Leave Against Medical Advice Systematic Review Search Strategy

Abstract

To identify studies to include or consider for this scoping review, the review team worked with a medical librarian (TN) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-S extension was followed for search reporting. The medical librarian (TN) developed the search for PubMed (NLM) and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed (NLM) search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy, and all final searches were peer-reviewed by another medical librarian following the PRESS checklist. The databases included in this search are PubMed (NLM), Cochrane Central (Wiley), Embase (Elsevier), CINAHL (EbscoHost), and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included a clinical trials registry (clinicaltrials.gov), search.bioPreprint (https://www.hsls.pitt.edu/), and the TRIP Pro medical database (tripdatabase.com) website. There were no limits to the search. All final searches were performed on April 20, 2023 by the librarian and were fully reported (TN). The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in Appendix(___).