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. 2022 Dec 13;17:81. doi: 10.1186/s13012-022-01252-1

Table 5.

Pragmatic ratings according to PAPERS* for identified measures of sustainability as an outcome and measures of sustainability determinants

Measure name Cost
Median
Reading
Median
Training
Median
Interpretation
Median
Length
Median
(range; n)
Total pragmatic score
Measures of  sustainability as an outcome
 Provider Report of Sustainment Scale (PRESS) [32] 4 4 4 1 4 17
 Stages of implementation completion (SIC) –original [33] 4 3 2 3

2

(2, 3, n=2)

14
Measures of sustainability determinants
 Assessment of Barriers to Implementation and Sustainability in Schools (ABISS) [36] 4 3 4 1 4 16
 Advanced Level Tier Interventions Treatment Utilization and Durability (ALTITUDE) [37] 4 2 4 1 3 14
 A measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in in long-term care – long version [38] 4 4 4 1 3 16
 A measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in in long-term care – short version [38] 4 4 4 1 3 16
 Change Process Capability Questionnaire (CPCQ) [39] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool (CSAT) [40] 4 3 4 4 3 18
 Faith-Based Organization Health Integration Inventory (FBO-HII) [41] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 General Organizational Index (GOI) [42, 43] 4 3 3 3 3 16
 Levels of Institutionalisation (Loln) [44, 45] 4 4 4 3 3 18
 National Health Service (NHS) Sustainability Model and Guide [47] 4 3 3 3 4 17
 The Normalisation Measure Development questionnaire (NoMAD) [4853] 4 3 3 1 3 14
 New South Wales Sustainability Checklist [55] 4 3 3 1 3 14
 Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Sustainability Assessment [56] 4 3 4 3 2 16
 Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Sustainability Assessment Tool [57] 4 4 4 3 3 18
 Prevention Program Assessment [58] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT) [10] 4 3 4 4 3 18
 Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT) – adapted for elementary setting [59] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 Program Sustainability Index [60] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 School-wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index - school teams (SUBSIST) [6165] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 Sustainability Formative Self-Assessment Tool [66] 4 2 3 3 3 15
 Sustainable Implementation Scale (SIS) [67] 4 2 4 1 3 14
 Sustained Implementation Support Scale [68] 4 4 4 1 3 16
 Sustaining Innovation Through Education (SITE): extended behavioral [69] 4 3 3 2 2 14
 Sustaining Innovation Through Education (SITE): short behavioral [69] 4 3 3 2 3 15
 Sustainment Leadership Scale [70] 4 3 4 1 3 15
 Sustainment Measurement System Scale (SMSS) [72] 4 3 4 1 3 15

*All individual pragmatic PAPERS items are scored on a scale from −1 to 4, with higher scores representing a higher level of quality