Table 1.

Search strategy used in CINAHL database

Cinahl
Search terms for CINAHL	(MH "Patient Discharge") (MH "Discharge Planning") (MH "Early Patient Discharge") (MH "Patient Discharge Education") (MH "Readmission") (MH "Continuity of Patient Care+") (MH "Patient Discharge Summaries") (MH "After Care") (MH "Home Health Care")	(MH "Enterostomy+") (MH "Colectomy") (MH "Colorectal Neoplasms+/SU")	Recovery (MH "Postoperative Care") (MH "Postoperative Period") (MH "Postoperative Complications")
Keywords combination	(Discharge N3 (transit* OR plan* OR patient*)) OR (transit* N3 (home OR care OR recover*)) OR (home N3 (convalesc* OR recover*) OR (after N2 care))
	Colectomy OR Enterostomy OR Colostomy OR Ileostomy OR Enterostomy OR ((Colonic OR Colorectal Stoma OR rectal) N4 surger*)
	Recovery* OR "ERAS" postoperative OR "fast‐track" postoperative

Abbreviations: CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; ERAS, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery; MH, Medical Subject Heading; SU, surgery.