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Table 1 PICo question and search terms

From: Healthcare middle managers’ experiences of developing capacity and capability: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

 

Participants: Healthcare middle managers

Boolean operator:

Interest of phenomena: Developing the capacity and capability for leadership

Boolean operator:

Context:Complexity in public healthcare services

Search terms, step 1

Middle manager OR First-line manager OR Leadership ORLeaders

AND

Developing OR

Learning OR

Capacity OR

Capability OR

AND

Healthcare OR Complexity

Final search terms, step 2

Leaders* OR

Nurse leaders* OR

Nurse administrators OR

Nurse manage* OR

Hospital administrators OR

Health facility administrators OR

Middle manage* OR Nursing manage* OR

Personnel manage* OR Quality manage*

AND

Capacity building OR Capabilities OR Competence OR

Development

AND

Health care OR

Health care system OR Healthcare system OR

Public sector OR Health care sector OR

Delivery of Health Care OR

Delivery of healthcare OR

Healthcare delivery OR

Health care delivery OR

Complexity

  1. *Indicates truncation; cutting the end of the search term to expand the search