In February 2024, the article Informing the development of the SUCCEED reporting guideline for studies on the scaling of health interventions: A systematic review was published. Colleagues from the Unité de soutien SSA Québec are part of the team that produced this publication. This page provides a summary of this scientific article. To read the full article, click here.
- Amédé Gogovor, MSc, PhD
- VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada ;
- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, MSc, PhD
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Ali Ben Charif, MSc, PhD
- CubecXpert, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Giraud Ekanmian, PharmD
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- David Moher, MSc, PhD
- Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Robert K.D. McLean, MSc, PhD
- International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
- Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Andrew Milat, MPH Hons, PhD
- School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
- Luke Wolfenden, BSc Hons, PhD
- School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;
- The National Centre of Implementation Science, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Karina Prévost, PP
- Patient Partner, Canada
- Emmanuelle Aubin, PP
- Patient Partner, Canada
- Paula Rochon, MD, PhD
- Women’s Age Lab, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
- Department of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nathalie Rheault, MLIS
- National Assembly Library, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- France Légaré, MD, PhD
- VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada;
- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Context
Guidelines facilitate the proper reporting of health studies, thus contributing to the effective translation of research findings into practice and policy-making. However, gaps in the quality of health research reporting are well documented in the literature, including in the area of scaling up. The project aims to develop the SUCCEED guideline (Standards for reporting stUdies of sCaling evidenCEd-informED interventions).
Objective
Identify relevant guidelines and draw up a list of potential items for the development of the SUCCEED guideline.
Methods
We conducted a systematic review according to Cochrane method guidelines. We searched the following databases: MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, from their respective inceptions. We also searched websites of relevant organizations and Google. We included any document that provided instructions or recommendations, e.g., reporting guideline, checklist, guidance, framework, standard; could inform the design or reporting of scaling interventions; and related to the health sector. We extracted characteristics of the included guidelines and assessed their methodological quality using a 3-item internal validity assessment tool. We extracted all items from the guidelines and classified them according to the main sections of reporting guidelines (title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and other information). We performed a narrative synthesis based on descriptive statistics.
Results
We included 39 guidelines published between 1999 and 2019. More than half of the guidelines (56%) had been developed using an evidence-based process. A total of 750 items were extracted from the 39 guides and divided into the seven main sections.
Conclusions
Many relevant items were identified that could contribute to the development of a guideline for health intervention scale-up studies, thereby contributing to the quality of reporting in scale-up science and practice.