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Table 1 Literature search strategies

From: Outcomes for implementation science: an enhanced systematic review of instruments using evidence-based rating criteria

Strategy

Definition

1) Search instrument by name

Full instrument name entered into each search engine.

2) Search instrument by acronym

Acronym(s) entered into each search engine.

3) Search by source article identification

Source article name/reference entered into each search engine.

4) Search by source article ā€œcited byā€ feature

Source article entered into Google Scholar and ā€œcited byā€ feature was used.

5) Search for grey literature

Instrument searched in Google to identify grey literature.