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Background  Too often, studies of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) in preventive, community, and health care are not sufficiently useful to end users (typically practitioners, patients, policymakers, or other researchers). The ways in which intervention studies are conventionally conducted and reported mean that there is often a shortage of information when an EBI is used in practice.  The paper aims to invite the research community to consider ways to optimize not only the trustworthiness but also the research’s usefulness in intervention studies. This is done by proposing a typology that provides some approaches to useful EBIs for intervention researchers. The approaches originate from different research fields and are summarized to highlight their potential benefits from a usefulness perspective.    Main message  The typology consists of research approaches to increase the usefulness of EBIs by improving the reporting of four features in intervention studies: (1) the  interventions  themselves, including core components and appropriate adaptations; (2) strategies to support–high-quality  implementation  of the interventions; (3) generalizations about the evidence in a variety of  contexts ; and (4)  outcomes  based on end users’ preferences and knowledge. The research approaches fall into three levels:  Description ,  Analysis,  and  Design.  The first level,  Description,  outlines what types of information about the intervention and its implementation, context, and outcomes can be helpful for end users. Research approaches under  analysis  offers alternative ways of analyzing data, increasing the precision of information provided to end users. Approaches summarized under  design  involve more radical changes and far-reaching implications for how research can provide more useful information. These approaches partly flip the order of efficacy and effectiveness, focusing not on whether an intervention works in highly controlled and optimal circumstances, but first and foremost whether an intervention can be implemented and lead to anticipated outcomes in everyday practice.    Conclusions  The research community, as well as the end users of research, are invited to consider ways to optimize research’s usefulness as well as its trustworthiness. Many of the research approaches in the typology are not new, and their contributions to quality have been described for generations – but their contributions to useful knowledge need more attention.

A typology of useful evidence: approaches to increase the practical value of intervention research