Evaluating complex interventions using randomised controlled trials

TASO has published a joint report with King’s College London on evaluating complex interventions using randomised controlled trials.

Complex interventions cover a number of different approaches, such as long causal chain interventions, where there are a number of steps between activities and outcomes, and multi-component interventions, where several elements are combined. They also include multi-target interventions (which support different groups in different ways), system-level changes and interventions which evolve over time.

The report explores these different types of interventions, and provides guidance on how randomised approaches can be used to evaluate them. It also highlights case studies where a complex intervention has been evaluated, such as TASO’s summer schools project.

We hope the report will be a useful guide for those working in the sector.

You can access the report below.
Download the full report: Evaluating complex interventions using randomised controlled trials

The report is a version of a chapter written for the Ochre Book, which is funded under the DUPLO project funded by the UK Cabinet Office.

If you have any questions on the report, or would like the report in another format, you can get in touch with us at info@taso.org.uk.