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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of implementation strategy specification

From: Application of the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) compilation of strategies to health intervention implementation in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

 

Overall

N = 548

Planned

n = 282

Delivered

n = 266

Dimension

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Actora

 Unspecified (%)

234 (42.7)

178 (63.1)

56 (21.1)

 Researcher/study team (%)

185 (33.8)

43 (15.2)

142 (53.4)

 Provider (%)

91 (16.6)

42 (14.9)

49 (18.4)

 Patient (%)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

 Policymaker (%)

30 (5.5)

10 (3.5)

20 (7.5)

 NGO Staff (%)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

 Healthcare administration (%)

72 (13.1)

33 (11.7)

39 (14.7)

 Community member (%)

26 (4.7)

3 (1.1)

23 (8.6)

Action targeta

 Unspecified (%)

215 (39.2)

158 (56.0)

57 (21.4)

 Non-human, e.g., systems, processes, agreements (%)

21 (3.8)

15 (5.3)

6 (2.3)

 Researcher/Study Team (%)

26 (4.7)

5 (1.8)

21 (7.9)

 Provider (%)

196 (35.8)

69 (24.5)

127 (47.7)

 Patient (%)

47 (8.6)

24 (8.5)

23 (8.6)

 Policymaker (%)

42 (7.7)

10 (3.5)

32 (12.0)

 NGO Staff (%)

11 (2.0)

1 (0.4)

10 (3.8)

 Healthcare administration (%)

67 (12.2)

14 (5.0)

53 (19.9)

 Community member (%)

34 (6.2)

6 (2.1)

28 (10.5)

Specification of:

 Action (%)

412 (75.2)

171 (60.6)

241 (90.6)

 Action Mechanism (%)

129 (23.5)

36 (12.8)

93 (35.0)

 Temporality (%)

232 (42.3)

87 (30.9)

145 (54.5)

 Dose (%)

177 (32.3)

69 (24.5)

108 (40.6)

 Target Implementation Outcome(s) (%)

148 (27.1)

51 (18.1)

97 (36.6)

 Justification (%)

157 (28.6)

112 (39.7)

45 (16.9)

 Adaptation (%)

100 (18.2)

67 (23.8)

33 (12.4)

 Fidelity (%)

17 (3.1)

1 (0.4)

16 (6.0)

Evidence of individual strategy effect (%)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

  1. a ≥ 1 response per strategy possible