Traumatic Bereavement and Healing Meta-Synthesis Search Strategy
Thorvaldsdottir, Karen Birna Ikeda, Mari
Thorvaldsdottir, Karen Birna
Ikeda, Mari
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2023-12-12
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/9221
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The databases included in this search are PubMed (NLM), PsycInfo (EbscoHost), CINAHL (EbscoHost), Academic Search Complete (Ebscohost), and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included TRIP Pro medical database (tripdatabase.com) website and BioPreprint (https://www.hsls.pitt.edu/). The search was limited to adults, qualitative studies, and publication date1990-01-01 to 2023-10-23 (date of last search). All final searches were performed on October 23, 2023 by the librarian and were fully reported on October 25, 2023. The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in Appendix(___). They are also archived at [DOI].
A summary of the search results from databases:
PubMed (NLM) from inception to 10/23/2023 (1,223 Results)
PsycInfo (EbscoHost) from inception to 6/2/2022 (1,225 Results)
CINAHL (EbscoHost) from inception to 6/2/2022 (502 Results)
Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost) from inception to 6/2/2022 (1,306 Results)
Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) from inception to 6/2/2022 (728 Results)
The search resulted in 5,071 studies and 2,048 duplicate studies were found and omitted by the librarian using EndNote 20 and following the Wichor M. Bramer deduplication identification strategy available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4915647/. This resulted in 3,017 records to screen from databases or registers and 6 records to screen from other methods, resulting in a total of 3,023 records. Studies were screened by title and abstract by two blinded and independent reviewers. If a tiebreaker was needed, a third reviewer was called in. This process was repeated for full text article screening and article selection.
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Schoonmade LJ. 2020. Qualitative Research Hedge. https://blocks.bmi-online.nl/catalog/293
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To identify studies to include or consider for this meta-synthesis, the review team worked with a librarian (TN) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-S extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (TN) developed the search for [database] and translated the search for every database searched. The [database] search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (Jacob Brintzenhoff) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search was limited by date from 1990-01-01 to 2023-10-23 (date of final search) The PubMed search used a Qualitative Research hedge, modified from Schoonade LJ. (1) and is available at https://blocks.bmi-online.nl/catalog/293.
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Nace, T., Sinko, L., fiorvaldsdÛttir, K., and Ikedaet, M. Search Strategies for a meta-synthesis of Traumatic Bereavement and healing for those that have experienced loss. December 8, 2023. Temple University Health Sciences Libraries, Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Review Service.
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