Martin P. Eccles

ADOPTING BEST EVIDENCE IN PRACTICE SUPPLEMENT Is evidence-based implementation of evidence-based care possible? (2010)

Jeremy M Grimshaw, Martin P Eccles

healthcare has largely depended on publication of research in peer-reviewed journals and on continuing medical education programs. However, the effectiveness of these approaches has been questioned....

RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access (2010)

Heather O Dickinson, Susan Hrisos, Martin P Eccles, Jill Francis, Marie Johnston

Statistical considerations in a systematic review of proxy measures of clinical behaviour

Statistical considerations in a systematic review of proxy measures of clinical behaviour (2010)

Dickinson, Heather O, Hrisos, Susan, Eccles, Martin P, Francis, Jill, Johnston, Marie

Abstract Background Studies included in a related systematic review used a variety of statistical methods to summarise clinical behaviour and to compare proxy (or indirect) and direct (observed)...

Electronic search strategies to identify reports of cluster randomized trials in MEDLINE: low precision will improve with adherence to reporting standards (2010)

Taljaard, Monica, McGowan, Jessie, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Brehaut, Jamie C, McRae, Andrew, Eccles, Martin P, ...

Abstract Background Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) present unique methodological and ethical challenges. Researchers conducting systematic reviews of CRTs (e.g., addressing methodological or...

European (2010)

Biomed Central, Susan Hrisos, Martin P Eccles, Jill J Francis, Marije Bosch, Rob Dijkstra, ...

Research article Using psychological theory to understand the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care: a comparison across two

Implementation Science BioMed Central (2009)

Martin P Eccles, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Marie Johnston, Nick Steen, Nigel B Pitts, Ruth Thomas, ...

Research article Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: Identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics

Team climate and quality of care in primary health care: a review of studies using the Team Climate Inventory in the United Kingdom (2009)

Goh, Teik T, Eccles, Martin P

Abstract Background Attributes of teams could affect the quality of care delivered in primary care. The aim of this study was to systematically review studies conducted within the UK NHS primary care...

Using theories of behaviour to understand transfusion prescribing in three clinical contexts in two countries: Development work for an implementation trial (2009)

Francis, Jill J, Tinmouth, Alan, Stanworth, Simon J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Johnston, Marie, Hyde, Chris, ...

Abstract Background Blood transfusion is an essential part of healthcare and can improve patient outcomes. However, like most therapies, it is also associated with significant clinical risks. In...

Response rates in postal surveys of healthcare professionals between 1996 and 2005: An observational study (2009)

Cook, Julia V, Dickinson, Heather O, Eccles, Martin P

Abstract Background Postal surveys are a frequently used method of data collection in health services research. Low response rates increase the potential for bias and threaten study validity. The...

Using psychological theory to understand the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care: a comparison across two European countries (2009)

Hrisos, Susan, Eccles, Martin P, Francis, Jill J, Bosch, Marije, Dijkstra, Rob, Johnston, Marie, ...

Abstract Background Long term management of patients with Type 2 diabetes is well established within Primary Care. However, despite extensive efforts to implement high quality care both service...

Factors predicting team climate, and its relationship with quality of care in general practice (2009)

Goh, Teik T, Eccles, Martin P, Steen, Nick

Abstract Background Quality of care in general practice may be affected by the team climate perceived by its health and non-health professionals. Better team working is thought to lead to higher...

Ethical and policy issues in cluster randomized trials: rationale and design of a mixed methods research study (2009)

Taljaard, Monica, Weijer, Charles, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Belle Brown, Judith, Binik, Ariella, Boruch, Robert, ...

Abstract Background Cluster randomized trials are an increasingly important methodological tool in health research. In cluster randomized trials, intact social units or groups of individuals, such as...

Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method (2009)

Michie, Susan, Fixsen, Dean, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P

Abstract Complex behaviour change interventions are not well described; when they are described, the terminology used is inconsistent. This constrains scientific replication, and limits the...

Are there valid proxy measures of clinical behaviour? a systematic review (2009)

Hrisos, Susan, Eccles, Martin P, Francis, Jill J, Dickinson, Heather O, Kaner, Eileen FS, Beyer, Fiona, ...

Abstract Background Accurate measures of health professionals' clinical practice are critically important to guide health policy decisions, as well as for professional self-evaluation and for...

Can the collective intentions of individual professionals within healthcare teams predict the team's performance: developing methods and theory (2009)

Eccles, Martin P, Hrisos, Susan, Francis, Jillian J, Steen, Nick, Bosch, Marije, Johnston, Marie

Abstract Background Within implementation research, using theory-based approaches to understanding the behaviours of healthcare professionals and the quality of care that they reflect and designing...

Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary care (2009)

Eccles, Martin P, Hawthorne, Gillian, Johnston, Marie, Hunter, Margaret, Steen, Nick, Francis, Jill, ...

Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly prevalent chronic illness and is an important cause of avoidable mortality. Patients are managed by the integrated activities of clinical and...

An implementation research agenda (2009)

Eccles, Martin P, Armstrong, David, Baker, Richard, Cleary, Kevin, Davies, Huw, Davies, Stephen, ...

Abstract In October 2006, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of England asked Professor Sir John Tooke to chair a High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness in response to the chapter 'Waste not, want...

An implementation research agenda (2009)

Eccles, Martin P., Armstrong, David, Baker, Richard, Cleary, Kevin, Davies, Huw, Davies, Stephen, ...

This is the published version of the article published as Implementation Science, 2009, 4, 18. DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-18

Implementation Science BioMed Central Study protocol (2009)

Martin P Eccles, Gillian Hawthorne, Marie Johnston, Margaret Hunter, Nick Steen, Jill Francis, ...

Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary care

BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central (2009)

Teik T Goh, Martin P Eccles, Nick Steen, Open Access

Research article Factors predicting team climate, and its relationship with quality of care in general practice

BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central Research article Response rates in postal surveys of healthcare professionals (2009)

Julia V Cook, Heather O Dickinson, Martin P Eccles

© 2009 Cook et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

Ethical issues in implementation research: a discussion of the problems in achieving informed consent (2008)

Hutton, Jane L, Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M

Abstract Background Improved quality of care is a policy objective of health care systems around the world. Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake...

Ethical issues in implementation research: a discussion of the problems in achieving informed consent (2008)

Hutton, Jane L., Eccles, Martin P., Grimshaw, Jeremy M.

Background: Improved quality of care is a policy objective of health care systems around the world. Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of...

Explaining the effects of an intervention designed to promote evidence-based diabetes care: a theory-based process evaluation of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial (2008)

Francis, Jillian J, Eccles, Martin P, Johnston, Marie, Whitty, Paula, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Kaner, Eileen FS, ...

Abstract Background The results of randomised controlled trials can be usefully illuminated by studies of the processes by which they achieve their effects. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)...

Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice' (2008)

Lecouturier, Jan, Bamford, Claire, Hughes, Julian C, Francis, Jillian J, Foy, Robbie, Johnston, Marie, ...

Abstract Background Despite growing evidence that many people with dementia want to know their diagnosis, there is wide variation in attitudes of professionals towards disclosure. The disclosure of...

Implementation Science BioMed Central (2008)

Jillian J Francis, Martin P Eccles, Marie Johnston, Paula Whitty, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Eileen Fs Kaner, ...

Research article Explaining the effects of an intervention designed to promote evidence-based diabetes care: a theory-based process evaluation of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

Testing a TheoRY-inspired MEssage ('TRY-ME'): a sub-trial within the Ontario Printed Educational Message (OPEM) trial (2007)

Francis, Jillian J, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Eccles, Martin P, Shiller, Susan, Godin, Gaston, ...

Abstract Background A challenge for implementation researchers is to develop principles that could generate testable hypotheses that apply across a range of clinical contexts, thus leading to...

Translating clinicians' beliefs into implementation interventions (TRACII): A protocol for an intervention modeling experiment to change clinicians' intentions to implement evidence-based practice (2007)

Eccles, Martin P, Johnston, Marie, Hrisos, Susan, Francis, Jill, Grimshaw, Jeremy, Steen, Nick, ...

Abstract Background Biomedical research constantly produces new findings, but these are not routinely incorporated into health care practice. Currently, a range of interventions to promote the uptake...

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: Identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics (2007)

Eccles, Martin P, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Johnston, Marie, Steen, Nick, Pitts, Nigel B, Thomas, Ruth, ...

Abstract Background Psychological models can be used to understand and predict behaviour in a wide range of settings. However, they have not been consistently applied to health professional...

Is untargeted educational outreach visiting delivered by pharmaceutical advisers effective in primary care? A pragmatic randomized controlled trial (2007)

Eccles, Martin P, Steen, Ian N, Whitty, Paula M, Hall, Lesley

Abstract Background There is increasing evidence that clinical guidelines can lead to improvements in clinical care. However, they are not self-implementing. While educational outreach visits may...

A cluster randomised controlled trial of educational prompts in diabetes care: study protocol (2007)

Foy, Robbie, Hawthorne, Gillian, Gibb, Ian, Eccles, Martin P, Steen, Nick, Hrisos, Susan, ...

Abstract Background Laboratory services have a central role in supporting screening, diagnosis, and management of patients. The increase in chronic disease management in primary care for conditions...

Difficulties implementing a mental health guideline: an exploratory investigation using psychological theory (2007)

Michie, Susan, Pilling, Stephen, Garety, Philippa, Whitty, Paula, Eccles, Martin P, Johnston, Marie, ...

Abstract Background Evaluations of interventions to improve implementation of guidelines have failed to produce a clear pattern of results favouring a particular method. While implementation depends...

A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a Diabetes REcall And Management system: the DREAM trial (2007)

Eccles, Martin P, Whitty, Paula M, Speed, Chris, Steen, Ian N, Vanoli, Alessandra, Hawthorne, Gillian C, ...

Abstract Background Following the introduction of a computerised diabetes register in part of the northeast of England, care initially improved but then plateaued. We therefore enhanced the existing...

Implementation Science BioMed Central Study protocol (2007)

Martin P Eccles, Marie Johnston, Susan Hrisos, Jill Francis, Jeremy Grimshaw, Nick Steen, ...

Translating clinicians ' beliefs into implementation interventions (TRACII): A protocol for an intervention modeling experiment to change clinicians ' intentions to implement evidence-based...

Implementation Science BioMed Central (2007)

Martin P Eccles, Ian N Steen, Paula M Whitty, Lesley Hall

Research article Is untargeted educational outreach visiting delivered by pharmaceutical advisers effective in primary care? A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central (2007)

Jan Lecouturier, Claire Bamford, Julian C Hughes, Jillian J Francis, Robbie Foy, Marie Johnston, ...

Research article Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice'

Do self- reported intentions predict clinicians' behaviour: a systematic review (2006)

Eccles, Martin P, Hrisos, Susan, Francis, Jill, Kaner, Eileen F, Dickinson, Heather O, Beyer, Fiona, ...

Abstract Background Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of clinical research findings into routine clinical practice. Several interventions...

A trial platform to develop a tailored theory-based intervention to improve professional practice in the disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: Study protocol [ISRCTN15871014] (2006)

Eccles, Martin P, Foy, Robbie, Bamford, Claire H, Hughes, Julian C, Johnston, Marie, Whitty, Paula M, ...

Abstract Background For people with dementia, care should include an explanation of the diagnosis to individuals and their carers, and information about the likely prognosis and possible packages of...

Welcome to Implementation Science (2006)

Eccles, Martin P, Mittman, Brian S

Abstract Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings and other evidence-based practices into routine practice, and, hence, to...

Is the involvement of opinion leaders in the implementation of research findings a feasible strategy? (2006)

Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P, Greener, Jenny, Maclennan, Graeme, Ibbotson, Tracy, Kahan, James P, ...

Abstract Background There is only limited empirical evidence about the effectiveness of opinion leaders as health care change agents. Aim To test the feasibility of identifying, and the...

Implementation Science 2006, 1:7 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-1-7 (2006)

Martin P Eccles, Robbie Foy, Claire H Bamford, Julian C Hughes, Marie Johnston, Paula M Whitty, ...

This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. The fully-formatted PDF version will become available shortly after the date of publication, from the URL listed below....

Implementation Science BioMed Central Systematic Review (2006)

Martin P Eccles, Susan Hrisos, Jill Francis, Eileen F Kaner, Heather O Dickinson, Fiona Beyer, ...

Do self- reported intentions predict clinicians ' behaviour: a systematic review

Management of older patients with hypertension in primary care: improvement on the rule of halves (2001)

Duggan, Sandra, Eccles, Martin P., Steen, Nicholas, Jones, Samantha, Ford, Gary A.

Objectives: the benefits of treatment of hypertension in older people are well‐established but implementation of this knowledge may be sub‐optimal. We have determined recent primary...

Welcome to Implementation Science

Eccles, Martin P, Mittman, Brian S

Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings and other evidence-based practices into routine practice, and, hence, to improve the...

Welcome to Implementation Science

Eccles, Martin P, Mittman, Brian S

Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings and other evidence-based practices into routine practice, and, hence, to improve the...

An implementation research agenda

Eccles, Martin P, Armstrong, David, Baker, Richard, Cleary, Kevin, Davies, Huw, Davies, Stephen, ...

In October 2006, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of England asked Professor Sir John Tooke to chair a High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness in response to the chapter 'Waste not, want not' in...

Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method

Michie, Susan, Fixsen, Dean, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P

Complex behaviour change interventions are not well described; when they are described, the terminology used is inconsistent. This constrains scientific replication, and limits the subsequent...

Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions?

Shepperd, Sasha, Lewin, Simon, Straus, Sharon, Clarke, Mike, Eccles, Martin P., Fitzpatrick, Ray, ...

In three Viewpoints, Sasha Shepperd and colleagues, Geoff Wong, and Aziz Sheikh explore various approaches to help systematic reviewers who wish to review complex health interventions.

Health and disease in 85 year olds: baseline findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study

Collerton, Joanna, Davies, Karen, Jagger, Carol, Kingston, Andrew, Bond, John, Eccles, Martin P, ...

Objectives The Newcastle 85+ Study aims to systematically study the clinical, biological, and psychosocial attributes of an unselected cohort of 85 year olds and to examine subsequent health...

Using theory to synthesise evidence from behaviour change interventions: The example of audit and feedback

Gardner, Benjamin, Whittington, Craig, McAteer, John, Eccles, Martin P., Michie, Susan

Evidence syntheses are used to inform health care policy and practice. Behaviour change theories offer frameworks for categorising and evaluating interventions and identifying likely mechanisms...