| Abbreviation | Full term |
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
| EBP | Evidence-Based Practice |
| GRADE | Grade of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
| GRADE-CERQual | Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| MEDLINE | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| PRISMA-P | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |