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1	Collaborating with front-line healthcare professionals: the clinical and cost effectiveness of a theory based approach to the implementation of a national guideline Taylor, N., Lawton, R., Moore, S., Craig, J., Slater, B.L., Cracknell, A., Wright, J., Mohammed, Mohammed A. January 2014 (has links) Yes / Clinical guidelines are an integral part of healthcare. Whilst much progress has been made in ensuring that guidelines are well developed and disseminated, the gap between routine clinical practice and current guidelines often remains wide. A key reason for this gap is that implementation of guidelines typically requires a change in the behaviour of healthcare professionals – but the behaviour change component is often overlooked. We adopted the Theoretical Domains Framework Implementation (TDFI) approach for supporting behaviour change required for the uptake of a national patient safety guideline to reduce the risk of feeding through misplaced nasogastric tubes. Front-line healthcare professionals Cost effectiveness Clinical effectiveness National guideline implementation Theoretical domains framework (TDFI) Patient safety Hospitals Barriers Interventions Nasogastric tubes Behaviour change