Table 5 Complete electronic search strategy for PubMed (including MEDLINE) database

1

(("knowledge translation" OR "research utilization") AND "occupational therap*" AND stroke)

Journal Article, English, Adult: 19+ years

("knowledge translation"[All Fields] OR "research utilization"[All Fields]) AND "occupational therap*"[All Fields] AND ("stroke"[MeSH Terms] OR "stroke"[All Fields] OR "strokes"[All Fields] OR "stroke s"[All Fields])

2

(("occupational therap*") AND ("evidence-based practice")) AND (implement*)

Journal Article, English, Adult: 19+ years

"occupational therap*"[All Fields] AND "evidence-based practice"[All Fields] AND "implement*"[All Fields]

3

(("Diffusion of Innovation"[Mesh] OR "Health Plan Implementation"[Mesh] OR "Organizational Innovation"[Mesh] OR knowledge[Tiab] OR guideline*[Tiab] OR evidence[Tiab] OR research[Tiab]) AND (implement*[Tiab] OR utiliz*[Tiab] OR diffus*[Tiab] OR translat*[Tiab] OR utilis*[Tiab])) OR ((Dissemination[Tiab] OR Diffusion[Tiab]) AND Innovation[Tiab]) OR ((increase*[tiab] OR program*[tiab] OR strateg*[tiab] OR plan*[tiab]) AND implement*[tiab]) AND ("Stroke"[Mesh] OR Cerebral-Vascular-Accident* OR Cerebrovascular-Accident* OR Stroke* OR Brain-Vascular-Accident* OR Apoplexy) AND ("Occupational Therapy"[Mesh] OR "Occupational Therapists"[Mesh] OR occupational-therap*)

Journal Article, English

((("Diffusion of Innovation"[MeSH Terms] OR "Health Plan Implementation"[MeSH Terms] OR "Organizational Innovation"[MeSH Terms] OR "knowledge"[Title/Abstract] OR "guideline*"[Title/Abstract] OR "evidence"[Title/Abstract] OR "research"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("implement*"[Title/Abstract] OR "utiliz*"[Title/Abstract] OR "diffus*"[Title/Abstract] OR "translat*"[Title/Abstract] OR "utilis*"[Title/Abstract])) OR (("Dissemination"[Title/Abstract] OR "Diffusion"[Title/Abstract]) AND "Innovation"[Title/Abstract]) OR (("increase*"[Title/Abstract] OR "program*"[Title/Abstract] OR "strateg*"[Title/Abstract] OR "plan*"[Title/Abstract]) AND "implement*"[Title/Abstract])) AND ("Stroke"[MeSH Terms] OR "cerebral vascular accident*"[All Fields] OR "cerebrovascular accident*"[All Fields] OR "stroke*"[All Fields] OR "brain vascular accident*"[All Fields] OR ("apoplexies"[All Fields] OR "Stroke"[MeSH Terms] OR "Stroke"[All Fields] OR "apoplexy"[All Fields])) AND ("Occupational Therapy"[MeSH Terms] OR "Occupational Therapists"[MeSH Terms] OR "occupational therap*"[All Fields])