SynthesisImplementation science : IS2022
Evaluation of measures of sustainability and sustainability determinants for use in community, public health, and clinical settings: a systematic review.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring long-term follow-up of effective implementation trials in schools: a secondary review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Built to last? Barriers and facilitators of healthcare program sustainability: a systematic integrative review.Implementation science : IS · 2023Pooled it
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- Application of a typology for sustainment of Public health interventions using real-world case studies.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool (CSAT) short form across three research centers evaluating effectiveness and implementation of a cancer symptom surveillance and management intervention.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Toward the sustainability of health care innovations to "transform our world": current status and the road ahead.JBI evidence implementation · 2026Article
- Application of implementation science frameworks to a community-based healthy eating and activity intervention: a cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
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- Sustainability in translational genomics research with undiagnosed patients: What is it, why do we need it, and how do we do it?Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2025Article
- Integrating Implementation Outcomes into Effectiveness Studies: A Practical Guide for Clinical Interventionists.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- The role of organizational characteristics in intervention sustainment: findings from a quantitative analysis in 42 HIV testing clinics in Vietnam.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- The sustainability of health interventions implemented in Africa: an updated systematic review on evidence and future research perspectives.Implementation science communications · 2025Review
- A cross-sectional study assessing barriers and facilitators to the sustainability of physical activity and nutrition interventions in early childhood education and care settings.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Staff motivation and schools' capacities to sustain an intervention to prevent bullying and promote wellbeing in English secondary schools: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Interventions to promote child development in institutionalized children: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- Advancing sustainability in low-resource settings: development and validation of a sustainability tool for evidence-based interventions and programs.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Exploring a One Health approach to sustainability with international One Health and Global Health Security experts - differences, similarities and trade-offs between sectors.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
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.
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