Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation outcome measures are essential for monitoring and evaluating the success of implementation efforts. Yet, currently available measures lack conceptual clarity and have largely unknown reliability and validity. This study developed and psychometrically assessed three new measures: the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM).

Methods

Thirty-six implementation scientists and 27 mental health professionals assigned 31 items to the constructs and rated their confidence in their assignments. The Wilcoxon one-sample signed rank test was used to assess substantive and discriminant content validity. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (EFA and CFA) and Cron

SUBMITTER: Weiner BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5576104 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature