Table 1 Example of electronic search strategies used – limits: Humans, Male, Female, English, All Adult: 19+ years, Publication Date from 2000/01/01 to 2009/12/31
From: The ongoing impacts of hepatitis c - a systematic narrative review of the literature
Search strategy 1 | Search strategy 2 | |
|---|---|---|
Search terms: | “(hepatitis C OR HCV) AND (cohort study OR follow up study OR longitudinal study OR prospective study OR retrospective study OR concurrent study)” | “(hepatitis C OR HCV) AND (quality of life OR social impact OR socioeconomic impact OR psychological well being).” |
Number of studies identified in total: | 1608 | 335 |
Number of studies excluding reviews: | 1592 | 320 |
Number of studies excluding experimental trials | 570 | 299 |