Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 163-166, August 2006

Intervention fidelity: Lessons learned from an unsuccessful pilot study

  • Margaret H. Kearney, PhD, RNC, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • PhD and MS–PhD Programs, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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  • M. Colleen Simonelli, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467-3812, USA

Received 1 September 2005; accepted 15 November 2005.

Abstract 

Although the design of the study we undertook was randomized, the groups were statistically similar, the intervention was based on evidence of previous efficacy, and the treatment was delivered exactly as planned, this pilot study on an intervention to promote motivation for weight loss in new mothers failed to produce an effect. A closer examination using criteria for intervention fidelity revealed a number of weaknesses. Both treatment integrity and differentiation merit careful consideration in intervention design.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00051-6

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2005.11.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 163-166, August 2006

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