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Table 3 Included review outcomes optimised by frameworks, mapped to 17 outcomes according to Proctor et al. [31]

From: How to optimise public health interventions: a scoping review of guidance from optimisation process frameworks

 

Outcome optimised by framework

Total

n = 20

n (%)

Implementation

Acceptability: Satisfaction with various aspects of the innovation (e.g. content, complexity, comfort, delivery, and credibility)

4 (20%)

Adoption: Uptake; utilisation; initial implementation; intention to try

2 (10%)

Appropriateness: Perceived fit; relevance; compatibility; suitability; usefulness; practicability

2 (10%)

Cost: Marginal cost; cost-effectiveness; cost-benefit

7 (35%)

Feasibility: Actual fit or utility; suitability for everyday use; practicability

4 (20%)

Fidelity: Delivered as intended; adherence; integrity; quality of program delivery

4 (20%)

Penetration: Level of institutionalisation, spread, service access

1 (5%)

Sustainability: Maintenance; continuation; durability; incorporation; integration; institutionalisation; sustained use; routinisation.

4 (20%)

Service

Efficiency: Avoiding waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy.

10 (50%)

Safety: Avoiding harm to patients from the care that is intended to help them.

2 (10%)

Effectiveness: A measure of how well a program/policy performs in a real world setting where variables cannot be controlled.

11 (55%)

Equity: Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status.

2 (10%)

Patient-centredness: Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.

0 (0%)

Timeliness: A measure of how often waits and harmful delays occur for both those who receive and those who give care.

6 (30%)

Patient

Patient' Satisfaction: extent to which a client is content with the service which they received.

5 (25%)

Function: A measure of participant’s functional status e.g. their ability to perform normal daily activities required to meet basic needs, fulfil usual roles, and maintain health and well-being.

3 (15%)

Symptomatology: the set of symptoms characteristic of a medical condition or exhibited by a patient.

1 (5%)