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      Achieving Consensus in the Development of an Online Intervention Designed to Effectively Support Midwives in Work-Related Psychological Distress: Protocol for a Delphi Study

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      Author(s): , DipMid, BA (Hons), RM, MSc 1 , , , BA (Hons), PhD 1
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      Journal: JMIR Research Protocols
      Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
      Keywords: Delphi technique, Internet, intervention studies, midwifery, psychological, research protocols, self-help groups, stress

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          Abstract

          Background

          The development of an online intervention designed to effectively support midwives in work-related psychological distress will be challenging due to the ethical, practical, and therapeutic issues surrounding its design. Related literature suggests that midwives may require an anonymous, confidential, and therapeutic platform that facilitates amnesty and nonpunitive approaches to remedy ill health. However, it is unclear which requirements may be most salient to midwifery populations.

          Objective

          The objective of this paper is to describe the design of a Delphi study, intended to achieve expert consensus on the needs of midwives in work-related psychological distress who may be supported via an online intervention. This protocol may also serve as a research framework for similar studies to be modeled upon.

          Methods

          A heterogeneous sample of at least thirty experts on psychological well-being and distress associated with midwifery work will be recruited. Their opinions regarding the development of an online intervention designed to support midwives in work-related psychological distress will be collected through 2 rounds of questioning, via the Delphi Technique. When 60% (≥18, assuming the minimum is 30) of panelists score within 2 adjacent points on a 7-point scale, consensus will be acknowledged. This Delphi study protocol will invite both qualitative and quantitative outcomes.

          Results

          This study is currently in development. It is financially supported by a full-time scholarship at the Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research at Coventry University (Coventry, UK). The implementation of this Delphi study is anticipated to occur during the autumn of 2015.

          Conclusions

          The results of this study will direct the development of an online intervention designed to support midwives in work-related psychological distress, summarize expert driven consensus, and direct future research.

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            Since its introduction as a research approach in the late 1940s the Delphi technique has had over 1000 published research utilizations. Most of these have been in the field of social policy. However, a review of contemporary nursing literature suggests that it is becoming a popular choice among nurse researchers. With its focus on maximizing participant's judgements and decision-making abilities the Delphi technique is a useful tool in the research armoury of a young profession. However, questions remain about its scientific respectability. This paper gives an overview of what the Delphi technique is, the criteria for selecting it as a research approach, the studies where it has been used and its advantages and disadvantages.
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              Criteria list for assessment of methodological quality of economic evaluations: Consensus on Health Economic Criteria.

              Silvia Evers, Mariëlle E.J.B. Goossens, Henrica de Vet … (2005)
              The aim of the Consensus on Health Economic Criteria (CHEC) project is to develop a criteria list for assessment of the methodological quality of economic evaluations in systematic reviews. The criteria list resulting from this CHEC project should be regarded as a minimum standard. The criteria list has been developed using a Delphi method. Three Delphi rounds were needed to reach consensus. Twenty-three international experts participated in the Delphi panel. The Delphi panel achieved consensus over a generic core set of items for the quality assessment of economic evaluations. Each item of the CHEC-list was formulated as a question that can be answered by yes or no. To standardize the interpretation of the list and facilitate its use, the project team also provided an operationalization of the criteria list items. There was consensus among a group of international experts regarding a core set of items that can be used to assess the quality of economic evaluations in systematic reviews. Using this checklist will make future systematic reviews of economic evaluations more transparent, informative, and comparable. Consequently, researchers and policy-makers might use these systematic reviews more easily. The CHEC-list can be downloaded freely from http://www.beoz.unimaas.nl/chec/.
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                Sally Pezaro:
                Centre for Technology Enabled Health ResearchFaculty of Health and Life SciencesCoventry UniversityCoventry, CV1 5FBUnited Kingdom44 7950035977pezaros@uni.coventry.ac.uk
                ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-0708
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): JMIR Res Protoc
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JMIR Res Protoc
                Journal ID (publisher-id): ResProt
                Title: JMIR Research Protocols
                Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc. (Toronto, Canada )
                ISSN (Electronic): 1929-0748
                Publication date Collection: Jul-Sep 2015
                Publication date (Electronic): 04 September 2015
                Volume: 4
                Issue: 3
                Electronic Location Identifier: e107
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Coventry University CoventryUnited Kingdom
                Author notes
                Corresponding Author: Sally Pezaro pezaros@ 123456uni.coventry.ac.uk
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                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-0708
                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1523-7003
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                Publisher ID: v4i3e107
                DOI: 10.2196/resprot.4766
                PMC ID: 4704889
                PubMed ID: 26341794
                SO-VID: 311c9093-fb2b-4a05-a6f8-09e54e6f49ea
                Copyright © ©Sally Pezaro, Wendy Clyne. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 04.09.2015.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Research Protocols, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.researchprotocols.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.

                History
                Date received : 29 May 2015
                Date revision requested : 15 July 2015
                Date revision received : 17 July 2015
                Date accepted : 24 July 2015
                Categories
                Subject: Protocol
                Subject: Protocol

                Keywords: delphi technique,internet,intervention studies,midwifery,psychological,research protocols,self-help groups,stress
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                Keywords: delphi technique, internet, intervention studies, midwifery, psychological, research protocols, self-help groups, stress

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