Table 1

Relationships between NPT components and items on the Stakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey

Section 1: Coherence
NPT componentStakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey
Is the intervention easy to describe?The intervention was easy to understand when it was described to me.
Does it have a clear purpose for all relevant participants?The intervention has a clear purpose.
Do participants have a shared sense of its purpose?Others in the unit that know about the intervention agree with me about the purpose.
What benefits will the intervention bring and to whom?The intervention will benefit the following:(Patients, Providers, Parents/Families, My Unit or Clinical Area, The Hospital)
Will it fit with the overall goals and activity of the organisation?The intervention and associated practices/procedures fit with the overall goals of our organisation.
Section 2: Cognitive Participation
NPT componentStakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey
Are target user groups likely to think it is a good idea?I think the intervention and associated practices/procedures are a good idea.
Will they see the point of the intervention easily?I see the point of the intervention and associated practices/procedures.
Will they be prepared to invest time, energy and work in it?I am prepared to invest time once the new practices/procedures arising from this intervention are implemented.
Section 3: collective action
NPT componentStakeholder Quality Improvement Perspectives Survey
How will the intervention affect the work of user groups?How will the intervention affect your work? (Free text)
Will it promote or impede their work?The new practices/procedures will make my work easier.
How compatible is it with existing work practices?The intervention and new practices/procedures are compatible with existing work practices.
What impact will it have on division of labour, resources, power and responsibility between different professional groups?The intervention will impact the division of _________ between my professional group and others.(labour, resources, responsibility)
  • NPT, normalisation process theory.