility study | - RCT - process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 22 | Bath B, 2012 | Minimalist | Campbell 2000 | Background Discussion |
No | Pilot study | Quasi-experimental trial | Mixed |
| 23 | Bench SD, 2012 | Minimalist | Campbell 2007 | Background Methods Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | - Pragmatic and clustered trial - Formative/developmental evaluation |
Mixed |
| 24 | Chan CWH, 2012 | Intermediate | Campbell 2000 | Background | In evaluation | Evaluation | - Pragmatic trial - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 25 | Cresswell KM, 2012 | Minimalist | - Bradley 1999 - MRC 2000 - Campbell 2000 - NIH 2004 - VanMeijel 2004 - Lindsay 2004 - Lewin 2009 |
Background Discussion |
In evaluation | Evaluation | - Pragmatic and clustered trial - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 26 | Irvine L, 2012 | Minimalist | Oakley 2006 | Background | - In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | - RCT - process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 27 | Jack SM, 2012 | Minimalist | - Campbell 2000 - Van-Meijel 2004 - Ford-Gilboe 2011 |
Background Results Discussion |
In development | Feasibility study | Process evaluation | Qualitative |
| 28 | Walsh TS, 2012 | In-depth | - Campbell 2000 - MRC 2000 |
Methods | In evaluation | Evaluation | - RCT - process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 29 | Yam PS, 2012 | Minimalist | Craig 2008 | Background Methods |
In development - In evaluation |
Evaluation | - RCT - process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 30 | Chandler CI, 2013 | Minimalist | - Chen 1989 - Weiss 1995 - Power 2004 - Stame 2004 - MRC 2008 - Lewin 2009 - Bonell 2012 - Marchal 2012 |
Methods | In evaluation | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 31 | Clyne B, 2013 | In-depth | - MRC 2000 - Grimshaw 2001 - Majumdar 2003 - Spinewine 2007 - Campbell 2007 - Craig 2008 - Kaur 2009 - Marcum 2010 - Loganathan 2011 |
Background Methods Results Discussion |
In development | Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Qualitative |
| 32 | Geaney F, 2013 | In-depth | Craig 2008 | Background Methods |
- In development - In evaluation |
Evaluation | - Cluster RCT - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 33 | Higginson IJ2013 | Minimalist | Craig 2008 | Methods | In development and evaluation | Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Mixed |
| 34 | Hinrichs T, 2013 | In-depth | - Campbell 2000 - Chen 2005 - Campbell 2007 - Craig 2008 - Thabane 2010 |
Background Methods Results Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Mixed |
| 35 | Mars T, 2013 | In-depth | - MRC 2008 - Craig 2008 |
Background Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Evaluation | - Pragmatic trial - Process evaluaiton |
Quantitative |
| 36 | Poston L, 2013 | Minimalist | Craig 2008 | Background Discussion |
In evaluation | Pilot study | -RCT - Evaluation process |
Mixed |
| 37 | Round J, 2012 | Minimalist | MRC 2008 | Background Discussion |
In development | Evaluation | - Quasi experimental trial - Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 38 | Sin J, 2013 | Intermediate | - Lancaster 2004 - MRC 2008 |
Methods | - In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | RCT - Formative/developmental evaluation Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 39 | Yuen WW-Y, 2013 | Minimalist | MRC 2008 | Methods | In evaluation | Evaluation | RCT Evaluation process |
Mixed |
| 40 | Ettema R, 2015 | Minimalist | MRC 2008 | Background Methods |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | Process evaluation | Mixed |
| 41 | Haynes A, 2014 | Intermediate | - Harachi 1999 - Sanderson 2000 - Oakley 2006 - Grimshaw 2007 - MRC 2008 - Shiell 2008 - Hawe 2009 - Bradley 2011 - Ling 2012 - Moore 2013 - Brennan 2013 |
Background Methods Discussion |
In evaluation | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT Process evaluation | Mixed |
| 42 | Kwamie A, 2014 | In-depth | - Pawson 1997 - Begun 2003 - Holland 2006 - Sterman 2006 - Foster-Fishman 2007 - De Savigny 2009 - Hawe 2009 - Frenk 2010 - Prashanth 2012 |
Background Methods Discussion |
In evaluation | Evaluation | Realistic evaluation -Process evaluation |
Qualitative |
| 43 | Lawton R, 2015 | Minimalist | - Dane 1998 - Hawe 2004 - Bellg 2004 - Oakley 2006 - Craig 2008 |
Background Discussion |
In evaluation | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT Process evaluation | Mixed |
| 44 | Leamy M, 2014 | Intermediate | - MRC 2000 - MRC 2008 - Thompson 2009 - Datta 2013 |
Background Methods Discussion |
In evaluation | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT Process evaluation |
Mixed |
| 45 | Leo SD, 2014 | Intermediate | - Campbell 2000 - Campbell 2007 |
Methods Discussion |
- In development - In evaluation |
Pilot study | Formative/developmental evaluation | Mixed |
| 46 | Nayiga S, 2014 | Intermediate | - MRC 2000 - Hawe 2004 - Oakley 2006 - Cartwright 2011 - English 2011 |
Methods | In evaluation | Evaluation | - Cluster RCT Process evaluation | Mixed |
| 47 | Rees K, 2014 | Minimalist | Atun 2010 | Methods Discussion |
In evaluation | Feasibility study | Process evaluation | Qualitative |
| 48 | Watson DP, 2014 | Minimalist | May 2006 | Background Methods |
No | Feasibility study | Process evaluation | Mixed |