Table 3.
Quality of the Implementation Indicators.
| Author | Importance to measure and report | Scientific acceptability | Feasibility | Usability and use | Related and competing measures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | Validity | |||||
| Original studies | ||||||
| Garcia-Cardenas et al.23 | Yes | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Yes* | Yes* | Not mentioned |
| Garner et al.1 | Yes | Not mentioned | No | Yes* | Yes* | Not mentioned |
| Guenther et al.27 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes* |
| Heidkamp et al.9 | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes* | Not mentioned |
| Karim et al.25 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Not mentioned |
| McCullagh et al.28 | Yes | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Yes* | Yes* | Not mentioned |
| Saldana et al.29 | Yes | Not mentioned | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Not mentioned |
| Stiles et al.30 | Yes* | No | No | Yes* | No | No |
| Weir and McCarthy31 | Yes | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Yes* | Yes* | Yes |
| Reviews | ||||||
| Proctor et al.5 | Yes | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Yes* | Not mentioned | Yes |
Note. Yes = the authors provided comprehensive information about the quality of the indicator (set) or explicitly stated that the criterion was met; Yes* = the quality criterion was only mentioned briefly in the publication or it was only applicable to individual indicators; No = the given information suggested that the indicator (set) did not meet the criterion; Not mentioned = there was no information in relation to the criterion.