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. 2021 May 19;16(5):e0250379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250379

Table 3. Proctor et al.’s implementation outcome framework [21] and CFIR [22] applied to outcomes of included studies.

Domain Description Measure No. of intervention studies/Total (%)
Implementation outcomes and factors
Proctor et al. [21]. (hereafter ‘Proctor’)
Implementation outcomes
• the effects of deliberate and purposive actions to implement new treatments, practices, and services [21]
Acceptability
The perception among implementation stakeholders that a given treatment, service, practice, or innovation is agreeable, palatable, or satisfactory [21]

• Patients or healthcare professionals’ satisfaction with the mainstreaming intervention [2931, 33, 40, 48, 51, 54]
8/25 (32%)
Cost
The cost impact of an implementation effort [21]

• implementation cost of intervention or cost savings [29, 31, 40, 48]
4/25 (16%)
CFIR
Process
Reflecting & Evaluating
Quantitative and qualitative feedback about the progress and quality of implementation accompanied with regular personal and team debriefing about progress and experience [22]

• Healthcare professionals’ feedback about the intervention [40, 42, 54]

3/25 (12%)
Self-efficacy Characteristics of individuals
Individual belief in their own capabilities to execute courses of action to achieve implementation goals [22]

• Healthcare professionals’ belief about their ability to undertake intervention [29, 30, 33, 40]

4/25 (16%)
Intervention Characteristics Cost
Costs of the innovation and costs associated with implementing the innovation including investment, supply, and opportunity costs [22]

• implementation cost of intervention or cost savings [29, 31, 40, 48]

4/25 (16%)
Service outcomes and implementation factors
Proctor
Service Outcomes
• the extent to which services are safe, effective, patient -centred, timely, efficient, and equitable [56, 57]
Effectiveness
Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit [56, 57]

• GC Referral [29, 3439, 41, 42, 44, 4648, 52, 53, 55]
• GC completed [3441, 44, 4648, 5154]
• GT completed [31, 3441, 44, 4748, 5155]
• Patients with identified gene mutations [29, 43, 3136, 39, 40, 41, 44, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55]

16/25 (64%)
Timeliness
Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care [56, 57]

• Time to GC or GT [3235, 52] and results [29, 3133, 54]

10/25 (40%)
Equity
Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics [56, 57]

• GT access and undertaken [31, 3441, 44, 4748, 5155]
• GC referrals [29, 3439, 41, 42, 44, 4648, 52, 53, 55]

17/25 (68%)
16/25 (64%)
CFIR
Process
Executing
Carrying out or accomplishing the implementation according to plan [22]

• use of a quality improvement or process model [3537, 39, 40]
• use of an implementation science framework [42]

6/25 (24%)
Engaging
Attracting and involving appropriate individuals in the implementation and use of the intervention through a combined strategy of social marketing, education, role modelling, training, and other similar activities [22]

• Engaging health professionals through education or implementing the intervention [29, 3048, 51, 52, 54, 55]

24/25 (96%)
Inner setting Readiness for Implementation–Available resources
The level of resources dedicated for implementation and on-going operations, including money, training, education, physical space, and time [22]

• use of health professional as a resource for implementation [2948, 51, 52, 54, 55]

24/25 (96%)
Access to Knowledge & Information
Ease of access to digestible information and knowledge about the intervention and how to incorporate it into work tasks [22]

• use of education as a component of the intervention [29, 30, 32, 33, 3640, 42, 45, 46, 5154]

16/25 (64%)
Client outcomes and implementation factors
Proctor
Client Outcomes
Consumer wellbeing and clinical effectiveness [21]
Satisfaction
The consumers’ satisfaction with the intervention used [21]

• Patients satisfaction with mainstreaming intervention [2931, 48, 51, 52]

6/25 (24%)
Symptomology
Identifying hereditary cancer so that patients and health professionals can enact treatment management and cancer prevention strategies

• Identification of hereditary cancer [29, 43, 3136, 3941, 44, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55]
• Access or referral to cancer prevention information [29, 32, 45, 55]
• Treatment management impact [29, 33, 52, 55]

17/25 (68%)
4/25 (16%)
4/25 (16%)
CFIR
Outer setting
Patient Needs & Resources
The extent to which patient needs, as well as barriers and facilitators to meet those needs, are accurately known and prioritized by the organization [22]

• Patients satisfaction with mainstreaming intervention [29, 30, 31, 48, 51, 52]

6/25 (24%)

GC Genetic Counselling GT Genetic testing.