Table 5

KT Terms that discriminate KT articles from non-KT articles for All KT, KT Applications, and KT Theory papers.

All KT articles

(n = 579)

KT Application articles

(n = 201)

KT Theory Articles

(n = 152)


High discrimination (p < 0.001)


Use: (note negative association)

Implementation

Adoption

Quality improvement

Dissemination

Complex intervention:

Implementation (w/3) research

Complex intervention

Use: (positive association)

Change:

Information

Change

Evaluation

Implementation

Utiliz/sation

Adoption

Quality improvement

Dissemination

Complex intervention:

Complex intervention

Instititionaliz/sation*

Change:

Change

Policy

Implementation

Utiliz/sation

Adoption

Organiz/sational innovation

Innovation

Diffusion

Complex intervention:

Implementation (w/3) research

Complex intervention

Research utiliz/sation

Diffusion of innovation

Opinion leader*

Knowledge transfer*

Knowledge diffusion*

Knowledge (w/3) utiliz/sation*

8 terms

13 terms

18 terms


Medium discrimination (p > 0.001 to 0.01)


Change

Organiz/sational innovation

Innovation

Best practice:

Institutionali/sation

Diffusion of innovation

Translational research

Policy

Policies

Best practice:

Best practice

Continuing education

Implementation (w/3) research

Service innovation*

Linkage and exchange*

Use: (positive association)

Best practice:

Total quality management*

Translational research*

Quality assurance*

Participatory action research*

7 terms

8 terms

6 terms


Low discrimination (p > 0.01 to <0.05)


Utiliz/sation

Diffusion

Total quality management*

Innovation

Participatory action

Research*

Knowledge management* Communities of practice*

Information

Best practice

Action research*

3 terms

4 terms

3 terms


Terms are ordered by frequency in the full dataset (KT and non-KT articles) and some terms are included more than once with variations of spelling and term endings. P values are for the comparison of proportions of the term frequency in non-KT articles compared with the frequency of the term being in KT articles (Chi-square calculations).

z/s spelling indicate both English and US spellings

: indicates truncation

(w/3) means the second word appears within three words of the first word

*fewer than five instances of the term being used

McKibbon et al. Implementation Science 2010 5:16   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-16

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