Table 2 Predictors of sustainment, measures, and data collection methods

External support

▪ Funding for intervention-related services

Knudsen 2009 [53]

Interview & Survey

Supervisor

Community participation

▪ Intervention-relevant referrals

Knudsen 2009 [53]

Survey & Interview

Supervisor

▪ Dissemination efforts and community involvement

Scheirer et al. 2008 [17]

Quantity and quality

▪ # of clients served, # of clinicians certified, # of supervisors certified, average # of sessions provided per participant

Archival data

NA

NA

Client outcomes

▪ 12-month recovery status

Archival data

NA

NA

Organizational type and capacities

▪ Agency type, services offered, payment sources, age of program, client size and composition

N-SSATS [44]; Knudsen 2009 [53]

Interview & Survey

Supervisor

Supervisor

▪ Staff levels & qualifications

Knudsen 2009 [53]

Survey

Supervisor

▪ Staff turnover (annual rates, key personnel)

Survey

▪ Sustainability capacity

Wash U, 2012 [55]

Survey

Supervisor

Leadership support

▪ Managerial support for EBT

O’Loughlin et al. 1998 [26]; Aarons et al., 2013 [54];

Survey & Interview

Clinician

▪ EBT champion(s)

Clinician

O’Loughlin et al. 1998 [26]

Organizational Readiness to Change

▪ Motivation to change, resources, staff attributes, organizational climate

Lehman et al. 2002 [35]

Survey

Clinician

EBT perceptions

▪ Perceptions of the EBT intervention (a)

(a) Steckler et al. 1992 [56]; O’Loughlin et al. 1998 [26]

(a) Interview & Survey

Clinician (a)

▪ Attitudes toward the EBT intervention (b)

Supervisor & Clinician (b, c, d)

▪ Plans for EBT sustainment or spread (c)

(b) Lin et al. 2005 [57]; O’Loughlin et al. 1998 [26]

(b) Interview & Survey

▪ Perceived implementation facilitators and challenges (d)

(c & d) Scheirer et al. 2008 [17]

(c & d) Interview