To what extent do nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review

Table 1 Search Strategy

Database	Edition	No. Articles
Cochrane database of Systematic Reviews	Through to 1^st quarter 2008	0
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	Through to 1^st quarter 2008	0
CINAHL	Through to May 7, 2007	3,130
MEDLINE	Through to May 7, 2007	3,842
EMBASE	Through to May 7, 2007	2,881
HAPI	Through to May 7, 2007	7,212
Web of Science	Through to May 7, 2007	2,616
SCOPUS	Through to May 7, 2007	2,080
OCLC PapersFirst	Through to May 9, 2007	62
OCLC WorldCat	Through to May 9, 2007	269
ABI Inform	Through to May, 2007	641
Sociological Abstracts	Through to May 9, 2007	332
Dissertation Abstracts	Through to February 9, 2008	1,300
Subtotal		24,365
Duplicates removed		- 11,947
Total		12,418

Search terms: (1) Research uptake, (2) research use, (3) uptake of research, (4) innovation diffusion, (5) diffusion of innovation(s), (6) dissemination of innovation(s), (7) research utili$ation, (8)research dissemination, (9) dissemination of research, (10) diffusion of research, (11) research transfer, (12) research implementation, (13) knowledge transfer, (14) knowledge uptake OR (15) nursing practice questionnaire, (16) research utilization survey, (17) Edmonton research orientation AND (18) survey, (19) survey*, (20) questionnaire*, (21) instrument*, (22) scale*, (23) reliability, (24) validity, (25) validation, (26) reproducib*, (27) benchmark*, (28) measur*, (29) evaluat*, (30) assess*
*Map subheadings and specific words truncations were used per each database

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