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

Implementation Science

Systematic Review

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman¹  Noor Imad²  Kayne Mettert³  Cara C. Lewis⁴  Rachel C. Shelton⁵  Luke Wolfenden⁶  Melanie Kingsland⁶  Rachel Sutherland⁶  Nicole Nathan⁶  Brydie McEvoy⁶  Alix Hall⁶  Emma Doherty⁶  Adam Shoesmith⁶  Serene Yoong⁷ 

[1] Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for PTSD and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA;Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, NSW, Australia;School of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Allied Health, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia;Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, USA;Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, USA;Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA;Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA;School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Locked Bag 10 Wallsend, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia;Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, NSW, Australia;School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Locked Bag 10 Wallsend, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia;Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, Wallsend, NSW, Australia;School of Health Sciences and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;

关键词: Sustainability;    Determinants;    Psychometrics;    Measurement;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13012-022-01252-1

 received in 2022-06-01, accepted in 2022-10-19,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSustainability is concerned with the long-term delivery and subsequent benefits of evidence-based interventions. To further this field, we require a strong understanding and thus measurement of sustainability and what impacts sustainability (i.e., sustainability determinants). This systematic review aimed to evaluate the quality and empirical application of measures of sustainability and sustainability determinants for use in clinical, public health, and community settings.MethodsSeven electronic databases, reference lists of relevant reviews, online repositories of implementation measures, and the grey literature were searched. Publications were included if they reported on the development, psychometric evaluation, or empirical use of a multi-item, quantitative measure of sustainability, or sustainability determinants. Eligibility was not restricted by language or date. Eligibility screening and data extraction were conducted independently by two members of the research team. Content coverage of each measure was assessed by mapping measure items to relevant constructs of sustainability and sustainability determinants. The pragmatic and psychometric properties of included measures was assessed using the Psychometric and Pragmatic Evidence Rating Scale (PAPERS). The empirical use of each measure was descriptively analyzed.ResultsA total of 32,782 articles were screened from the database search, of which 37 were eligible. An additional 186 publications were identified from the grey literature search. The 223 included articles represented 28 individual measures, of which two assessed sustainability as an outcome, 25 covered sustainability determinants and one explicitly assessed both. The psychometric and pragmatic quality was variable, with PAPERS scores ranging from 14 to 35, out of a possible 56 points. The Provider Report of Sustainment Scale had the highest PAPERS score and measured sustainability as an outcome. The School-wide Universal Behaviour Sustainability Index-School Teams had the highest PAPERS score (score=29) of the measure of sustainability determinants.ConclusionsThis review can be used to guide selection of the most psychometrically robust, pragmatic, and relevant measure of sustainability and sustainability determinants. It also highlights that future research is needed to improve the psychometric and pragmatic quality of current measures in this field.Trial registrationThis review was prospectively registered with Research Registry (reviewregistry1097), March 2021.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2022

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