Theme identified (number of participants) | Sample quotes |
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Importance of intervention fidelity (n = 18) | “This is an important and interesting aspect to clinical trials …” |
“… an important issue, may undermine the lack of findings from some trials” | |
“I think fidelity is central to the findings of any complex trial. I am a strong advocate …” | |
“… an incredibly important area of research” | |
Practicalities (n = 7) | “It is difficult to assess treatment fidelity as the resource needed to do this properly is quite significant …” |
“Pragmatism has to trump strict adherence/fidelity in complex healthcare interventions …” | |
“Ideally, complex intervention clinical trials should be preceded by a feasibility study …” | |
Terminology/definitions (n = 3) | “… it’s not a term that I was familiar with pre-survey” |
“… something that does not appear to have a clear definition … I cannot be sure that I have answered your questions accurately” | |
Further training (n = 3) | “… would gladly apply teaching regarding this topic” |
“Re training: I think it is vital for young researchers - wish it had been around when I was starting out” |