Table 1.

SPIRIT outcome measures

Outcome	Level of assessment	Tool	Data collection method	Participants
Policy-makers’ self-assessments of their research use capacity, actions and outcomes	Individual policy-maker	Seeking, Engaging with and Evaluating Research (SEER)	Online survey	All policy-makers from within participating agencies
Organisational capacity to use research as measured by the existing tools and systems to support research use	Policy agency	Organisational Research Access, Culture and Leadership (ORACLe)	Interview (face-to-face or phone) plus collection of documentation	One senior member of each policy agency, nominated by agency’s leaders
Use of research in the creation of policy documents	Policy document	Staff Assessment of enGagement with Evidence (SAGE)	Interview (face-to-face or phone) plus collection of documentation	One or two policy-makers involved in the development of the policy document being considered × 4 documents at each measurement point