Table 1 Ovid MEDLINE -search example
From: Nursing informatics and patient safety outcomes in critical care settings: a systematic review
# | Searches | Fields | Explanations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First Concept | 1 | Patient | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching |
2 | Patient Safe* | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
3 | Safety Management/ | Title & abstract & full text | Subject headings are indicated with “/” | |
4 | Quality of care | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
5 | Management | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
6 | Quality improvement | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
7 | Risk assessment/ | Title & abstract & full text | Subject headings are indicated with “/” | |
8 | Medical error | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
9 | Adverse event | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
10 | 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 | OR will retrieve all articles from 2 to 9 | ||
11 | 1 AND 10 | AND will combine all research results | ||
Second Concept | 12 | NURS* | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching |
13 | Nursing informatics | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
14 | Information system*/ | Title & abstract & full text | Subject headings are indicated with “/” | |
15 | Electronic medical record OR EMR | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
16 | Electronic Health record OR EHR | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
17 | Clinical decision support system* | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
18 | Decision support system, clinical/ | Title & abstract & full text | Subject headings are indicated with “/” | |
19 | Clinical practice guideline | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
20 | Scoring system | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
21 | Telehealth | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
22 | Telemedicine/ | Title & abstract & full text | Subject headings are indicated with “/” | |
23 | 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 | OR will retrieve all articles from 13 to 22 | ||
24 | 12 AND 23 | AND will combine all research results | ||
Third Concept | 25 | Emergency Departments OR ED OR Casualty OR ER OR Emergency Room | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching |
26 | Accident and Emergency | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
27 | Critical Care | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
28 | Intensive Care Unit OR ICU | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
29 | High dependency unit OR HDU OR High therapy unit | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
30 | Coronary care units OR CCU OR Cardiac Care | Title & abstract & full text | Keywords or synonyms searching | |
31 | 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 | OR will retrieve all articles from 25 to 31 | ||
32 | 11 AND 24 AND 31 | AND will combine all research results | ||
33 | Limit 21 to (English language and yr= “2004–2024” and “all adult (19 plus years)”) | The research further limited regarding the patients’ age, the year and language of publications |