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. 2023 Jan 5;21:3. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00937-9

Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies (n = 48 studies, 1 companion report)

First author, year Origin Study design (methods) Explicit conceptual foundation? STUDY measures outcomes, impacts? Contributions
Develop or modify tool Use or evaluate tool Validatea tool
Butterfoss, 1996 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B O
Kegler, 1998 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O ·
Chan, 2000 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B O
Shortell, 2002 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B O
Weiss, 2002 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B, G O
El Ansari, 2004 Europe (United Kingdom) Africa (South Africa) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I
El Ansari, 2004 Europe (United Kingdom) Africa (South Africa) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I ·
Metzger, 2005 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B, G O
Kegler, 2005 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I
Cramer, 2006 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O
Feinberg, 2008 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I ·
Feinberg, 2008b North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I · ·
Orr Brawer, 2008 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B, G O, I
King, 2009 North America (Canada) Mixed methods (MM) B I
Tolma, 2009 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B O ·
Wagemakers, 2010 Europe (Netherlands) Multiple-case study (MM) B O
King, 2010 North America (Canada) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I · ·
Ziff, 2010 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O ·
Jones, 2011 Europe (Ireland) Mixed methods (MM) B O
Jones, 2011b Europe (Ireland) Mixed methods (MM) B O
Perkins, 2011 North America (USA) Nested longitudinal study (MM) B O, I ·
Bilodeau (2008, 2019b North America (Canada) Mixed methods (MM) B O
Curro, 2012 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) · O, I
El Ansari, 2012 Europe (United Kingdom) Africa (South Africa) Mixed methods (MM) B O ·
Brown, 2012 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O ·
Nargiso, 2013 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) · O
Perkins, 2014 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I
Chang, 2014 Australasia (Taiwan) Post-test study (Qn) B O, I
Brown, 2015 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O ·
Bornstein, 2015 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B I · ·
Oetzel, 2015 North America (USA) Nested cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I
Oetzel, 2015b North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I · ·
Stocks, 2015 Europe (United Kingdom) Pre-post study (Qn) B O, I
Brown, 2016 North America (Mexico, USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O ·
Goodman, 2017 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O
Okazaki, 2017 North America (USA) Case study (MM) B O, I
Jones, 2018 Europe (Ireland) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O
West, 2018 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) G O
Oetzel, 2018 North America (USA) Multiple-case study (MM) B O, I
Duran, 2019 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B O, I ·
Soobiah, 2019 North America (Canada) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O
Dickson, 2020 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O
Rodriguez Espinosa, 2020 North America (USA) Mixed methods (MM) B, G O
Lucero, 2020 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O
van Schelven, 2021 Europe (Netherlands) Mixed methods (Qn) · O, I
Hamilton, 2021 North America (Canada) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I
Boursaw, 2021 North America (USA) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I
Loban, 2021 North America (Canada) Australasia (Australia) Cross-sectional study (Qn) B O, I

(B) informed by conceptual theory, model, framework; (G) generated conceptual theory, model, framework; (·) conceptual underpinnings not explicitly identified

Qu qualitative study, Qn quantitative study, MM mixed-methods study, O outcomes, I impacts

aEmpirical validation

bCompanion report