Table 2 Basic descriptive statistics of included papers
From: Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review
Variable | n = 62 |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Language | |
English | 60 (96.7 %) |
Spanish | 2 (3.2 %) |
Country | |
USA | 28 (45.2 %) |
UK | 20 (32.3 %) |
Other high-income country | 5 (8.1 %) |
Low- and middle-income country | 9 (14.5 %) |
Type of publication | |
Grey literature | 15 (24.2 %) |
Peer-reviewed journal article | 47 (75.8 %) |
Public health, medicine and nursing | 31 (50.0 %) |
Psychology | 3 (4.8 %) |
Social policy and social work | 6 (9.7 %) |
Evaluation methods | 5 (8.1 %) |
Other | 2 (3.2 %) |
Use of TOC | |
Describes development of ToC | 49 (79.0 %) |
Describes the use of ToC in the development of the intervention | 18 (29.0 %) |
Describes the use of ToC in the evaluation of the intervention | 49 (79.0 %) |