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Table 3 Measurements of individual capacity strengthening

From: What do we mean by individual capacity strengthening for primary health care in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic scoping review to improve conceptual clarity

Objective 2: measurement of individual capacity strengthening
Measurement tool Domains Articles
Pre–post learning assessment (n = 37) Knowledge Abrahams-Gessel et al. [52]; Ameme et al. [65]; Bemah et al. [46]; Bikinesi et al. [41]; Chaoniyom et al. [53]; Citraningtyas et al. [29]; Crocker et al. [54]; Davila et al. [47]; Garg et al. [81]; Hofmann-Broussard et al. [48]; Kabir and Hossain [82]; Kohrt et al. [64]; Mazia et al. [56]; McConnell et al. [83]; Mehrotra et al. [49]; Merchant et al. [57]; Minh et al. [58]; Murugesan et al. [74]; Namazzi et al. [84]; Okereke et al. [85]; Oleribe et al. [86]; Pringle et al. [59]; Scheel et al. [37]; Sijbrandij et al. [50]; Soeters et al. [60]; Stephens et al. [61]; Tarannum et al. [36]; Tharkar et al. [62]; Wilson et al. [63]; Yu et al. [87]
Attitude Kohrt et al. [64]
Knowledge, skills Hien et al. [32]; Weaver et al. [34]
Awareness (clinical), skills Oladele et al. [80]
Knowledge, self-efficacy Kamiru et al. [45]
Knowledge, skills, commitment, resources Kim et al. [55]
Knowledge, attitude, practice Taieb et al. [66]; Spagnolo et al. [51]
Pre–post self-report measures (n = 21) Knowledge Mehrotra et al. [49]; Sharma et al. [42]; Sennun et al. [67]
Skills Perrone et al. [30]
Confidence Bemah et al. [46]; Hofmann-Broussard et al. [48]; Mehrotra et al. [49]; Sharma et al. [42]
Self-efficacy Mehrotra et al. [49]; Spagnolo et al. [51]
Knowledge, confidence Blignault et al. [73]
Knowledge, skills Dawson et al. [40]
Skills, self-efficacy Davila et al. [47]
Attitude; practice Werdenberg et al. [72]
Self-efficacy, professional satisfaction Bikinesi et al. [41]
Knowledge, attitude, self-confidence Williams et al. [44]
Knowledge, self-efficacy, motivation Mutale et al. [39]
Knowledge, skills, ability, confidence Edwards et al. [43]
Ability, leadership, motivation Chaoniyom et al. [53]
Attitude, confidence, professional quality of life Sijbrandij et al. [50]
Knowledge, attitude, practice, skills Echeverri et al. [79]
Observation/simulation/surveillance data/practical evaluation (n = 20) Knowledge Pringle et al. [59]; Soeters et al. [60]
Skills Abrahams-Gessel et al. [52]; Bemah et al. [46]; Merchant et al. [57]; Namagembe et al. [31]; Scheel et al. [37]; Sijbrandij et al. [50]; Stephens et al. [61]; Tarannum et al. [36]; Wilson et al. [63]
Ability Sennun et al. [67]
Practice Burnett et al. [70], Minh et al. [58]
Knowledge, skills Asibon et al. [38]
Knowledge, timeliness André et al. [68]
Knowledge, practice Imani et al. [69]
Practice, attitude Tharkar et al. [62]
Skills, competencies Kohrt et al. [64]; Mazia et al. [56]
Interviews and/or focus group discussions (n = 3) Skills Crocker et al. [54]; Dawson et al. [40]
Knowledge, skills Kaewboonchoo et al. [33]
Hospital data/reports (n = 1) Knowledge, Skills Cosimi et al. [35]
Vignettes/case scenarios (n = 3) Attitude Hofmann-Broussard et al. [48]; Kamiru et al. [45]; Minh et al. [58]
Follow-up questionnaires 6 or 12 months later (n = 5) Knowledge Abrahams-Gessel et al. [52]; Namazzi et al. [84]; Oleribe et al. [86]
Skills Blignault et al. [73]
Knowledge, skills, attitude, confidence, professional quality of life Sijbrandij et al. [50]