Sustainability Instruments

Sustainability refers to ‘the extent to which a newly implemented treatment is maintained or institutionalised within a service setting’s ongoing, stable operations’. Commonly used terms: Maintenance; continuation; durability; incorporation; integration; institutionalisation; sustained use; routinisation. Proctor et al, 2011

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Sustainability Instruments	Psychometric quality (ConPsyCL)	Validity (COSMIN)	Reliability (COSMIN)	Responsiveness (COSMIN)	Usability
A measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in long-term care—long version	6	Poor	Poor	Not assessed	Good
A measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in long-term care—short version	7	Poor	Poor	Not assessed	Good
Normalisation Measure Development Questionnaire (NoMAD)	7	Fair	Fair	Not assessed	Good
Normalisation Measure Development Questionnaire (S-NoMAD)—Swedish version	7	Poor	Fair	Not assessed	Good
The Levels of Institutionalization (LoIn) scales	4	Poor	Poor	Not assessed	Good