Item name | Weighted ranking score Survey 1 | Overall rank Survey 1 | Weighted ranking score Survey 2 | Overall rank Survey 2 |
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Tailoring interventions to specific populations and contexts | 94 | 1 | 109 | 1 |
Methods for ensuring that behavioral interventions are implementable into practice and policy | 72 | 5 | 97 | 2 |
Specifying intervention components | 80 | 2 | 75 | 3 |
Use of systematic approaches to move from evidence to intervention components | 72 | 5 | 73 | 4 |
Development of novel research designs to test behavioral interventions as alternatives to, or to complement, standard randomized controlled trials (RCTs) | 74 | 4 | 67 | 5 |
How to disseminate behavioral trial research findings to increase implementation | 75 | 3 | 63 | 6 |
Using theory in behavioral intervention development | 70 | 6 | 57 | 7 |
Measurement of process(es) of change or mechanisms of action within interventions | 59 | 7 | 57 | 7 |
Determining clinically significant changes in outcomes within trials | 48 | 9 | 43 | 8 |
Selection of suitable comparison group(s) within trials | 49 | 8 | 33 | 9 |
Reporting intervention and comparison group(s) intervention content | 37 | 13 | 25 | 10 |
Selecting appropriate behavioral outcomes for trials | 44 | 12 | 20 | 11 |
Standardizing methods for reporting behavioral trials | 11 | 23 | 18 | 12 |
Methods to assess intervention fidelity | 32 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
Strategies to maximize trial participant recruitment and retention | 47 | 10 | 16 | 14 |
Strategies to optimize intervention fidelity (including adherence) | 22 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
Engaging stakeholders in the selection of outcomes (New item in survey 2) | N/A | n/a | 13 | 15 |
Relationship between behavioral outcomes and clinical/other outcomes | 32 | 14 | 12 | 16 |
Standardized methods for reporting and registering behavioral trials’ protocols | 29 | 15 | 10 | 17 |
Novel approaches and designs for piloting behavioral interventions | 45 | 11 | 9 | 18 |
Establishing criteria for progressing from trial piloting phases to full RCT | 27 | 16 | 8 | 19 |
Incorporating stakeholder input in intervention development and delivery | 8 | 24 | 7 | 20 |
How to optimize stakeholder engagement in behavioral trials’ research | 12 | 22 | 4 | 21 |
Impact on intervention delivery of characteristics (such as qualifications and training) of those delivering interventions | 20 | 19 | 4 | 21 |
Methods for cost-effectiveness analyses for behavioral trials | 18 | 20 | 3 | 22 |
Strategies for handling missing data within behavioral trials | 3 | 27 | 2 | 23 |
Sample-size calculations for pilot | 7 | 25 | 0 | 24 |
Developing novel statistical techniques to enhance behavioral trials | 3 | 27 | 0 | 24 |
Determining ideal timing of outcome measurement within trials | 8 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
Testing the impact of stakeholder engagement in behavioral trial research | 6 | 26 | 0 | 24 |
Trials’ research to test and develop behavioral theories | 14 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
Investigating the impact of intervention intensity on outcomes (New item in survey 2) | N/A | n/a | 0 | 24 |
Exploring impact of mode of intervention delivery | 23 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
Contamination between study arms (intervention and comparison) within trials | 14 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
Blinding of researchers and participants to study-arm allocation | 0 | 28 | 0 | 24 |