Table 1 Eligibility criteria

Year of Publication

2012 to present day. No date limit for studies with systematic reviews

Pre 2012

Study type

Systematic review

Meta-analysis

Cochrane review

(eligible protocols can be screened for full text to establish whether the review has been completed/published)

Realist review

Scoping review

Studies using any other review method

Empirical research

Editorial pieces

Language

English language (or translated version available) review

Instrument outcome measures available in and developed for the English language

No translation available

Instrument outcome measures designed specifically for other languages

Outcome measures

Reviews reporting instruments measuring implementation outcome measures e.g. based on Proctors taxonomy of outcomes; Consolidated Framework of Implementation Research; RE-AIM; Normalisation process theory

Reviews reporting clinical effectiveness and/or patient reported outcomes

Participants

Reviews reporting instruments measuring implementation outcomes of an intervention for/with healthcare professionals

Reviews reporting instruments that only use patients or public as participants

Setting

Any healthcare setting

Methodological Strength

Reviews that consider the methodological quality/psychometric strength of the instruments