Key implementation outcomes to evaluate and report
| Implementation outcomes | Definition |
| Fidelity | Refers to the degree to which ‘programme providers implement programmes as intended by the programme developers’.129 Measured using components such as compliance, adherence and quality of delivery. |
| Compliance | A component of fidelity; refers to whether the intervention components were performed as directed, relative to a fixed standard (eg, performed exercises correctly).130 |
| Adherence | A component of fidelity; refers to whether the intervention components were performed as directed within the organisation/military unit (dosage, timing, frequency of the intervention).129 130 |
| Uptake | Degree to which an intervention is adopted.130 |
| Maintenance | Degree to which a behaviour or intervention becomes routine for an individual or organisation.105 131 132 |
| Scalability | Increasing the reach and extension of an intervention to a greater number of end-users while retaining effectiveness.133 |