Learning from a successful process evaluation in care homes

Introduction process evaluations (PE) are increasingly used in parallel with randomised controlled trials (RCT) to inform the implementation of complex health interventions. This paper explores the learning accrued from conducting a PE within the Falls in Care Homes Study (FinCH), a large UK RCT. Methods in the FinCH study, six purposively sampled care homes provided data for the PE, which followed a realist approach. In this study researchers...