A scoping review reveals candidate quality indicators of knowledge translation and implementation science practice tools

Aunima R Bhuiya; Justin Sutherland; Rhonda Boateng; Téjia Bain; Becky Skidmore; Laure Perrier; Julie Makarski; Sarah Munce; Iveta Lewis; Ian D Graham; Jayna Holroyd-Leduc; Sharon E Straus; Henry T Stelfox; Lisa Strifler; Cynthia Lokker; Linda C Li; Fok-Han Leung; Maureen Dobbins; Lisa M Puchalski Ritchie; Janet E Squires; Valeria E Rac; Christine Fahim; Monika Kastner

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.021

A scoping review reveals candidate quality indicators of knowledge translation and implementation science practice tools

J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Jan:165:111205. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.021. Epub 2023 Nov 7.

Authors

Aunima R Bhuiya¹, Justin Sutherland², Rhonda Boateng³, Téjia Bain², Becky Skidmore³, Laure Perrier³, Julie Makarski², Sarah Munce⁴, Iveta Lewis², Ian D Graham⁵, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc⁶, Sharon E Straus⁷, Henry T Stelfox⁸, Lisa Strifler⁹, Cynthia Lokker¹⁰, Linda C Li¹¹, Fok-Han Leung¹², Maureen Dobbins¹³, Lisa M Puchalski Ritchie¹⁴, Janet E Squires¹⁵, Valeria E Rac¹⁶, Christine Fahim¹⁷, Monika Kastner¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: aunima.bhuiya@mail.utoronto.ca.
² North York General Hospital, Research and Innovation, North York, Ontario, Canada.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa and Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁷ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Critical Care Medicine and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹³ School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁴ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁵ School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁶ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Program for Health System and Technology Evaluation, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research at Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁷ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; North York General Hospital, Research and Innovation, North York, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 37939744
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.021

Abstract

Objectives: To identify candidate quality indicators from existing tools that provide guidance on how to practice knowledge translation and implemenation science (KT practice tools) across KT domains (dissemination, implementation, sustainability, and scalability).

Study design and setting: We conducted a scoping review using the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis. We systematically searched multiple electronic databases and the gray literature. Documents were independently screened, selected, and extracted by pairs of reviewers. Data about the included articles, KT practice tools, and candidate quality indicators were analyzed, categorized, and summarized descriptively.

Results: Of 43,060 titles and abstracts that were screened from electronic databases and gray literature, 850 potentially relevant full-text articles were identified, and 253 articles were included in the scoping review. Of these, we identified 232 unique KT practice tools from which 27 unique candidate quality indicators were generated. The identified candidate quality indicators were categorized according to the development (n = 17), evaluation (n = 5) and adaptation (n = 3) of the tools, and engagement of knowledge users (n = 2). No tools were identified that appraised the quality of KT practice tools.

Conclusions: The development of a quality appraisal instrument of KT practice tools is needed. The results will be further refined and finalized in order to develop a quality appraisal instrument for KT practice tools.

Keywords: Implementation science; Knowledge translation; Methods; Quality; Scoping review; Tools.

Publication types

Systematic Review
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Implementation Science*
Quality Indicators, Health Care* / standards
Translational Science, Biomedical / standards