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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2023 Dec;36(1):2185119. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2023.2185119

Table 3.

Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) scores in maternity care as compared to other work utilizing the ICS.

Setting Inpatient maternity care Florida Med-surg nursing Substance use disorder
treatment
organizations
Child welfare
organizations
Mental health agencies
Reference (n) This work
N = 111
Ehrhart et al. 2021
N = 301
Ehrhart et al. 2019
N = 326
Ehrhart et al. 2016
N = 215
Ehrhart et al. 2014
N = 630
Total ICS Score 2.07 (0.55) 2.51 (0.85) 2.04 (0.66) 2.23 (0.66) 1.93 (0.73)
Subscale 1: Focus on EBP 2.98 (0.76) 3.09 (0.80) 2.63 (0.88) 2.96 (0.90) 2.28 (1.04)
Subscale 2: Educational Support for EBP 2.19 (0.96) 2.61 (1.04) 2.25 (1.03) 2.62 (1.01) 2.00 (1.09)
Subscale 3: Recognition for EBP 2.51 (0.89) 2.60 (1.13) 1.86 (0.97) 1.89 (1.00) 1.68 (1.10)
Subscale 4: Rewards for EBP 0.29 (0.59) 1.73 (1.26) 0.64 (0.88) 0.82 (0.97) 0.72 (0.93)
Subscale 5: Selection for EBP 1.98 (1.02) 2.14 (1.17) 2.23 (0.97) 2.30 (1.00) 2.09 (1.00)
Subscale 6: Selection for Openness 2.35 (0.84) 2.85 (0.97) 2.63 (0.92) 2.83 (0.87) 2.79 (0.91)