Development and validation of the guideline for reporting evidence-based practice educational interventions and teaching (GREET).
BACKGROUND
The majority of reporting guidelines assist researchers to report consistent information concerning study design, however, they contain limited information for describing study interventions. Using a three-stage development process, the Guideline for Reporting Evidence-based practice Educational interventions and Teaching (GREET) checklist and accompanying explanatory paper were developed to provide guidance for the reporting of educational interventions for evidence-based practice (EBP). The aim of this study was to complete the final development for the GREET checklist, incorporating psychometric testing to determine inter-rater reliability and criterion validity.


METHODS
The final development for the GREET checklist incorporated the results of a prior systematic review and Delphi survey. Thirty-nine items, including all items from the prior systematic review, were proposed for inclusion in the GREET checklist. These 39 items were considered over a series of consensus discussions to determine the inclusion of items in the GREET checklist. The GREET checklist and explanatory paper were then developed and underwent psychometric testing with tertiary health professional students who evaluated the completeness of the reporting in a published study using the GREET checklist. For each GREET checklist item, consistency (%) of agreement both between participants and the consensus criterion reference measure were calculated. Criterion validity and inter-rater reliability were analysed using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC).


RESULTS
Three consensus discussions were undertaken, with 14 items identified for inclusion in the GREET checklist. Following further expert review by the Delphi panelists, three items were added and minor wording changes were completed, resulting in 17 checklist items. Psychometric testing for the updated GREET checklist was completed by 31 participants (n = 11 undergraduate, n = 20 postgraduate). The consistency of agreement between the participant ratings for completeness of reporting with the consensus criterion ratings ranged from 19 % for item 4 Steps of EBP, to 94 % for item 16 Planned delivery. The overall consistency of agreement, for criterion validity (ICC 0.73) and inter-rater reliability (ICC 0.96), was good to almost perfect.


CONCLUSIONS
The final GREET checklist comprises 17 items which are recommended for reporting EBP educational interventions. Further validation of the GREET checklist with experts in EBP research and education is recommended.
School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO box 2471, Adelaide, 5001, Australia. anna.phillips@unisa.edu.au.
Anna C
AC
Phillips
Sansom Institute for Health Research, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.|Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Lucy K
LK
Lewis
School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO box 2471, Adelaide, 5001, Australia.
Maureen P
MP
McEvoy
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPRC), The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
James
J
Galipeau
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (CREBP), Bond University, University Drive, Robina, QLD, 4226, Australia.
Paul
P
Glasziou
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
David
D
Moher
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar St, CHP155, Los Angeles, 90089, USA.
Julie K
JK
Tilson
School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO box 2471, Adelaide, 5001, Australia.|Sansom Institute for Health Research, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Marie T
MT
Williams
D000328:Adult; D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013663:Teaching; D055815:Young Adult
Education; Evidence-based practice; Reporting guideline; Research design; Validation