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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2016 May;43(3):410–425. doi: 10.1007/s10488-015-0647-8

Table 7.

Description, Explanation and Interpretation of Implementation Index examples

Implementation Index Examples of how Implementation Index is obtaineda Interpretation
100 Each respondent (n=3) completed a questionnaire at every session and the clinician viewed every resulting feedback report Ideal implementation: this client received 100% of the intended intervention
50 Each respondent completed questionnaires at half of the clinical sessions and the clinician viewed every resulting feedback report.
OR
Each respondent completed a questionnaire at every session and the clinician only viewed half of the resulting feedback reports
OR
Respondents completed questionnaires at an average of 90% of all clinical sessions and the clinician viewed 56% of resulting feedback reports.
Partial implementation: this client received 50% of the intended intervention
0 No respondent completed questionnaires at any clinical session
The clinician did not view any feedback reports when questionnaires were completed by any respondent at any session
Complete implementation failure: This client received none of the intended intervention (i.e., equivalent to the control group).
a

This column is not exhaustive of examples for obtaining an implementation index of 50