Within implementation science, the outcomes that researchers measure cover a wide range of ideas. Proctor et al’s seminal paper on implementation outcomes identifies 8 key outcomes – Acceptability, Adoption, Appropriateness, Costs, Feasibility, Fidelity, Penetration and Sustainability.[1] Other schema identify additional concepts that implementation strategies try to achieve.
The UW Implementation Science Resource Hub has more information about how to measure these outcomes.
Tool to support researchers and implementers identify and select pertinent implementation outcomes for their studies and evaluations
- Implementation Outcomes Crosswalk from ISCI @ Northwestern University
[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10488-010-0319-7#Sec1