From: Defining and assessing context in healthcare implementation studies: a systematic review
Definition type | Description | Example |
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Lists contextual factors | Articles list contextual factors relevant to the implementation process | “Management support, adequate training, physician involvement, physician autonomy and doctor-patient relationship” [25] |
Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context | Articles list sub-elements of a framework that includes contextual factors | “Context includes aspects of the culture, leadership and evaluation at the particular site” (Definition based on the PARiHS framework) [26]. |
Provides a meaningful definition of general context | Articles go beyond simply listing contextual factors and provide a broad definition of context | “… the pre-existing conditions and relationships in the organisational system that partner with the programme’s mechanisms to make success or failure of the intervention more or less likely” [27]. |
Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context | Articles provide a rich definition of an aspect of context or provide a comprehensive definition of sub-elements of a framework that includes context | “Organisational climate is conceptualised as individual and group perceptions of how the work environment affects the well-being of the organisations members while organisational culture is conceptualised as how the work is done in the organisation based on worker expectations” [28]. |