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Search strategy details for UK AHP research capacity building scoping review

Articles were searched from the identified key databases for Allied Health Professions: Medline (Ebsco), CINAHL Complete, PubMed, APA PsycInfo and SPORTDiscus.

The Population Concept Context (PCC) framework was utilised to identify the key terms that would be used to build the searches in the database’s search engines 1. The PCC components and the keywords are demonstrated in the table below.

PCC Components and definitions

Identified keywords/terms (and how they were constructed in the search engines)

Population (UK formally recognised Allied Health Professions)

Art therapist (“art therap*”), Drama therapist (“drama therap*”), Music therapist (“music therap*”), Dietitian (dietitian*/dietetic*), Osteopath (osteopath*), Operating department practitioner (“operating department practi*”/ODP), Speech and language therapist (“speech and language therap*”), Diagnostic radiographer (“diagnostic radiograph*”/radiograph*), Therapeutic radiographer (“therapeutic radiograph*”), Paramedic (“paramedic*), Podiatrist (“podiatr*), Physiotherapist (“physiotherap*”), Occupational therapist (“occupational therap*”), Orthoptist (orthopti*), Prosthetist/orthotist (prostheti*/orthoti*)

Concept (research culture and research capacity and capability building​)

Research culture, Research capability, ​

Research capacity, Research activity, Research skills, ​Capacity building, Research capacity development, Organisational culture research, ​Research support, Medical research, Health services research, Health research, Allied health research, Research barriers, Research enablers, Research motivators, Research strategy, Workforce development, Action research, Research participation, Research knowledge  

Context (within the UK)

United Kingdom

 

The search utilised Boolean operators “OR” and “AND” to produce search results that are more focused to the research’s enquiry. Truncations were used to identify substitutes and quotation marks to search for exact phrases 2.

An inclusion/exclusion criterion was utilised to define the characteristics of the articles that would be included in the scoping review to address the review’s enquiry 3. The table below shows the inclusion/exclusion criteria that was developed and applied to the studies for eligibility.

Inclusion 

Exclusion 

Studies involving qualified allied health professionals from one or more professional groupings in the UK. 

Letters, editorial and opinion publications. 

Studies exploring research capacity and culture issues and the interventions to increase the capacity and culture of AHPs. 

Narrative reviews. 

Primary research involving qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodologies. 

Studies focusing on AHPs that are outside of the UK. 

Studies utilizing a systematic search strategy such as systematic reviews and scoping reviews. 

 

Publications written in the English language. 

 

No date limits on studies. 

 



 

 References

1. University of South Australia. Apply PCC. https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/ScopingReviews/ApplyPCC#:~:text=PCC%20%28Population%20%28or%20participants%29%2FConcept%2FContext%29%20framework%20is%20recommended%20by,missed%20inclusion%20and%20exclusion%20criteria%20for%20your%20protocol. Updated 2023. Accessed Sep 20, 2022.

2. Spencer SM. Google power search. Beijing: Sebastopol, California; 2011.

3. Patino CM, Ferreira JC. Inclusion and exclusion criteria in research studies: Definitions and why they matter. J Bras Pneumol. 2018;44(2):84. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044655/. Accessed Jun 23, 2024. doi: 10.1590/S1806-37562018000000088.

 

 

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