Measuring Instrument for Determinants of Innovations (MIDI)

Abstract

Background: From 2002, TNO developed a list of 60 potential relevant determinants of innovation implementation. These factors were based is a review of empirical studies, Delphi studies among experts and some original empirical studies in the Netherlands. Methods: Meta-analyses of 8 empirical studies on the implementation of preventive innovations in Dutch youth health care and schools. Each study was based in the initial framework of 60 determinants. Data were combined into one set. Missings were replaced by plausible values using multiple imputation. Reduction and operationalization of constructs was reached by univariate and multivariate statistics and by consultation 22 experts. Findings: The final MIDI consists of 29 self-report determinants, which can be clustered as characteristics of (a) the innovation, (b) the intended user, (c) the organisation, and (d) te social-political context. Preferred operationalization and manual are present. Discussion: Can we progress in program implementation planning by the application of a generic assessment tool like MIDI? Is it desirable and feasible to disseminate MIDI in a way that researchers share data for meta-analyses in order to gradually improve and validate the instrument?