Table 5 Examples of quantitative measures of EPIS factors used in published studies

Outer context

Service environment

Sustainability assessment tool

Policies

EBP-specific document review (i.e., speeches, regulations, annual reports; documented system-wide policy)

Funding/contracting

–

Leadership

Leadership Competence Scale of Program Sustainability Index [63]

Inter-organizational environment and networks

–

Patient/client characteristics*

Demographics, Administrative Claims Data

Patient/client advocacy*

–

Innovation factors*

Innovation/EBP developers

–

Innovation/EBP characteristics

–

Innovation/EBP fit*

–

Bridging factors*

Community-academic partnerships*

–

Purveyors/intermediaries

–

Inner context

Organizational characteristics

Group Innovation Inventory [64]; Implementation Climate Scale [65]; Level of Institutional Scale [66]; Organizational Climate Measure [67]; Organizational Culture and Climate via Children’s Services Survey [68]; Organizational Readiness for Change [69]; Organizational Social Context Survey [70]; Organizational Size; Program Sustainability Index [71]; Siegel Scale of Support of Innovation [72]

Culture

Organizational Culture and Climate via Children’s Services Survey [68]; Organizational Social Context Survey [70]

Climate

Implementation Climate Assessment [66]; Implementation Climate Scale [65, 72]; Organizational Climate Measure [67]; Organizational Social Context Survey [64]; Time Climate Inventory [73]

Readiness for change

Organizational Readiness for Change [69]; Readiness for Organizational Change [74]

Leadership

Implementation Leadership Scale [75]; Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire [76]

Quality and fidelity monitoring/support*

Adherence and Skill Checklist [77]; Assessment of Climate Embedding Mechanisms [18]; Examination of Common Dimensions of EBI(s); performance-based role-plays [78]; Therapist Procedures Checklist-Revised [79]; Therapist Procedures Observational Coding System [80]

Supportive coaching

Coaching records

Organizational staffing processes

Data regarding turnover rates and reasons

Individual characteristics

Demographics; Emotional Competency Inventory [81]; Evidenced-Based Practice Attitudes Scale [82]; Knowledge of Evidenced-Based Services Questionnaire [83]; organizational readiness for change [69]

Attitudes towards EBPs

Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale [82]; Perceived Characteristics of Intervention Scale; Barriers to Research Practice Scale [84]

Implementation citizenship*

Implementation Citizenship Behavior Scale [61]

Burnout*

Maslach Burnout Inventory [85]