Table 2 Ratings of implementation criteria in published studies of three representative global health interventions
From: Reporting of context and implementation in studies of global health interventions: a pilot study
Criteria | 3 Studies of household water chlorination | 5 Studies of preventing mother-to-child transmission | 7 Studies of lay/community health workers | Overall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Number of articles reporting criterion) | (Number of articles reporting criterion) | (Number of articles reporting criterion) | (Number of articles reporting criterion) | |||||||||
Good | Fair | Poor/none | Good | Fair | Poor/none | Good | Fair | Poor/none | Good | Fair | Poor/none | |
1. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
2. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
3. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
4a. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
4b. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
4c. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
4d. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
4e. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
4f. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
4g. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
4h. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
5. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
7. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
8. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
9. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
10. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Totals | 12 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 28 | 9 | 53 | 23 | 36 | 108 | 61 | 71 |
Proportion of articles reporting (%) | 25 % | 21% | 54 % | 54% | 35% | 11% | 47% | 21% | 32% | 45% | 25% | 30% |