Treatment non-adherence in pediatric long-term medical conditions: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies of caregivers’ views

Table 1 Sample search strategy

		Medline (Ovid)	Embase (Ovid)	Cinahl	PsycInfo
		1996 to Dec 2011	1996 to Dec 2011
1	Patient compliance/or patient compliance.mp [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading	29572	67481	10966	687
2	Adherence.mp	48282	59237	2057	3897
3	Qualitative$.mp	80103	97242	35739	60138
4	1 or 2	70065	112359		3901
5	5 and 6	1672	2132	494	208
6	Limit 5 – all child (0 to 18 years)	331	152	86	24

Notes:
Multiple searches of the electronic databases were carried out – this is just one example. Other search strategies included using ‘concordance’ as a key word.
Searches such as the one above were then carried out in combination with common long-term conditions in children, such as asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and juvenile arthritis, sickle cell anaemia, bowel disease.

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