Performing Spirometry and Low Dose Chest CT to Screen for COPD Systematic Review Search Strategy

Abstract

To identify studies to include or consider for this systematic review, 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 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. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (Jacob Brintzenhoff) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist).

The databases included in this search are PubMed (NLM), Embase (Elsevier), Cochrane Central (Wiley), CINAHL (EbscoHost), and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included two clinical trials registries, clinicaltrials.gov and WHO ICTRP (https://trialsearch.who.int/), and the pre-print MedRxiv (https://www.medrxiv.org/). The search was limited to English language and to adults. All final searches were performed on November 17, 2023 by the librarian (TN) and were fully reported on November 21, 2023. The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in Appendix(___). They are also archived at [DOI].