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Study Characteristics Baskerville et al12 Kutner et al13 McVea et al14 McIlvain et al15 Nutting et al16 Content area An evaluation study of 22 intervention practices for implementing prevention guidelines by 54 family physicians in Southwestern Ontario A communication study of the information needs of terminally ill patients receiving palliative care from physicians An evaluation of the effectiveness of “Put Prevention into Practice” program in family physician private practice settings A study to determine factors associated with use of counseling skills and office-based activities related to tobacco control by family physicians A study of barriers toward initiating guideline- concordant acute- phase care for patients with major depression by physicians and nurses Rationale for mixing “To determine intervention quality, triangulation was used to attain a complete understanding. … Multiple data sources and analysis methods were used.” “Qualitative interviews were initially conducted to identify and describe key themes. These data were then used to develop a semistructured instrument.” “Multiple data collection strategies were used to ensure comprehensiveness and triangulation of results.” Not stated Not stated Forms of data collection Quantitative Weekly and monthly activity sheets Closed-ended questions during telephone interview Mailed questionnaire Instrument (multiple choice, open-ended) based on qualitative interviews SF-36 Health Survey Office environment and clinical encounters checklists Chart audits Review of medical records Structured checklists completed by physicians Structured interviews completed by patients Qualitative Monthly narrative reports Telephone interviews Interviews at end of intervention Face-to-face open- ended interviews Participant observation Key informant interviews of office staff Semistructured interviews with physicians and office managers Observation of practice environments Key informant interviews with support staff Patient encounters Physician interviews Structured telephone interviews with physicians and nurses Analytical procedure Quantitative Descriptive and content analysis of weekly activity sheets Content analysis of interviews Chi-square analyses Descriptive and inferential analysis Descriptive statistics Descriptive scaled qualitative data Correlations Regression Cluster analysis Qualitative Description from monthly narrative reports Template analysis involving coding and common issues across categories of interview data and open-ended instrument data Categories and themes Descriptive case studies None Content group analysis using card sort process Characteristics of design Priority Quantitative Equal Qualitative Quantitative Quantitative Implementation Concurrent Quantitative + qualitative Sequential Qualitative → quantitative Concurrent Qualitative + quanitative Sequential Qualitative → quantitative Sequential Qualitative → quantitative Integration Analysis and report of results From data analysis to data collection Analysis and report of results From data analysis to data collection From data analysis to data collection Type of design model Triangulation Instrument design Triangulation Data transformation Instrument design