Measurement properties of a novel survey to assess stages of organizational readiness for evidence-based interventions in community chronic disease prevention settings

Table 5 Characteristics of revised readiness scales and mean summary scores across program types (n = 243)

	Scale characteristics			Mean score (SD)^**	Mean score by program type
	Items	α	ICC^*		MPB grantee obesity programs	Non-MPB obesity programs	Tobacco programs	Diabetes programs	Asthma programs
Final model
Community awareness	2	.71	0.50	5.21 (1.13)	5.10	5.27	5.22	4.98	5.55
Agency awareness	2	.67	0.47	5.87 (0.96)	6.08	5.89	5.82	5.73	5.98
Adoption	3	.80	0.71	6.00 (0.99)	6.10	6.12	5.94	5.92	5.99
Implementation	5	.77	0.67	5.45 (0.91)	6.04	5.22^***	5.48^***	5.28^***	5.26^***
Evaluation maintenance	4	.75	0.67	5.73 (0.97)	5.77	5.27^***	6.13	5.36	5.69
Resource maintenance	4	.57	0.68	4.67 (1.04)	5.46	4.56^***	4.42^***	4.77^***	4.74^***

SD = standard deviation; ICC = intraclass correlation; MPB = Model Practice Building.
^*Subsample from test-retest study (n = 92).
^**Response value ranged from 1 to 7.
^*** p < .05 for pairwise contrast with MPB grantee obesity programs as reference group in generalized linear model.

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