Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool (CSAT)

Constructs Assessed:

Constructs assessed by the assessment instrument (linked to constructs included in the D&I models webtool)

• Adopter/implementer/decision maker characteristics
• Adaptation and evolution
• Readiness
• Stakeholders
• Maintenance, Sustainability and Scale-up

Theories, Models, Frameworks Relevant:

• ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation
• Active Implementation Framework
• Adaptation in dissemination and implementation science
• Adherence Optimization Framework
• Advancing health disparities research within the health care system
• Availability, Responsiveness & Continuity (ARC): An Organizational & Community Intervention Model
• Behaviour Change Wheel
• Blueprint for Dissemination
• CDC DHAP's Research-to-Practice Framework
• Caledonian Practice Development Model
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research Knowledge Translation within the Research Cycle Model or Knowledge Action Model
• Choosing Wisely Deimplementation Framework
• Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
• Conceptual Framework For The Comparative Analysis of Policy Change
• Conceptual Framework for Research Knowledge Transfer and Utilization
• Conceptual Model of Implementation Research
• Conceptual Model of Knowledge Utilization
• Conceptualizing Dissemination Research and Activity: Canadian Heart Health Initiative
• Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing (CURN)
• Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
• Coordinated Implementation Model
• Critical Realism & the Arts Research Utilization Model (CRARIUM)
• Davis' Pathman-PRECEED Model
• Dissemination and Implementation Framework for an Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Program
• Dissemination of Evidence-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity
• Dynamic Sustainability Framework
• EMTReK - Evidence-based Model for the Transfer and Exchange of Research Knowledge
• EQ-DI Framework
• Effective Dissemination Strategies
• Evidence Integration Triangle
• Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) model (Conceptual Model of Evidence-based Practice Implementation in Public Service Sectors)
• Facilitating Adoption of Best Practices (FAB) Model
• Framework for Dissemination of Evidence-Based Policy
• Framework for Enhancing the Value of Research for Dissemination and Implementation
• Framework for Knowledge Translation
• Framework for Spread
• Framework for the Dissemination & Utilization of Research for Health-Care Policy & Practice
• Framework for the Transfer of Patient Safety Research into Practice
• Framework of Dissemination in Health Services Intervention Research
• General theory of implementation
• Greenhalgh Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations
• Health Equity Implementation Framework
• Health Promotion Research Center Framework
• Health Promotion Technology Transfer Process
• Implementation Effectiveness Model
• Interacting Elements of Integrating Science, Policy, and Practice
• Interactive Systems Framework
• Intervention Mapping
• Kingdon's Multiple-Streams Framework
• Knowledge Exchange Framework
• Knowledge Transfer and Exchange
• Linking Systems Framework
• Marketing and Distribution System for Public Heatlh
• Model for Improving the Dissemination of Nursing Research
• Model for Locally Based Research Transfer Development
• Model for Predictors of Adoption
• Normalization Process Theory
• Organizational Theory of Innovation Implementation
• Ottawa Model of Research Use
• OutPatient Treatment in Ontario Services (OPTIONS) Model
• Pathways to Evidence Informed Policy
• Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM)
• Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary 2
• Precede-Proceed Model
• Proctor's Implementation Outcomes
• Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS)
• Push-Pull Capacity Model
• RAND Model of Persuasive Communication and Diffusion of Medical Innovation
• RE-AIM 1.0 Framework
• RE-AIM 2.0/Contextually Expanded RE-AIM
• Real-World Dissemination
• Replicating Effective Programs Framework
• Research Development Dissemination and Utilization Framework
• Research Knowledge Infrastructure
• Six-Step Framework for International Physical Activity Dissemination
• Stetler Model of Research Utilization
• Sticky Knowledge
• Stirman framework and coding system for modifications and adaptations of evidence-based interventions
• Streams of Policy Process
• Technology Transfer Model
• Theoretical Domains Framework
• Transcreation Framework for Community-engaged Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities
• Translational Framework for Public Health Research
• Translational Research Framework to Address Health Disparities
• US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
• Utilization-Focused Surveillance Framework
• Weiner organizational readiness

Implementation Outcomes:

The relevance of the assessment instrument to various implementation outcomes

• Adaptation
• Adoption
• Appropriateness
• Implementation
• Sustainment

Implementation Strategies:

The implementation strategy/ies evaluated by the assessment instrument

• Adapt and tailor to context
• Develop stakeholder interrelationships
• Support clinicians
• Train and educate stakeholders

Phase of Implementation Process:

Phase of implementation process when the assessment instrument can be used

• Sustainment

Levels of Data Collection:

The level(s) from which the assessment instrument collects data

• Implementer
• Organizational
• System
• Policy

Intended Priority Population:

Intended priority population from whom data are collected using the assessment instrument

• Community Members/Patients
• Researcher/Evaluator
• Clinician
• Administrator
• Public Health Practitioner
• Teacher/Trainer
• Employer

Intended Priority Setting:

Intended priority setting in which the assessment instrument is used

• Clinical Outpatient
• Clinical Inpatient
• Residential Care
• Community Organization
• Public Health Agency

Policy:

Assessment instrument is relevant to policy

• Clinical Practice

Equity Focus:

Scoring:

The assessment instrument produces a composite score

Norms:

Measures of central tendency and distribution for the total score are based on small, medium, large sample size

Responsiveness:

The ability of the assessment instrument to detect change over time (i.e., sensitivity to change or intervention effects).

Validity:

The extent to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure accurately.

Reliability:

The extent to which results are consistent results over time, across raters, across settings, or across items intended to measure the same thing.

• Internal Consistency

Factor Analysis:

A statistical method that uses the correlation between observed variables to identify common factors.

Time to Administer:

The amount of time required to complete the assessment instrument

Secondary Data:

Cost:

Cost associated with access to assessment instrument (Some insturments might require login.)

Literacy:

Readability of the items reported on.

Interpretation:

Expertise needed for interpretation of data is reported.

Training:

Expertise needed to use the assessment instrument is reported

Resources Required to Administer:

Resources needed to administer the assessment instrument (FTE for data collector, equipment, etc.)

User Guidance:

Guides are provided to support administration of assessment instrument/data collection, and/or analysis of data from the assessment instrument, and/or interpretation of data, and/or action/decision on how to use data

• Guidance to Administer
• Guidance to Analyze
• Guidance to Interpret

Obtrusiveness:

Degree of intrusion the participants will experience because of the data collection when using the assessment instrument (e.g., assessment instruments that rely on use of secondary data or automated data will be less obtrusive)

• Medium: Asyncronous collection of data

Interactivity:

Data collection and/or result generation involves interactive components.