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Table 5 Health research partnership tool evaluation—study scores (n = 48 with 1 companion report; n = 58 tools)

From: Tools for assessing health research partnership outcomes and impacts: a systematic review

First author, year

Tool name

Reported tool type

Domain scoresa

Tool score (%)

SR

PP

C

U

Butterfoss, 1996

• Committee Member Survey (CMS)

• The Plan Quality Index (PQI)

Toolkit

3

3

3

3

60

Kegler, 1998

• questionnaire

Questionnaire

3

3

4

3

65

Chan, 2000

• Social Capital Index (scale adapted from the Partnership Self-Assessment Survey, Health Research & Education Trust, 1997)

Index

2

1

3

1

35

Shortell, 2002

• Capability Index [from Partnership Self-Assessment Survey (PSAS), Health Research & Educational Trust 1997]

Index

3

2

3

1

45

Weiss, 2002

• Partnership Self-Assessment Tool (PSAT)

Questionnaire

5

4

4

3

80

El Ansari, 2004

• survey

Survey

3

4

3

3

65

El Ansari, 2004

• Partnership Member Survey

Survey

2

3

3

2

50

Metzger, 2005

• Partnership self-assessment survey (PSAS)-derived scales

Scales

3

2

3

1

45

Kegler, 2005

• Coalition Member Survey

Survey

3

4

4

2

65

Cramer, 2006

• Internal Coalition Effectiveness (ICE) Instrument

Survey

4

2

3

2

55

Feinberg, 2008

• CTC Coalition Web-Based Self-Report Questionnaire

Questionnaire

3

2

5

1

55

Feinberg, 2008b

• CTC Coalition Web-Based Self-Report Questionnaire

Questionnaire

3

4

5

1

65

Orr Brawer, 2008

• Partnership Self-Assessment Tool (PSAT) [80]

Questionnaire

2

4

4

5

75

• Social Capital Survey [104, 105, 106]

Survey

3

2

3

4

60

King, 2009

• Community Impacts of Research-Oriented Partnerships (CIROP)

Questionnaire

4

2

4

5

75

Tolma, 2009

• Profile of Collaboration Survey [107]

• Interactive group evaluation form

• Meeting observation form

• Facilitator check-off list

• Random Electronic Survey

Toolkit

2

3

4

3

60

Wagemakers, 2010

• Coordinated Action Checklist

Checklist

5

2

4

4

75

King, 2010

• Community Impacts of Research-Oriented Partnerships (CIROP) Questionnaire

• Background Information Form for Research Partnerships

• Research Contact Checklist

• CIROP Respondent Form

Toolkit

4

2

5

5

80

Ziff, 2010

• Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory [108]

Questionnaire

3

1

4

3

55

Jones, 2011

• Jones Synergy Scale

Scale

4

2

2

2

50

Jones, 2011b

• Jones Trust Scale

Scale

3

2

2

2

45

Perkins, 2011

• CTC Web-survey for Agency Directors, Team Members

Questionnaire

3

1

4

1

45

• Web-Based Survey for Technical Assistants

Questionnaire

3

2

4

1

50

Bilodeau (2011, 2019b)

• Self-Evaluation Tool for Action in Partnership/L'Outil diagnostique de l'action en partenariat [Bilodeau et al. 109, 110, 111, 64) French and English Versions

Questionnaire

4

4

4

5

85

Curro, 2012

• survey

Survey

2

3

3

2

50

El Ansari, 2012

• survey

Survey

4

3

3

3

65

Brown, 2012

• CTC Coalition Web-Based Survey

Questionnaire

3

3

5

2

65

Nargiso, 2013

• General Coalition Capacities Scale

Scale

2

1

4

2

45

• General Coalition Capacity Rubric

Rubric

2

1

3

2

40

• Environmental strategy-specific capacity rubric

Rubric

2

2

3

2

45

Perkins, 2014

• Adapted survey [based on PSAT(S) [112, 113; 114]

Survey

3

2

4

3

60

Chang, 2014

• Taiwan Health Promotion in Schools (HPS) Support Network Evaluation Study Survey

Survey

3

3

3

3

60

Brown, 2015

• CTC Member Coalition Function Survey

Questionnaire

3

3

5

3

70

• CTC Functioning Survey [Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) technical assistance providers]

Questionnaire

3

3

4

3

65

• Coalition function survey supplement K (mobilizers, voluntary chairs only)

Questionnaire

3

2

5

3

65

• Coalition function supplement L (mobilizers, voluntary chairs only)

Questionnaire

3

2

5

3

65

Bornstein, 2015

• Member Involvement in Physical Activity Coalitions (MIPAC) Survey

Survey

4

3

3

4

70

Oetzel, 2015

• Key Informant Survey (KIS)

Survey

4

4

4

5

85

• Community Engagement Survey (CES)

Survey

4

4

4

5

85

Oetzel, 2015b

• Community Engagement Survey (CES)

Survey

4

4

4

5

85

Stocks, 2015

• questionnaire (adapted from Morrow et al. [115])

Questionnaire

4

4

5

4

85

Brown, 2016

• Coalition Context and Capacity Assessment Scales (from CTC Coalition Web-Based Survey)

Scales

3

3

4

4

70

Goodman, 2017

• Community Engagement Measure

Survey

5

5

4

4

90

Okazaki, 2017

• Coordinating Council Member Survey

Survey

2

3

3

1

45

Jones, 2018

• Trust, Mistrust and Power scales from the Partnership Survey

Scales

4

2

4

3

65

West, 2018

• Scale of Perceived Trustworthiness

Scale

4

2

3

3

60

Oetzel, 2018

Scales from:

 • Key Informant Survey (KIS)

Survey

5

4

4

5

90

Scales from:

 • Community Engagement Survey (CES)

Survey

5

4

4

5

90

Duran, 2019

• Constructs and sub-constructs (context and partnership processes domains) and outcomes domains from the Community Engagement Survey (CES)

Survey

5

4

4

5

90

• Constructs and sub-constructs (context and partnership processes domains) and outcomes domains from the Key Informant Survey (KIS)

Survey

5

4

4

5

90

Soobiah, 2019

• Modified Patient Engagement Evaluation Tool (PEET) [116]

Survey

4

3

4

4

75

Dickson, 2020

• Items from the Key Informant Survey (E2 KIS) (English and Spanish translation versions)

Survey

4

5

4

5

90

Rodriguez Espinosa, 2020

• CBPR processes & practices, and outcomes scales [from E2 Key Informant (KIS) and Community-engagement Surveys (CES)]

Scales

5

4

4

5

90

Lucero, 2020

• CBPR Process Scales (synergy, trust, CBPR principles, participation, influence) and Trust Typology [from E2 Community Engagement Survey (CES)]

Scales/typology

4

3

5

5

85

van Schelven, 2021

• Project Outcome Scale

Scale

3

4

4

3

70

Hamilton, 2021

• Patient Engagement in Research Scale (PEIRS-22 shortened version) (modified from Hamilton et al. [117])

Scale

4

3

3

5

75

Boursaw, 2021

• Community Engagement Survey (CES) scales

Scales

5

3

4

5

85

Loban, 2021

• IMPACT [Innovative Models Promoting Access-to-care Transformation] Partnership Questionnaire [80, 86]

Questionnaire

3

2

4

3

60

  1. SR Scientific Rigour domain, PP Partnership Perspective domain, C Comprehensiveness domain, U Usability domain
  2. aDomain scores from the Health Research Partnership Tool Evaluation Criteria (adapted from Boivin et al. [7]) (see Additional file 1: Appendix S4)
  3. bCompanion paper