The search strategy will aim to locate both published and unpublished studies. An initial limited search of
PubMed and
CINAHL (EBSCO) was undertaken to identify articles on the topic. The text words (ie, free text words) contained in the titles and abstracts of relevant articles identified in the initial search, and the index terms (ie, MeSH terms in
MEDLINE [Ovid]) used to describe the articles were used to develop a full search strategy for
MEDLINE (Ovid; see Appendix I). The search strategy, including all identified keywords and index terms, will be adapted for each included database and/or information source. The reference list of all included sources of evidence will be screened for additional studies.
Studies published in English, Finnish, or Swedish will be included. Limitations regarding publication date will not be applied.
The databases to be searched include
MEDLINE (
PubMed),
CINAHL (EBSCO),
ProQuest (Abi/Inform), Scopus, Medic (a Finnish database), Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Cochrane CENTRAL. MedNar will be searched to identify unpublished studies and gray literature.
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