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Table 5 Pragmatic ratings according to PAPERS* for identified measures of sustainability as an outcome and measures of sustainability determinants

From: Evaluation of measures of sustainability and sustainability determinants for use in community, public health, and clinical settings: a systematic review

Measure name

Cost

Median

Reading

Median

Training

Median

Interpretation

Median

Length

Median

(range; n)

Total pragmatic score

Measures of  sustainability as an outcome

 Provider Report of Sustainment Scale (PRESS) [32]

4

4

4

1

4

17

 Stages of implementation completion (SIC) –original [33]

4

3

2

3

2

(2, 3, n=2)

14

Measures of sustainability determinants

 Assessment of Barriers to Implementation and Sustainability in Schools (ABISS) [36]

4

3

4

1

4

16

 Advanced Level Tier Interventions Treatment Utilization and Durability (ALTITUDE) [37]

4

2

4

1

3

14

 A measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in in long-term care – long version [38]

4

4

4

1

3

16

 A measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in in long-term care – short version [38]

4

4

4

1

3

16

 Change Process Capability Questionnaire (CPCQ) [39]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool (CSAT) [40]

4

3

4

4

3

18

 Faith-Based Organization Health Integration Inventory (FBO-HII) [41]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 General Organizational Index (GOI) [42, 43]

4

3

3

3

3

16

 Levels of Institutionalisation (Loln) [44, 45]

4

4

4

3

3

18

 National Health Service (NHS) Sustainability Model and Guide [47]

4

3

3

3

4

17

 The Normalisation Measure Development questionnaire (NoMAD) [48,49,50,51,52,53]

4

3

3

1

3

14

 New South Wales Sustainability Checklist [55]

4

3

3

1

3

14

 Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Sustainability Assessment [56]

4

3

4

3

2

16

 Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Sustainability Assessment Tool [57]

4

4

4

3

3

18

 Prevention Program Assessment [58]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT) [10]

4

3

4

4

3

18

 Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT) – adapted for elementary setting [59]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 Program Sustainability Index [60]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 School-wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index - school teams (SUBSIST) [61,62,63,64,65]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 Sustainability Formative Self-Assessment Tool [66]

4

2

3

3

3

15

 Sustainable Implementation Scale (SIS) [67]

4

2

4

1

3

14

 Sustained Implementation Support Scale [68]

4

4

4

1

3

16

 Sustaining Innovation Through Education (SITE): extended behavioral [69]

4

3

3

2

2

14

 Sustaining Innovation Through Education (SITE): short behavioral [69]

4

3

3

2

3

15

 Sustainment Leadership Scale [70]

4

3

4

1

3

15

 Sustainment Measurement System Scale (SMSS) [72]

4

3

4

1

3

15

  1. *All individual pragmatic PAPERS items are scored on a scale from −1 to 4, with higher scores representing a higher level of quality