Table 5.
Categories of implementation strategies [22] used in the included studies.
| Studies | Engage consumers | Use evaluative and iterative strategies | Change infrastructure | Adapt and tailor to the context | Develop stakeholder interrelationships | Use financial strategies | Support clinicians | Provide interactive assistance | Train and educate stakeholders | Total categories reported | Overarching implementation strategy (study authors’ description) |
| Bailey [48] | x |
|
x |
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|
|
|
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x | 3 | Training |
| Boonstra [49] | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
|
|
7 | Not reported |
| Fortney [50] | x | x | x | x | x |
|
|
x | x | 7 | External facilitation/mixed |
| Hadjistavropoulos [51] | x | x |
|
|
x | x | x | x | x | 7 | External facilitation |
| Hendy [52] |
|
x | x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
x | 5 | Not reported |
| Hendy [59] |
|
|
x |
|
x | x |
|
x |
|
4 | Managerial strategies |
| Horton [53] |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
|
x | 2 | Not reported |
| Lindsay [54] |
|
x | x | x | x |
|
|
x | x | 6 | External facilitation |
| Taylor [55] | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
|
x | 8 | Action research |
| Terpstra [56] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
x | 1 | Training |
| Wells [57] | x | x |
|
x | x | x | x |
|
x | 7 | Mixed |
| Wilhelmsen [58] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
x | 1 | Training |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
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