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Table 1 Reviews of sustainment studies

From: Advancing understanding and identifying strategies for sustaining evidence-based practices: a review of reviews

Authors (year)

Years covered

Language

Quality appraisal

Review type

Interventions of interest

Proportion of review’s included studies reporting TMF use

Tricco et al. (2016) [19]

1979–2012

Unspecified

No

Scoping

Chronic disease management

“[N]one of the included studies reported using a framework to develop, implement, or measure sustainability” (p.5). [0/144]

Wiltsey Stirman et al. (2012) [8]

Published or in press by July 2011

English

No

Systematic

Various medical care and health services, mental and behavioral health, health promotion and public health, and education

“[F]ewer than one-third of the studies that we reviewed were guided by an explicit model” (p.12) [1/3 × 125 = 41/125]

Hulland et al. 2015 [20]

Published or available by December 1, 2013

English, French, German, or Spanish

Yes

Systematic

Water, hygiene, and sanitation

“[O]nly 11 of the 36 studies described a behavioral model or conceptual framework” (p.44). [11/36 articles]

Lovarini et al. (2013) [21]

Unspecified

English

Yes

Systematic

Community-based fall prevention

“Three publications described different conceptual frameworks or models of program sustainability” (p.11). [3/19]

Hodge and Turner (2016) [24]

Unspecified

English

No

Literature

Various for disadvantaged communities

“Only 11 of the articles indicated that they were guided by a conceptual framework for implementation” (p.196). [11/28]

Iwelunmor et al. (2016) [22]

1996–2015

English

Yes

Systematic

Various implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa

“[Twenty-three] of the 41 articles reviewed discussed framing the sustainability in terms of a theory or conceptual framework” (p.15). [23/41]

Schell et al. (2013) [23]

Literature spans about 20 years

Unspecified

No

Literature

Various in public health

“Some pieces highlighted the relevance of institutional theory, Schien’s work on organizational culture, or diffusion of innovations” (p.5). [3/85]

Lennox et al. (2018) [26]

Final search conducted September 2017

English

Yes

Systematic

Various in health care (i.e., models, checklists, tools, processes, strategies, conceptualizations and frameworks)

“37% (23/62) did not have an explicit link to theory” (p.4). [39/62]

Shigayeva and Coker (2015) [17]

1980–2012

English

No

Literature

Communicable disease programs

66% [71/108] of empirical studies included in the review did not use a TMF. [37/108]

  1. TMF theory, model, and/or framework