Table A-9AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) - Ovid Version: rel9.1.0

1985 to September 2004
Searched September 15, 2004
1.insomni$.mp.
2.exp insomnia/
3.(sleep adj onset adj3 (delay$ or latenc$)).mp.
4.(disorder$ adj initiating adj2 maintaining adj sleep).mp.
5.(early adj2 awaken$).mp.
6.(sleeplessness or agrypnia$ or hyposomnia$).mp.
7.(((time-zone or “time zone”) adj2 change$) or “jet lag”).mp.
8.or/1–7
9.“randomized controlled trial$”.mp.
10.“controlled clinical trial$”.mp.
11.“random allocation”.mp.
12.(“double blind” adj3 method$).mp.
13.(“single blind” adj3 method$).mp.
14.(clin$ adj25 trial$).mp.
15.((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$)).ti,ab.
16.placebo$.ti,ab.
17.random$.ti,ab.
18.“research design$”.mp.
19.“clinical research”.mp.
20.or/9–19
21.animal/
22.20 not 21
23.8 and 22

From: Appendix A: Exact Search Strings

Cover of Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults
Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults.
Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 125.
Buscemi N, Vandermeer B, Friesen C, et al.

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