Table 4

Sustainability themes and links with the Consolidated Framework for Sustainability (CFS)

CFS constructs—bold text indicating those mapping to identified themes	Sustainability themes
	Monitoring outcomes and regular check-in	Intervention materials	Staff workload	Staff continuity	Ongoing communication and awareness raising	Intervention effectiveness	Care home priorities
Demonstrating effectiveness	*		*			*
Monitoring progress over time	*	*
Training and capacity building				*
Evidence base for the initiative						*
Expertise
The problem
Project duration
Improvement methods
Project type
Belief in the initiative			*			*
Accountability of roles and responsibilities
Defining aims and shared vision
Incentives
Workload			*			*
Complexity					*
Job requirements
Stakeholder participation
Leadership and champions
Relationships and collaboration and networks					*
Community participation
Staff involvement	*
Ownership	*						*
Power
Patient involvement
Satisfaction
General resources	*	*
Funding		*
Infrastructure
Resource—staff			*	*
Resource—time			*	*
Integration with existing programmes and policies							*
Intervention adaptation and receptivity
Organisational values and culture							*
Organisational readiness and capacity
Support available
Opposition
Socioeconomic and political considerations
Awareness and raising the profile				*	*
Urgency
Spread to other organisations					*