May Carl R, Albers Bianca, Desveaux Laura, Finch Tracy L, Gilbert Anthony, Hillis Alyson, Girling Melissa, Kislov Roman, MacFarlane Anne, Mair Frances S, May Christine M, Murray Elizabeth, Potthoff Sebastian, Rapley Tim
Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
NIHR ARC North Thames, London, UK.
NIHR Open Res. 2022 Jun 13;2:41. doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13269.1.
Normalization Process Theory (NPT) identifies mechanisms that have been demonstrated to play an important role in implementation processes. It is now widely used to inform feasibility, process evaluation, and implementation studies in healthcare and other areas of work. This qualitative synthesis of NPT studies aims to better understand how NPT explains observed and reported implementation processes, and to explore the ways in which its constructs explain the implementability, enacting and sustainment of complex healthcare interventions.
We will systematically search Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science databases and use the Google Scholar search engine for citations of key papers in which NPT was developed. This will identify English language peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals reporting (a) primary qualitative or mixed methods studies; or, (b) qualitative or mixed methods evidence syntheses in which NPT was the primary analytic framework. Studies may be conducted in any healthcare setting, published between June 2006 and 31 December 2021. We will perform a qualitative synthesis of included studies using two parallel methods: (i) directed content analysis based on an already developed coding manual; and (ii) unsupervised textual analysis using Leximancer® topic modelling software.
We will disseminate results of the review using peer reviewed publications, conference and seminar presentations, and social media (Facebook and Twitter) channels. The primary source of funding is the National Institute for Health Research ARC North Thames. No human subjects or personal data are involved and no ethical issues are anticipated.
规范化过程理论（NPT）确定了已被证明在实施过程中发挥重要作用的机制。它现在被广泛用于为医疗保健和其他工作领域的可行性、过程评估及实施研究提供信息。这项NPT研究的定性综合分析旨在更好地理解NPT如何解释观察到的和报告的实施过程，并探索其构建如何解释复杂医疗保健干预措施的可实施性、实施及持续性。
我们将系统检索Scopus、PubMed和科学网数据库，并使用谷歌学术搜索引擎查找NPT相关关键论文的引用文献。这将识别科学期刊中报告（a）原发性定性或混合方法研究；或（b）以NPT为主要分析框架的定性或混合方法证据综合分析的英文同行评审文章。研究可在任何医疗环境中进行，发表时间为2006年6月至2021年12月31日。我们将使用两种并行方法对纳入研究进行定性综合分析：（i）基于已开发的编码手册进行定向内容分析；（ii）使用Leximancer®主题建模软件进行无监督文本分析。
我们将通过同行评审出版物、会议和研讨会报告以及社交媒体（Facebook和Twitter）渠道传播综述结果。主要资金来源是英国国家卫生研究院北泰晤士地区学术健康科学网络。不涉及人类受试者或个人数据，预计也不存在伦理问题。
