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Table 3 Summary table-quality of definition, application of context measure, unit of analysis

From: Defining and assessing context in healthcare implementation studies: a systematic review

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Methodology

Quality of definition

Data collection

Descriptive analysis

Investigate association between context and implementation success

Unit of analysis-Individual

Abdekhoda et al. (2015) [25]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

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Al Shemeili et al. (2016) [31]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Arney et al. (2018) [32]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Bain et al. (2015) [33]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Beenstock et al. (2012) [74]

Quantitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Bokhour et al. (2015) [26]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

 

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Chiu & Ku (2015) [81]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

 

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Douglas (2016) [86]

Quantitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Drainoni et al. (2016) [41]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Förberg et al. (2016) [72]

Quantitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Gadomski et al. (2014) [43]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Gagliardi et al. (2014) [44]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

 

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Georgiou & Westbrook (2009) [45]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Gibb (2013) [46]

Mixed methods

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Glidewell et al. (2013) [47]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Glisson et al. (2008) [76]

Quantitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Huijg et al. (2014) [83]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

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Lemmens et al. (2009) [79]

Quantitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Naik et al. (2015) [52]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Obrecht et al. (2014) [84]

Quantitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Prashanth et al. (2014) [68]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Presseau et al. (2017) [54]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Rodríguez & Peterson (2016) [69]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Rotteau et al. (2015) [56]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Smith et al. (2018) [57]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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VanDevanter et al. (2017) [59]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Ware et al. (2018) [60]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Yamada et al. (2017) [87]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

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Yamada et al. (2018) [62]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Unit of analysis-Individual & Team

Cummings et al. (2010) [75]

Quantitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Ehrhart et al. (2014) [82]

Quantitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Unit of analysis-Team

Almblad et al. (2018) [80]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

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Fernandez et al. (2018) [20]

Quantitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Vanderkruik & McPherson (2017) [71]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Unit of analysis-Project

Hill et al. (2017) [66]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

 

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Unit of analysis-Organisational

Burau et al. (2018) [38]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Busetto et al. (2017) [39]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Cheyne et al. (2013) [40]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Durbin et al. (2016) [64]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Erasmus et al. (2017) [65]

Mixed methods

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Guerrero et al. (2015) [77]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

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Rabbani et al. (2011) [55]

Mixed methods

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Spitzer-Shohat et al. (2018) [58]

Mixed methods

Lists contextual factors

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Williams et al. (2016) [61]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Unit of analysis-Individual and organisational

Beidas et al. (2014) [34]

Mixed methods

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Beidas et al. (2015) [85]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

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Bergstrom et al. (2012) [36]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Bocoum et al. (2017) [37]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Bradley & Griffin (2016) [27]

Mixed methods

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

 

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Greenhalgh et al. (2008) [48]

Mixed methods

Lists contextual factors

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Griffin et al. (2017) [49]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Hansen et al. (2011) [8]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Higgins et al. (2015) [50]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Iribarren et al. (2015) [67]

Qualitative

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Kramer et al. (2017) [28]

Mixed methods

Provides a meaningful definition of an element of context

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Menon et al. (2014) [51]

Mixed methods

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Padwa et al. (2016) [53]

Mixed methods

Lists sub-elements of a framework that includes context

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Unit of analysis-Team and organisational

Chan et al. (2011) [73]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

 

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Eboreime et al. (2014) [42]

Mixed methods

Lists contextual factors

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Unit of analysis-Individual, organisational and regional

Hoffman & Rodriguez (2015) [78]

Quantitative

Lists contextual factors

 

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Unit of analysis-Organisational and regional

Belaid & Ridde (2015) [35]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

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Unit of analysis-Individual, organisational and national

Murdoch (2016) [19]

Qualitative

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

 

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Yip et al. (2016) [63]

Qualitative

Lists contextual factors

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Unit of analysis-Unclear

Baron & Newman (2016) [70]

Mixed methods

Provides a meaningful definition of general context

 

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