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

Table 5.

Health research partnership tool evaluation—study scores (n = 48 with 1 companion report; n = 58 tools)

First author, year Tool name Reported tool type Domain scoresa Tool score (%)
SR PP C U
Butterfoss, 1996

• Committee Member Survey (CMS)

• The Plan Quality Index (PQI)

Toolkit 3 3 3 3 60
Kegler, 1998 • questionnaire Questionnaire 3 3 4 3 65
Chan, 2000 • Social Capital Index (scale adapted from the Partnership Self-Assessment Survey, Health Research & Education Trust, 1997) Index 2 1 3 1 35
Shortell, 2002 • Capability Index [from Partnership Self-Assessment Survey (PSAS), Health Research & Educational Trust 1997] Index 3 2 3 1 45
Weiss, 2002 • Partnership Self-Assessment Tool (PSAT) Questionnaire 5 4 4 3 80
El Ansari, 2004 • survey Survey 3 4 3 3 65
El Ansari, 2004 • Partnership Member Survey Survey 2 3 3 2 50
Metzger, 2005 • Partnership self-assessment survey (PSAS)-derived scales Scales 3 2 3 1 45
Kegler, 2005 • Coalition Member Survey Survey 3 4 4 2 65
Cramer, 2006 • Internal Coalition Effectiveness (ICE) Instrument Survey 4 2 3 2 55
Feinberg, 2008 • CTC Coalition Web-Based Self-Report Questionnaire Questionnaire 3 2 5 1 55
Feinberg, 2008b • CTC Coalition Web-Based Self-Report Questionnaire Questionnaire 3 4 5 1 65
Orr Brawer, 2008 • Partnership Self-Assessment Tool (PSAT) [80] Questionnaire 2 4 4 5 75
• Social Capital Survey [104, 105, 106] Survey 3 2 3 4 60
King, 2009 • Community Impacts of Research-Oriented Partnerships (CIROP) Questionnaire 4 2 4 5 75
Tolma, 2009

• Profile of Collaboration Survey [107]

• Interactive group evaluation form

• Meeting observation form

• Facilitator check-off list

• Random Electronic Survey

Toolkit 2 3 4 3 60
Wagemakers, 2010 • Coordinated Action Checklist Checklist 5 2 4 4 75
King, 2010

• Community Impacts of Research-Oriented Partnerships (CIROP) Questionnaire

• Background Information Form for Research Partnerships

• Research Contact Checklist

• CIROP Respondent Form

Toolkit 4 2 5 5 80
Ziff, 2010 • Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory [108] Questionnaire 3 1 4 3 55
Jones, 2011 • Jones Synergy Scale Scale 4 2 2 2 50
Jones, 2011b • Jones Trust Scale Scale 3 2 2 2 45
Perkins, 2011 • CTC Web-survey for Agency Directors, Team Members Questionnaire 3 1 4 1 45
• Web-Based Survey for Technical Assistants Questionnaire 3 2 4 1 50
Bilodeau (2011, 2019b) • Self-Evaluation Tool for Action in Partnership/L'Outil diagnostique de l'action en partenariat [Bilodeau et al. 109, 110, 111, 64) French and English Versions Questionnaire 4 4 4 5 85
Curro, 2012 • survey Survey 2 3 3 2 50
El Ansari, 2012 • survey Survey 4 3 3 3 65
Brown, 2012 • CTC Coalition Web-Based Survey Questionnaire 3 3 5 2 65
Nargiso, 2013 • General Coalition Capacities Scale Scale 2 1 4 2 45
• General Coalition Capacity Rubric Rubric 2 1 3 2 40
• Environmental strategy-specific capacity rubric Rubric 2 2 3 2 45
Perkins, 2014 • Adapted survey [based on PSAT(S) [112, 113; 114] Survey 3 2 4 3 60
Chang, 2014 • Taiwan Health Promotion in Schools (HPS) Support Network Evaluation Study Survey Survey 3 3 3 3 60
Brown, 2015 • CTC Member Coalition Function Survey Questionnaire 3 3 5 3 70
• CTC Functioning Survey [Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) technical assistance providers] Questionnaire 3 3 4 3 65
• Coalition function survey supplement K (mobilizers, voluntary chairs only) Questionnaire 3 2 5 3 65
• Coalition function supplement L (mobilizers, voluntary chairs only) Questionnaire 3 2 5 3 65
Bornstein, 2015 • Member Involvement in Physical Activity Coalitions (MIPAC) Survey Survey 4 3 3 4 70
Oetzel, 2015 • Key Informant Survey (KIS) Survey 4 4 4 5 85
• Community Engagement Survey (CES) Survey 4 4 4 5 85
Oetzel, 2015b • Community Engagement Survey (CES) Survey 4 4 4 5 85
Stocks, 2015 • questionnaire (adapted from Morrow et al. [115]) Questionnaire 4 4 5 4 85
Brown, 2016 • Coalition Context and Capacity Assessment Scales (from CTC Coalition Web-Based Survey) Scales 3 3 4 4 70
Goodman, 2017 • Community Engagement Measure Survey 5 5 4 4 90
Okazaki, 2017 • Coordinating Council Member Survey Survey 2 3 3 1 45
Jones, 2018 • Trust, Mistrust and Power scales from the Partnership Survey Scales 4 2 4 3 65
West, 2018 • Scale of Perceived Trustworthiness Scale 4 2 3 3 60
Oetzel, 2018

Scales from:

 • Key Informant Survey (KIS)

Survey 5 4 4 5 90

Scales from:

 • Community Engagement Survey (CES)

Survey 5 4 4 5 90
Duran, 2019 • Constructs and sub-constructs (context and partnership processes domains) and outcomes domains from the Community Engagement Survey (CES) Survey 5 4 4 5 90
• Constructs and sub-constructs (context and partnership processes domains) and outcomes domains from the Key Informant Survey (KIS) Survey 5 4 4 5 90
Soobiah, 2019 • Modified Patient Engagement Evaluation Tool (PEET) [116] Survey 4 3 4 4 75
Dickson, 2020 • Items from the Key Informant Survey (E2 KIS) (English and Spanish translation versions) Survey 4 5 4 5 90
Rodriguez Espinosa, 2020 • CBPR processes & practices, and outcomes scales [from E2 Key Informant (KIS) and Community-engagement Surveys (CES)] Scales 5 4 4 5 90
Lucero, 2020 • CBPR Process Scales (synergy, trust, CBPR principles, participation, influence) and Trust Typology [from E2 Community Engagement Survey (CES)] Scales/typology 4 3 5 5 85
van Schelven, 2021 • Project Outcome Scale Scale 3 4 4 3 70
Hamilton, 2021 • Patient Engagement in Research Scale (PEIRS-22 shortened version) (modified from Hamilton et al. [117]) Scale 4 3 3 5 75
Boursaw, 2021 • Community Engagement Survey (CES) scales Scales 5 3 4 5 85
Loban, 2021 • IMPACT [Innovative Models Promoting Access-to-care Transformation] Partnership Questionnaire [80, 86] Questionnaire 3 2 4 3 60

SR Scientific Rigour domain, PP Partnership Perspective domain, C Comprehensiveness domain, U Usability domain

aDomain scores from the Health Research Partnership Tool Evaluation Criteria (adapted from Boivin et al. [7]) (see Additional file 1: Appendix S4)

bCompanion paper