Table 5.
Appraisal of use and reporting of an evaluation framework in studies using a single evaluation framework
| Framework(s) | Intervention name | First author & publication | Framework stated in introduction | Framework components described | Study stated as based on framework | Outcomes linked to components | Framework mentioned | Explicitly based on framework | No. of components linked | Adaptations described | Limitations described |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDC Framework [37] | WAVE | Meng [57] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | Not sure | No | No | |
| Developing a Process-Evaluation Plan [30] | APAN | Blackford [58] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Yes | Yes | |
| Exercise Counselling | McCarthy [59] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| NECaSP | Curry [60] | No | No | Yes | Not sure | √ | Not sure | Yes | Yes | ||
| PACES | Webster [61] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | √ | Not sure | No | No | ||
| ToyBox-study | De Craemer [62] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | Yes | Yes | ||
| Evaluation: a Systematic Approach [38] | FLEX | Wright [63] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | Not sure | Yes | No | |
| Logic Model | Girls Active | Harrington [64] | No | No | No | No | √ | Not sure | No | No | |
| GOTR | Ullrich-French [65] | No | No | Not sure | Yes | √ | Not sure | Yes | No | ||
| Healthy Start | Chow [66] | No | No | Yes | Not sure | √ | At least one | No | Yes | ||
| School–Community Linked PA | Griffiths [67] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | Yes | ||
| Model of Implementation [39] | MAGNET | Burkart [68] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | Not sure | No | No | |
| MRC Guidance for Development & Evaluation of Complex Interventions [16] | Action 3.30 | Jago [69] | No | No | No | No | √ | Not sure | No | No | |
| BGDP | Jago [70] | No | No | No | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| BGDP | Sebire [71] | Yes | No | No | No | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| GoActive | Corder [72] | Yes | No | Yes | No | √ | Not sure | No | No | ||
| Movement as Medicine | Avery [73] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | Yes | ||
| STAND | Biddle [74] | Yes | No | No | No | √ | None | No | No | ||
| MRC Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions [32] | BGDP | Sebire [75] | Yes | No | Yes | Not sure | √ | At least one | Not sure | Yes | |
| BGDP | Sebire [76] | No | No | No | No | √ | None | No | No | ||
| LPAW | Lefler [77] | Yes | No | Yes | No | √ | None | No | No | ||
| PACE-UP | Furness [78] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| We Act | Bonde [79] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | ||
| Outcome Model [36] | Healingo Fit | Dadaczynski [80] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | |
| PRECEDE PROCEED [81] | SPACE | Tucker [82] | No | No | Yes | No | √ | Not sure | No | No | |
| Process Evaluation for Public Health [31] | Group fitness | Sofija [83] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | |
| PAC | Matthews [84] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| RE-AIM [10] | 5-As | Galaviz [85] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | |
| ACTIVE | Christian [86] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | ||
| CHAM JAM | Reznik [87] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | ||
| COMMUNICATE | Kamada [4] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| Enhance®Fitness | Kohn [88] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| Enhance®Fitness | Petrescu-Prahova [89] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | Yes | Yes | ||
| FAN | Wilcox [90] | Yes | No | Yes | Not sure | √ | At least one | No | No | ||
| FitEx & ALED | Harden [91] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | No | Yes | ||
| Guided Walking | Baba [92] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | Yes | ||
| HKOS | Economos [93] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Yes | No | ||
| Healthy Start-Départ Santé | Ward [94] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | ||
| Healthy Together | Jung [95] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | ||
| IMIL | Allar [96] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | Yes | Yes | ||
| ManUp | Caperchione [97] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | Yes | ||
| PAFES | Gonzalez-Viana [98] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | Yes | ||
| Promotora Community Health Program | Schwingel [99] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Yes | Yes | ||
| RCP & ACP | Paez [100] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sport England funded project | Koorts [101] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Yes | Yes | ||
| Stair Climbing | Bellicha [102] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | Yes | Yes | ||
| STEPs & LET US Play | Beets [103] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | Not sure | Yes | ||
| STEPs & LET US Play | Beets [104] | No | No | Yes | Yes | √ | At least one | Yes | Yes | ||
| SAGE | Lee [105] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | Yes | ||
| TAME health | Lewis [106] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | Yes | ||
| Walking Works | Adams [107] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | Yes | ||
| Realist Evaluation [33] | CBHEPA | Herens [108] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Not sure | Yes | |
| Local Authority Sport & PA | Daniels [109] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | Yes | Yes | ||
| Local Environment Model | Willis [110] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | √ | All | No | No | ||
| Project SoL | Mikkelsen [111] | No | Yes | Yes | No | √ | Not sure | No | No |