Table 7 Primary approach for evaluation of sustainability
Approach | Name of primary theoretical approach used | Total n = |
|---|---|---|
Framework (n = 28) | Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework [91] Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research [83] (CFIR) Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) [92] Framework Framework for investigating the sustainability of Antiretroviral (ARV) provision [21] Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework [93] The health technology adoption, Non-adoption, Abandonment, and challenges to Scale-up, Spread and Sustainability (NASSS) framework [94] Dynamic Sustainability Framework (DSF) [95] Own framework Direction, Competency, Opportunity and Motivation (DCOM®) framework [96] Framework for Sustainability of Translational Research Project [35] Conceptual framework on sustainability of community-based programs [16, 97]. Scheirer’s framework for program sustainability [16] Conceptual framework by Pomey et al. (2009) [98] Program Sustainability Framework Combination of several theoretical frameworks | (n = 1) (n = 6) (n = 3) (n = 1) (n = 3) (n = 1) (n = 2) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 2) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 3) (n = 3) |
Model (n = 17) | National Health Service Sustainability Model (NHS SM) [84] Developed own model The British National Health Service Sustainability Index (SI) model [84] Stages of Change Model [99] Sustainability Pyramid Model [24] Mancini and Marek’s Model of Community-Based Program Sustainability [100] Kotter's 8 Steps Process for Leading Change Model [101] Dynamic model of health program sustainability [102] The Evidence in the Learning Organization (ELO) Model [103] | (n = 6) (n = 3) (n = 2) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 1) |
Tool (n = 7) | Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT) [87] Sustainability Index and Dashboard Tool [68] NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement SM Self-Assessment Tool [104] | (n = 5) (n = 1) (n = 1) |
Theory (n = 9) | Diffusion of Innovation theory [90] Normalization Process Theory (NPT) [85] | (n = 1) (n = 1) |
Instrument (n = 3) | Technology Adaption Readiness Scale (TARS) [77] Adapted Level of Institutionalization (LoIn) scales [88] Individual Placement and Support Fidelity Scale (IPS-25) [89] | (n = 1) (n = 1) (n = 1) |