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21317181

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Theories provide a way of understanding and predicting the effects of patient safety practices (PSPs), interventions intended to prevent or mitigate harm caused by healthcare or risks of such harm. Yet most published evaluations make little or no explicit reference to theory, thereby hindering efforts to generalise findings from one context to another. Theories from a wide range of disciplines are potentially relevant to research on PSPs. Theory can be used in research to explain clinical and organisational behaviour, to guide the development and selection of PSPs, and in evaluating their implementation and mechanisms of action. One key recommendation from an expert consensus process is that researchers should describe the theoretical basis for chosen intervention components or provide an explicit logic model for 'why this PSP should work.' Future theory-driven evaluations would enhance generalisability and help build a cumulative understanding of the nature of change.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
2044-5423
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
453-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices.
pubmed:affiliation
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. r.foy@leeds.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.