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Dalton J, Thomas S, Melton H, et al. The provision of services in the UK for UK armed forces veterans with PTSD: a rapid evidence synthesis. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2018 Feb. (Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 6.11.)

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Appendix 2Search strategies

Search strategies for the rapid evidence review of the effectiveness of models of care for armed forces veterans with post traumatic stress disorder

MEDLINE [Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R)]

Via Ovid: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/

Date range searched: 1946 to present.

Date searched: 1 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 2227.

Search strategy

  1. Veterans/ (12,568)
  2. Veterans Health/ (719)
  3. Military Personnel/ (34,456)
  4. veteran$.ti,ab. (27,569)
  5. military.ti,ab. (36,759)
  6. (armed adj (force$or service$or personnel)).ti,ab. (4278)
  7. (army or soldier$or troop or troops).ti,ab. (21,270)
  8. (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men).ti,ab. (1225)
  9. (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women).ti,ab. (159)
  10. (ex-service$or ex-force$or ex-military).ti,ab. (115)
  11. (reservist$or National Guard or (reserve$adj2 (territorial$or force$or volunteer$or home))).ti,ab. (893)
  12. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 (95,591)
  13. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/ (25,510)
  14. PTSD.ti,ab. (17,118)
  15. (stress$adj4 (post-trauma$or posttrauma$or trauma$)).ti,ab. (26,896)
  16. 13 or 14 or 15 (36,828)
  17. 12 and 16 (7041)
  18. Combat Disorders/ (2847)
  19. ((combat or battle or war) adj2 (disorder$or stress$)).ti,ab. (1130)
  20. operational stress$.ti,ab. (103)
  21. ((combat or battle or war) adj (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)).ti,ab. (220)
  22. (shell shock$or shellshock$).ti,ab. (118)
  23. 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 (3898)
  24. 12 and 23 (2540)
  25. 17 or 24 (7665)
  26. “Delivery of Health Care”/ (74,408)
  27. exp “Delivery of Health Care, Integrated”/ (10,160)
  28. Patient-Centered Care/ (14,029)
  29. disease management/ (25,683)
  30. Case Management/ (9287)
  31. models, nursing/ (11,501)
  32. “Continuity of Patient Care”/ (16,469)
  33. Comprehensive Health Care/ (6335)
  34. Patient Care Management/ (2788)
  35. exp Patient Care Team/ (60,170)
  36. exp Patient Care Planning/ (57,684)
  37. Holistic Health/ (7383)
  38. Holistic Nursing/ (3019)
  39. Hospitals, veterans/ (6235)
  40. United States Department of Veterans Affairs/ (6219)
  41. (deliver$adj3 (care or healthcare or service$)).ti,ab. (50,137)
  42. ((system or systems) adj3 (care or healthcare or service$)).ti,ab. (71,733)
  43. ((organis$or organiz$) adj3 (care or healthcare or service$)).ti,ab. (27,915)
  44. ((model or models) adj2 (care or healthcare or service$or treatment$or intervention$or therap$)).ti,ab. (26,806)
  45. (integrat$adj2 (care or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$)).ti,ab. (27,863)
  46. (collaborat$adj3 (care or manag$or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$or working)).ti,ab. (12,675)
  47. (patient-centred or patient-centered).ti,ab. (13,147)
  48. (medical home or PCMH).ti,ab. (2297)
  49. shared care.ti,ab. (1054)
  50. (continu$adj2 care).ti,ab. (13,214)
  51. ((coordinat$or co-ordinat$) adj2 (care or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$)).ti,ab. (10,337)
  52. (team$adj2 (care or treatment$or assessment$or consultation$or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$)).ti,ab. (21,699)
  53. (multidisciplinary or interprofessional or multispecialty or interdisciplinary or multimodal or multi-disciplinary or inter-professional or multi-specialty or inter-disciplinary or multi-modal).ti,ab. (118,039)
  54. (interorgani?ation$or multiprofessional or multiagenc$or interagenc$or inter-organi?ation$or multi-professional or multi-agenc$or inter-agenc$).ti,ab. (5085)
  55. (specialty adj2 (care or healthcare or clinic$or service$or program$or approach$or treatment$or therap$or intervention$)).ti,ab. (5571)
  56. ((case or care) adj management).ti,ab. (14,962)
  57. (comanag$or co-manag$).ti,ab. (789)
  58. stepped care.ti,ab. (973)
  59. holistic.ti,ab. (15,996)
  60. or/26–59 (566,945)
  61. 25 and 60 (1076)
  62. exp Telemedicine/ (19,483)
  63. exp Telephone/ (18,496)
  64. Telecommunications/ (4596)
  65. exp Videoconferencing/ (1306)
  66. Mobile Applications/ (1421)
  67. Therapy, Computer-Assisted/ (5834)
  68. Internet/ (59,701)
  69. (telemedicine or telehealth or telehealthcare or telecare or telemental or telemanagement or telerehabilitation or telepsychology or teletherapy or tele-medicine or tele-health or tele-healthcare or tele-care or tele-management or tele-mental or tele-rehabilitation or tele-psychology or tele-therapy).ti,ab. (11,881)
  70. (telephone$or cell phone$or cellphone or mobile phone$or smartphone$or smart phone$or mobile app$or mobile device$).ti,ab. (60,915)
  71. (text messag$or SMS or short messag$service$or texting or messaging).ti,ab. (7844)
  72. (teleconferenc$or videoconferenc$or tele-conferenc$or video-conferenc$).ti,ab. (2822)
  73. (web-based or internet-based).ti,ab. (26,638)
  74. ((web or online or on line or internet or computer or digital or e-mail or e-mail or phone or electronic) adj3 (therap$or treatment$or intervention$or program$or platform$)).ti,ab. (29,416)
  75. (mobile health or mhealth or e-mental health or mobile technolog$).ti,ab. (2645)
  76. or/62–75 (193,044)
  77. 25 and 76 (299)
  78. self care/ (27,976)
  79. self administration/ (10,235)
  80. self medication/ (4350)
  81. Self-Assessment/ (11,254)
  82. (selfcare or self care).ti,ab. (13,145)
  83. (selfmanag$or self manag$).ti,ab. (12,880)
  84. (selfmonitor$or self monitor$).ti,ab. (5983)
  85. (selfhelp or self help).ti,ab. (5419)
  86. (selftreat$or self treat$).ti,ab. (1407)
  87. (selfmedicat$or self medicat$).ti,ab. (3394)
  88. (selfdiagnos$or self diagnos$).ti,ab. (570)
  89. (selfadminist$or self administ$).ti,ab. (35,495)
  90. (selfassess$or self assess$).ti,ab. (11,970)
  91. Self-Help Groups/ (8362)
  92. or/78–91 (123,524)
  93. 25 and 92 (159)
  94. exp Psychotherapy, Group/ (24,738)
  95. (group$adj2 (therap$or psychotherap$or treatment$or intervention$or program$)).ti,ab. (149,929)
  96. ((family or families) adj2 (therap$or psychotherap$or treatment$or intervention$or program$)).ti,ab. (15,774)
  97. 94 or 95 or 96 (178,963)
  98. 25 and 97 (310)
  99. biopsychosocial.ti,ab. (4211)
  100. (psychopharmacolog$or psychopharmacotherap$).ti,ab. (8052)
  101. 99 or 100 (12,220)
  102. 25 and 101 (34)
  103. exp Mental Health Services/ (83,986)
  104. Community Mental Health Centers/ (2801)
  105. Community Psychiatry/ (1773)
  106. (mental health adj2 (service$or clinic$or setting$or provider$or program$)).ti,ab. (20,910)
  107. (community adj4 (service$or clinic$or setting$or provider$or program$)).ti,ab. (54,269)
  108. (community-based adj4 (service$or clinic$or setting$or provider$or program$)).ti,ab. (12,066)
  109. outreach.ti,ab. (10,169)
  110. 103 or 104 or 105 or 106 or 107 or 108 or 109 (153,728)
  111. 25 and 110 (704)
  112. Organizations, Nonprofit/ (3024)
  113. Voluntary Health Agencies/ (4073)
  114. Charities/ (3551)
  115. third sector.ti,ab. (131)
  116. (nonprofit or non profit or not-for-profit).ti,ab. (6859)
  117. (voluntary adj2 (agenc$or organi?ation$or sector$)).ti,ab. (1531)
  118. (charity or charities or charitable).ti,ab. (4705)
  119. or/112–118 (20,768)
  120. 25 and 119 (17)
  121. social support/ (59,357)
  122. peer group/ (16,566)
  123. (support adj2 (group$or network$or peer$or social)).ti,ab. (40,743)
  124. (peer$adj2 (intervention$or service$or program$or visit$)).ti,ab. (2102)
  125. or/121–124 (97,101)
  126. 25 and 125 (412)
  127. 61 or 77 or 93 or 98 or 102 or 111 or 120 or 126 (2304)
  128. (letter or editorial or comment).pt. (1,539,706)
  129. 127 not 128 (2227)
Key

/ = indexing term (MeSH heading)

exp = exploded indexing term (MeSH heading)

$ = truncation

ti,ab = terms in either title or abstract fields

adj = terms next to each other (order specified)

adj2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

pt = publication type

? = optional wildcard – one or no characters present

PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress

Via Proquest: www.proquest.com/

Date ranged searched: inception to 4 November 2016.

Date searched: 4 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 3462.

Search strategy

(SU.EXACT(“Veterans”) OR SU.EXACT(“Air Force Personnel” OR “Army Personnel” OR “Child Soldiers” OR “Coast Guard Personnel” OR “Commissioned Officers” OR “Enlisted Personnel” OR “Marine Personnel” OR “Military Personnel” OR “Military Police Personnel” OR “Missing in Action” OR “National Guard Personnel” OR “Navy Personnel” OR “Noncommissioned Officers” OR “Peacekeeping Personnel” OR “Reserve Personnel” OR “Resistance Fighters” OR “Special Forces Personnel”) OR TI,AB(veteran* OR military) OR TI,AB((armed NEAR/1 force*) OR (armed NEAR/1 service*) OR (armed NEAR/1 personnel)) OR TI,AB(army OR soldier* OR troop OR troops) OR TI,AB(serviceman OR servicemen OR service-man OR service-men) OR TI,AB(servicewoman OR servicewomen OR service-woman OR service-women) OR TI,AB(ex-service*) OR TI,AB(ex-force*) OR TI,AB(ex-military) OR TI,AB(reservist* OR National Guard OR (reserve* NEAR/2 territorial*) OR (reserve NEAR/2 force*) OR (reserve NEAR/2 volunteer*) OR (reserve NEAR/2 home))) AND ((SU.EXACT(“Integrated Treatment”) OR SU.EXACT(“Client Centered Psychotherapy”) OR SU.EXACT(“Case Management”) OR (SU.EXACT(“Veterans Centers”) OR SU.EXACT(“Veterans Hospitals”)) OR SU.EXACT(“Veterans Organizations”)) OR (TI,AB(deliver* NEAR/3 (care OR healthcare OR service*)) OR (TI,AB((system OR systems) NEAR/3 (care OR healthcare OR service*)) OR TI,AB((organis* OR organis*) NEAR/3 (care OR healthcare OR service*))) OR (TI,AB((model OR models) NEAR/2 (care OR healthcare OR service* OR treatment* OR intervention* OR therap*)) OR TI,AB(integrat* NEAR/2 (care OR healthcare OR service* OR program* OR approach*))) OR (TI,AB(collaborat* NEAR/3 (care OR manag* OR healthcare OR service* OR program* OR approach* OR working)) OR TI,AB(patient-centred OR patient-centered)) OR (TI,AB(“medical home” OR PCMH) OR TI,AB(“shared care”)) OR (TI,AB(continu* NEAR/2 care) OR TI,AB((coordinat* OR co-ordinat*) NEAR/2 (care OR healthcare OR service* OR program* OR approach*))) OR (TI,AB(team* NEAR/2 (care OR treatment* OR assessment* OR consultation* OR healthcare OR service* OR program* OR approach*)) OR TI,AB(multidisciplinary OR interprofessional OR multispecialty OR interdisciplinary OR multimodal OR multi-disciplinary OR inter-professional OR multi-specialty OR inter-disciplinary OR multi-modal))) OR (TI,AB(interorgani?ation* or multiprofessional or multiagenc* or interagenc* or inter-organi?ation* or multi-professional or multi-agenc* or inter-agenc*) OR (TI,AB(specialty NEAR/2 (care OR healthcare OR clinic* OR service* OR program* OR approach* OR treatment* OR therap* OR intervention*)) OR TI,AB((case OR care) NEAR/1 management)) OR (TI,AB(comanag* OR co-manag*) OR TI,AB(“stepped care”)) OR TI,AB(holistic)) OR ((SU.EXACT(“Telemedicine”) OR SU.EXACT(“Computer Assisted Psychotherapy”) OR SU.EXACT(“Videotherapy”)) OR TI,AB(telemedicine OR telehealth OR telehealthcare OR telecare OR telemental OR telemanagement OR telerehabilitation OR telepsychology OR teletherapy OR tele-medicine OR tele-health OR tele-healthcare OR tele-care OR tele-management OR tele-mental OR tele-rehabilitation OR tele-psychology OR tele-therapy) OR TI,AB(telephone* OR “cell phone” OR “cell phones” OR cellphone OR “mobile phone” OR “mobile phones” OR smartphone* OR “smart phone” OR “smart phones” OR (mobile NEAR/1 app*) OR “mobile device” OR “mobile devices”) OR TI,AB(text messag* OR SMS OR short messag* service* or texting or messaging) OR TI,AB(teleconferenc* OR videoconferenc* OR tele-conferenc* OR video-conferenc*) OR TI,AB(web-based OR internet-based) OR TI,AB((web OR online OR on-line OR internet OR computer OR digital OR e-mail OR e-mail OR phone OR electronic) NEAR/3 (therap* OR treatment* OR intervention* OR program* OR platform*)) OR TI,AB(“mobile health” OR mhealth OR “e-mental health” OR mobile technolog*)) OR (SU.EXACT(“Self Help Techniques”) OR TI,AB(selfcare OR self-care OR selfmanag* OR self-manag* OR selfmonitor* OR self-monitor* OR selfhelp OR self help OR selftreat* OR self-treat* OR selfmedicat* OR self-medicat* OR selfdiagnos* OR self-diagnos* OR selfadminist* OR self-administ* OR selfassess* OR self- assess*)) OR (SU.EXACT(“Encounter Group Therapy” OR “Group Psychotherapy” OR “Marathon Group Therapy” OR “Psychodrama” OR “Therapeutic Community” OR “Trauma Focused Group Psychotherapy”) OR SU.EXACT(“Behavioral Couples Therapy” OR “Conjoint Therapy” OR “Family Therapy”) OR TI,AB(group* NEAR/2 (therap* OR psychotherap* OR treatment* OR intervention* OR program*)) OR TI,AB((family OR families) NEAR/2 (therap* OR psychotherap* OR treatment* OR intervention* OR program*))) OR (SU.EXACT(“Psychopharmacology”) OR TI,AB(biopsychosocial OR psychopharmacolog* OR psychopharmacotherap*)) OR (SU.EXACT(“Community Mental Health Centers”) OR TI,AB(“mental health” NEAR/2 (service* OR clinic* OR setting* OR provider* OR program*)) OR TI,AB(community NEAR/4 (service* OR clinic* OR setting* OR provider* OR program*)) OR TI,AB(community-based NEAR/4 (service* OR clinic* OR setting* OR provider* OR program*)) OR SU.EXACT(“Outreach Programs”) OR TI,AB(outreach)) OR ((SU.EXACT(“Nongovernmental Organizations”) OR SU.EXACT(“Voluntary Organizations”)) OR (TI,AB(“third sector”) OR TI,AB(nonprofit or “non profit” or “not-for-profit”)) OR (TI,AB(voluntary NEAR/2 (agenc* OR organi?ation* OR sector*)) OR TI,AB(charity OR charities OR charitable))) OR ((SU.EXACT(“Support Groups”) OR SU.EXACT(“Social Support Networks”) OR SU.EXACT(“Peer Counseling”)) OR (TI,AB(support NEAR/2 (group* OR network* OR peer* OR social)) OR TI,AB(peer* NEAR/2 (intervention* OR service* OR program* OR visit*)))))

Key

SU.EXACT = subject heading

TI,AB = terms in the title or abstract fields

NEAR/2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

* = truncation

? = wildcard – represents one single character

“ “ = phrase search

PsycINFO

Via Ovid: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/

Date range searched: 1806 to October week 5 2016.

Date searched: 4 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 2102.

Search strategy

  1. military veterans/ (9952)
  2. exp military personnel/ (14,544)
  3. military duty status/ (466)
  4. veteran$.ti,ab. (16,396)
  5. military.ti,ab. (20,151)
  6. (armed adj (force$or service$or personnel)).ti,ab. (1717)
  7. (army or soldier$or troop or troops).ti,ab. (12,397)
  8. (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men).ti,ab. (444)
  9. (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women).ti,ab. (78)
  10. (ex-service$or ex-force$or ex-military).ti,ab. (109)
  11. (reservist$or National Guard or (reserve$adj2 (territorial$or force$or volunteer$or home))).ti,ab. (685)
  12. or/1–11 (46,364)
  13. exp posttraumatic stress disorder/ (26,208)
  14. PTSD.ti,ab. (24,525)
  15. (stress$adj4 (post-trauma$or posttrauma$or trauma$)).ti,ab. (33,779)
  16. 13 or 14 or 15 (38,912)
  17. 12 and 16 (7945)
  18. ((combat or battle or war) adj2 (disorder$or stress$)).ti,ab. (1275)
  19. operational stress$.ti,ab. (118)
  20. ((combat or battle or war) adj (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)).ti,ab. (516)
  21. (shell shock$or shellshock$).ti,ab. (207)
  22. or/18–21 (1978)
  23. 12 and 22 (1190)
  24. 17 or 23 (8451)
  25. health care delivery/ (18,876)
  26. integrated services/ (2775)
  27. client centered therapy/ (2870)
  28. disease management/ (5365)
  29. case management/ (2839)
  30. “continuum of care”/ (1452)
  31. interdisciplinary treatment approach/ (6544)
  32. multimodal treatment approach/ (1708)
  33. treatment planning/ (4672)
  34. holistic health/ (1764)
  35. (deliver$adj3 (care or healthcare or service$)).ti,ab. (22,836)
  36. ((system or systems) adj3 (care or healthcare or service$)).ti,ab. (23,069)
  37. ((organis$or organiz$) adj3 (care or healthcare or service$)).ti,ab. (10,782)
  38. ((model or models) adj2 (care or healthcare or service$or treatment$or intervention$or therap$)).ti,ab. (197,32)
  39. (integrat$adj2 (care or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$)).ti,ab. (13,619)
  40. (collaborat$adj3 (care or manag$or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$or working)).ti,ab. (5305)
  41. (patient-centred or patient-centered).ti,ab. (3997)
  42. (medical home or PCMH).ti,ab. (667)
  43. shared care.ti,ab. (293)
  44. (continu$adj2 care).ti,ab. (4434)
  45. ((coordinat$or co-ordinat$) adj2 (care or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$)).ti,ab. (3892)
  46. (team$adj2 (care or treatment$or assessment$or consultation$or healthcare or service$or program$or approach$)).ti,ab. (8461)
  47. (multidisciplinary or interprofessional or multispecialty or interdisciplinary or multimodal or multi-disciplinary or inter-professional or multi-specialty or inter-disciplinary or multi-modal).ti,ab. (46,265)
  48. (interorgani?ation$or multiprofessional or multiagenc$or interagenc$or inter-organi?ation$or multi-professional or multi-agenc$or inter-agenc$).ti,ab. (4708)
  49. (specialty adj2 (care or healthcare or clinic$or service$or program$or approach$or treatment$or therap$or intervention$)).ti,ab. (1881)
  50. ((case or care) adj management).ti,ab. (5731)
  51. (comanag$or co-manag$).ti,ab. (164)
  52. stepped care.ti,ab. (582)
  53. holistic.ti,ab. (14,723)
  54. or/25–53 (183,056)
  55. 24 and 54 (697)
  56. telemedicine/ (3607)
  57. exp telephone systems/ (4970)
  58. telecommunications media/ (1315)
  59. teleconferencing/ (799)
  60. exp mobile devices/ (4195)
  61. exp electronic communication/ (15,247)
  62. computer assisted therapy/ (775)
  63. online therapy/ (1981)
  64. internet/ (25,981)
  65. websites/ (3982)
  66. (telemedicine or telehealth or telehealthcare or telecare or telemental or telemanagement or telerehabilitation or telepsychology or teletherapy or tele-medicine or tele-health or tele-healthcare or tele-care or tele-management or tele-mental or tele-rehabilitation or tele-psychology or tele-therapy).ti,ab. (2376)
  67. (telephone$or cell phone$or cellphone or mobile phone$or smartphone$or smart phone$or mobile app$or mobile device$).ti,ab. (26,422)
  68. (text messag$or SMS or short messag$service$or texting or messaging).ti,ab. (3833)
  69. (teleconferenc$or videoconferenc$or tele-conferenc$or video-conferenc$).ti,ab. (1709)
  70. (web-based or internet-based).ti,ab. (13,534)
  71. ((web or online or on line or internet or computer or digital or e-mail or e-mail or phone or electronic) adj3 (therap$or treatment$or intervention$or program$or platform$)).ti,ab. (13,744)
  72. (mobile health or mhealth or e-mental health or mobile technolog$).ti,ab. (1286)
  73. or/56–72 (88,277)
  74. 24 and 73 (258)
  75. exp self management/ (55,00)
  76. drug self administration/ (1799)
  77. self medication/ (615)
  78. self evaluation/ (8634)
  79. self report/ (14,534)
  80. self monitoring/ (2705)
  81. (selfcare or self care).ti,ab. (7059)
  82. (selfmanag$or self manag$).ti,ab. (7186)
  83. (selfmonitor$or self monitor$).ti,ab. (5204)
  84. (selfhelp or self help).ti,ab. (7348)
  85. (selftreat$or self treat$).ti,ab. (361)
  86. (selfmedicat$or self medicat$).ti,ab. (1437)
  87. (selfdiagnos$or self diagnos$).ti,ab. (271)
  88. (selfadminist$or self administ$).ti,ab. (15,229)
  89. (selfassess$or self assess$).ti,ab. (6761)
  90. self-help techniques/ (3779)
  91. self-care skills/ (3811)
  92. or/75–91 (75,444)
  93. 24 and 92 (218)
  94. exp group psychotherapy/ (21,025)
  95. group intervention/ (1501)
  96. group counseling/ (4872)
  97. (group$adj2 (therap$or psychotherap$or treatment$or intervention$or program$)).ti,ab. (54,312)
  98. ((family or families) adj2 (therap$or psychotherap$or treatment$or intervention$or program$)).ti,ab. (28,035)
  99. family intervention/ (2582)
  100. exp family therapy/ (20,429)
  101. or/94–100 (97,322)
  102. 24 and 101 (430)
  103. biopsychosocial approach/ (3261)
  104. exp psychopharmacology/ (8635)
  105. biopsychosocial.ti,ab. (5739)
  106. (psychopharmacolog$or psychopharmacotherap$).ti,ab. (9986)
  107. 103 or 104 or 105 or 106 (21,786)
  108. 24 and 107 (57)
  109. exp mental health services/ (37,137)
  110. (mental health adj2 (service$or clinic$or setting$or provider$or program$)).ti,ab. (31,993)
  111. (community adj4 (service$or clinic$or setting$or provider$or program$)).ti,ab. (34,242)
  112. (community-based adj4 (service$or clinic$or setting$or provider$or program$)).ti,ab. (7412)
  113. outreach programs/ (977)
  114. outreach.ti,ab. (5977)
  115. exp community services/ (29,021)
  116. 109 or 110 or 111 or 112 or 113 or 114 or 115 (99,911)
  117. 24 and 116 (614)
  118. nonprofit organizations/ (1960)
  119. ngos/ (993)
  120. third sector.ti,ab. (176)
  121. (nonprofit or non profit or not-for-profit).ti,ab. (5566)
  122. (voluntary adj2 (agenc$or organi?ation$or sector$)).ti,ab. (1336)
  123. (charity or charities or charitable).ti,ab. (2918)
  124. 118 or 119 or 120 or 121 or 122 or 123 (10,784)
  125. 24 and 124 (16)
  126. social support/ (30,634)
  127. support groups/ (3891)
  128. peers/ (9862)
  129. (support adj2 (group$or network$or peer$or social)).ti,ab. (51,505)
  130. (peer$adj2 (intervention$or service$or program$or visit$)).ti,ab. (2364)
  131. 126 or 127 or 128 or 129 or 130 (73,308)
  132. 24 and 131 (420)
  133. 55 or 74 or 93 or 102 or 108 or 117 or 125 or 132 (2161)
  134. (editorial or letter or “review book” or “review media” or “review software other”).dt. (176,536)
  135. 133 not 134 (2102)
Key

/ = subject heading

$ = truncation

ti,ab = terms in either title or abstract fields

adj2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

dt = document type

Guideline searches

National Guideline Clearinghouse

www.guidelines.gov/

Date searched: 15 November 2016.

47 results browsed – five relevant.

Search strategy

(“post-traumatic stress” OR “posttraumatic stress” OR PTSD)

NHS Evidence

www.evidence.nhs.uk/

Date searched: 14 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 11.

Search strategy

  1. intitle:PTSD OR intags: PTSD OR inurl:PTSD

18 results browsed – seven relevant.

  1. intitle:“post-traumatic stress” OR intags:“post-traumatic stress” OR inurl:“post-traumatic stress”

Six results browsed – five relevant.

  1. intitle:“posttraumatic stress” OR intags:“posttraumatic stress” OR inurl:“posttraumatic stress”

One relevant result.

Relevant results from the three searches were deduplicated leaving 11 results in total.

US Department of Veterans Affairs – VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines

www.healthquality.va.gov/index.asp

Date searched: 11 November 2016.

Browsed the clinical guidelines. One relevant guideline found.

Website searches

Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs

www.dva.gov.au/about-dva/publications/research-and-studies

Date searched: 10 November 2016.

Browsed the research and studies section of the website. Nine relevant reports found.

Forces in Mind Trust

www.fim-trust.org/reports/

Date searched: 9 December 2016.

Browsed the report section of the website. Ten relevant reports found.

Government of Canada Veterans Affairs Canada

www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-us/research-directorate/publications/reports

Date searched: 11 November 2016.

Browsed the research directorate reports section of the website. Four relevant reports found.

King’s Centre for Military Health Research

www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/publications/Reports/index.aspx

Date searched: 8 December 2016.

Browsed the reports list in the reports section of the website. Five relevant reports found.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports.aspx

Date searched: 11 November 2016.

Browsed the veterans health topic in the publications section of the website. Eight relevant reports found.

US Department of Veterans Affairs – Health Services Research and Development

www.hsrd.research.va.gov/

Date searched: 10 November 2016.

  1. Browsed the publications section of the HSR&D Publications section of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
  2. Browsed the HSR&D Research topics section for PTSD.

Fifteen relevant reports found.

Search strategies for the rapid metareview of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in armed forces veterans

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Via Wiley Online Library: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

Issue 10 of 12, October 2016.

Date searched: 1 November 2016.

Records retrieved: two.

Search strategy

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Veterans] this term only (655)

#2 MeSH descriptor: [Veterans Health] this term only (21)

#3 MeSH descriptor: [Military Personnel] this term only (730)

#4 veteran*:ti,ab,kw (2903)

#5 military:ti,ab,kw (1832)

#6 (armed next (force* or service* or personnel)):ti,ab,kw (104)

#7 (army or soldier* or troop or troops):ti,ab,kw (837)

#8 (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men):ti,ab,kw (30)

#9 (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women):ti,ab,kw (6)

#10 (ex-service* or ex-force* or ex-military):ti,ab,kw (2)

#11 (reservist* or “National Guard”):ti,ab,kw (22)

#12 (reserve* near/2 (territorial* or force* or volunteer* or home)):ti,ab,kw (9)

#13 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 (4957)

#14 MeSH descriptor: [Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic] this term only (1267)

#15 PTSD:ti,ab,kw (1701)

#16 (stress* near/4 (post-trauma* or posttrauma* or trauma*)):ti,ab,kw (2587)

#17 #14 or #15 or #16 (2919)

#18 #13 and #17 (535)

#19 MeSH descriptor: [Combat Disorders] this term only (94)

#20 ((combat or battle or war) near/2 (disorder* or stress*)):ti,ab,kw (118)

#21 operational next stress*:ti,ab,kw (9)

#22 ((combat or battle or war) next (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)):ti,ab,kw (5)

#23 (shell next shock* or shellshock*):ti,ab,kw (3)

#24 #19 or #20 or #21 or #22 or #23 (134)

#25 #13 and #24 (97)

#26 #18 or #25 (544)

#27 #18 or #25 in Cochrane Reviews (Reviews and Protocols) (2)

Key

MeSH descriptor = indexing term (MeSH heading)

* = truncation

ti,ab,kw = terms in either title or abstract or keyword fields

near/2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

next = terms are next to each other

“ “ = phrase search

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

Via www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/

Date range searched: inception to 31 March 2015.

Date searched: 3 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 23.

Search strategy

  1. MeSH DESCRIPTOR Veterans (38)
  2. MeSH DESCRIPTOR Veterans health (6)
  3. MeSH DESCRIPTOR Military Personnel (50)
  4. (veteran*) OR (military) (621)
  5. (armed NEAR1 (force* or service* or personnel)) (9)
  6. (army or soldier* or troop or troops) (92)
  7. (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men) (1)
  8. (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women) (1)
  9. (ex-service* or ex-force* or ex-military) (0)
  10. (reservist* or “National Guard”) (3)
  11. (reserve* NEAR2 (territorial* or force* or volunteer* or home)) (0)
  12. ((territorial* or force* or volunteer* or home) NEAR2 reserve*) (0)
  13. #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 (685)
  14. MeSH DESCRIPTOR Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic (138)
  15. (PTSD) (105)
  16. (stress* NEAR4 (post-trauma* or posttrauma* or trauma*)) (155)
  17. ((post-trauma* or posttrauma* or trauma*) NEAR4 stress*) (212)
  18. #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 (264)
  19. #13 AND #18 (33)
  20. MeSH DESCRIPTOR Combat Disorders (10)
  21. ((combat or battle or war) NEAR2 (disorder* or stress*)) (11)
  22. ((disorder* or stress*) NEAR2 (combat or battle or war)) (1)
  23. (operational NEAR1 stress*) (0)
  24. ((combat or battle or war) NEAR1 (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)) (0)
  25. (shell shock* or shellshock*) (1)
  26. #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 (11)
  27. #13 AND #26 (8)
  28. #19 OR #27 (33)
  29. (*) IN DARE (45,418)
  30. #28 AND #29 (23)
  31. (*) IN NHS EED (17,613)
  32. #28 AND #31 (6)
  33. (*) IN HTA (16,640)
  34. #28 AND #33 (4)
Key

MeSH DESCRIPTOR = indexing term (MeSH heading)

* = truncation

NEAR2 = terms within two words of each other (order specified)

Health Technology Assessment database

Via www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/

Date range searched: inception to 3 November 2016.

Date searched: 3 November 2016.

Records retrieved: four.

See Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects for search strategy used.

PROSPERO

www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/

Date searched: 4 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 55.

Additional searches for systematic reviews

Additional searches were carried out to identify systematic reviews since the closure of DARE in 2015. Search strategies developed at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination for identifying reviews for DARE were used to limit retrieval to systematic reviews.80

Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL Plus)

Via EBSCOhost www.ebscohost.com/

Date range searched: inception to 31 October 2016.

Date searched: 1 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 71.

Search strategy

S48 S24 AND S47 Limiters – Publication Year: 2014–2016 (71)

S47 S45 NOT S46 (295,149)

S46 PT BOOK REVIEW (36,770)

S45 S25 or S26 or S27 or S28 or S29 or S30 or S31 or S32 or S33 or S34 or S35 or S36 or S37 or S38 or S39 or S42 or S43 or S44 (307,328)

S44 AB systematic* N10 overview* or AB methodologic* N10 overview* or AB quantitative* N10 overview* or AB research* N10 overview* or AB literature* N10 overview* or AB studies N10 overview* or AB trial* N10 overview* or AB effective* N10 overview* (4152)

S43 AB systematic* N10 review* or AB methodologic* N10 review* or AB quantitative* N10 review* or AB research* N10 review* or AB literature* N10 review* or AB studies N10 review* or AB trial* N10 review* or AB effective* N10 review* (98,661)

S42 S41 and S40 (59,677)

S41 AB systematic* or AB methodologic* or AB quantitative* or AB research* or AB literature* or AB studies or AB trial* or AB effective* (1,050,600)

S40 PT review (142,621)

S39 TX electronic* N2 database* or TX electronic* N2 data base* or TX bibliographic* N2 database* or TX bibliographic* N2 data base* (6634)

S38 (MH “Reference Databases+”) or (MH “Reference Databases, Health+”) (48,839)

S37 TX hand N2 search* or TX manual N2 search* or TX database* N2 search* or TX computer* N2 search* (18,143)

S36 TX pooled analy* or TX data N2 pool* (5809)

S35 TX medline or medlars or embase or scisearch or psycinfo or psychinfo or psychlit or psyclit (53,783)

S34 TX synthes* N3 literature* or TX synthes* N3 research or TX synthes* N3 studies or TX synthes* N3 data (6541)

S33 (MH “Literature Searching+”) or (MH “Computerized Literature Searching+”) (7177)

S32 (MH “Literature Review+”) (42,113)

S31 TI review* or TI overview* (146,228)

S30 PT systematic review (52,177)

S29 PT nursing interventions (1483)

S28 AB cochrane or TI cochrane (17,132)

S27 TI meta-analy* or AB meta-analy* (31,524)

S26 TI metaanaly* or AB metaanaly* (585)

S25 (MH “Meta Analysis”) (25,410)

S24 S17 OR S23 (4073)

S23 S12 AND S22 (330)

S22 S18 OR S19 OR S20 OR S21 (547)

S21 TI ((shell N1 shock$) or shellshock*) OR AB ((shell N1 shock$) or shellshock*) (30)

S20 TI ((combat or battle or war) N1 (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)) OR AB ((combat or battle or war) N1 (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)) (53)

S19 TI operational N1 stress* OR AB operational N1 stress* (44)

S18 TI ((combat or battle or war) N2 (disorder* or stress*)) OR AB ((combat or battle or war) N2 (disorder* or stress*)) (446)

S17 S12 AND S16 (3983)

S16 S13 OR S14 OR S15 (17,946)

S15 TI (stress* N4 (post-trauma* or posttrauma* or trauma*)) OR AB (stress* N4 (post-trauma* or posttrauma* or trauma*)) (9338)

S14 TI PTSD OR AB PTSD (5505)

S13 (MH “Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic”) (14,849)

S12 S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 OR S11 (34,395)

S11 TI (reserve* N2 (territorial* or force* or volunteer* or home)) OR AB (reserve* N2 (territorial* or force* or volunteer* or home)) (50)

S10 TI (reservist* or “National Guard”) OR AB (reservist* or “National Guard”) (404)

S9 TI (ex-service* or ex-force* or ex-military) OR AB (ex-service* or ex-force* or ex-military) (51)

S8 TI (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women) OR AB (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women) (130)

S7 TI (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men) OR AB (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men) (140)

S6 TI (army or soldier* or troop or troops) OR AB (army or soldier* or troop or troops) (5602)

S5 TI ((armed N1 (force* or service* or personnel)) OR AB ((armed N1 (force* or service* or personnel)) (729)

S4 TI military OR AB military (10,664)

S3 TI veteran* OR AB veteran* (12,146)

S2 (MH “Military Personnel+”) (11,574)

S1 (MH “Veterans+”) (10,554)

Key

MH = indexing term (CINAHL heading)

* = truncation

TI = terms in the title

AB = terms in the abstract

TX = all text – search of all the database’s searchable fields

“ “ = phrase search

N2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

PT = publication type

EMBASE

Via Ovid: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/

Date range searched: 1974 to 31 October 2016.

Date searched: 1 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 149.

Search strategy

  1. veteran/ (22,605)
  2. veterans health / (2230)
  3. army/ (21,878)
  4. soldier/ (28,570)
  5. veteran$.ti,ab. (33,235)
  6. military.ti,ab. (41,917)
  7. (armed adj (force$or service$or personnel)).ti,ab. (4635)
  8. (army or soldier$or troop or troops).ti,ab. (21,419)
  9. (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men).ti,ab. (1325)
  10. (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women).ti,ab. (167)
  11. (ex-service$or ex-force$or ex-military).ti,ab. (120)
  12. (reservist$or National Guard or (reserve$adj2 (territorial$or force$or volunteer$or home))).ti,ab. (919)
  13. or/1–12 (102,894)
  14. posttraumatic stress disorder/ (45,906)
  15. PTSD.ti,ab. (21,535)
  16. (stress$adj4 (post-trauma$or posttrauma$or trauma$)).ti,ab. (32,413)
  17. 14 or 15 or 16 (51,213)
  18. 13 and 17 (9016)
  19. ((combat or battle or war) adj2 (disorder$or stress$)).ti,ab. (1350)
  20. operational stress$.ti,ab. (118)
  21. ((combat or battle or war) adj (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)).ti,ab. (216)
  22. (shell shock$or shellshock$).ti,ab. (113)
  23. 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 (1734)
  24. 13 and 23 (850)
  25. 18 or 24 (9211)
  26. systematic$review$.ti,ab. (117,217)
  27. systematic$literature review$.ti,ab. (8478)
  28. “systematic review”/ (143,688)
  29. “systematic review (topic)”/ (26,161)
  30. meta analysis/ (151,314)
  31. “meta analysis (topic)”/ (35,770)
  32. meta-analytic$.ti,ab. (5747)
  33. meta-analysis.ti,ab. (112,370)
  34. meta-analysis.ti,ab. (381)
  35. metaanalysis.ti,ab. (5356)
  36. meta analysis.ti,ab. (112,370)
  37. meta-synthesis.ti,ab. (434)
  38. metasynthesis.ti,ab. (205)
  39. meta synthesis.ti,ab. (434)
  40. meta-regression.ti,ab. (5203)
  41. metaregression.ti,ab. (687)
  42. meta regression.ti,ab. (5203)
  43. (synthes$adj3 literature).ti,ab. (2365)
  44. (synthes$adj3 evidence).ti,ab. (6731)
  45. (synthes$adj2 qualitative).ti,ab. (1218)
  46. integrative review.ti,ab. (1272)
  47. data synthesis.ti,ab. (10,781)
  48. (research synthesis or narrative synthesis).ti,ab. (1410)
  49. (systematic study or systematic studies).ti,ab. (10,249)
  50. (systematic comparison$or systematic overview$).ti,ab. (2688)
  51. (systematic adj2 search$).ti,ab. (18,122)
  52. systematic$literature research$.ti,ab. (202)
  53. (review adj3 scientific literature).ti,ab. (1322)
  54. (literature review adj2 side effect$).ti,ab. (12)
  55. (literature review adj2 adverse effect$).ti,ab. (2)
  56. (literature review adj2 adverse event$).ti,ab. (12)
  57. (evidence-based adj2 review).ti,ab. (2890)
  58. comprehensive review.ti,ab. (11,342)
  59. critical review.ti,ab. (14,108)
  60. critical analysis.ti,ab. (7074)
  61. quantitative review.ti,ab. (633)
  62. structured review.ti,ab. (792)
  63. realist review.ti,ab. (131)
  64. realist synthesis.ti,ab. (83)
  65. (pooled adj2 analysis).ti,ab. (12,942)
  66. (pooled data adj6 (studies or trials)).ti,ab. (2044)
  67. (medline and (inclusion adj3 criteria)).ti,ab. (16,488)
  68. (search adj (strateg$or term$)).ti,ab. (26,187)
  69. or/26–68 (371,133)
  70. medline.ab. (95,491)
  71. pubmed.ab. (75,334)
  72. cochrane.ab. (60,420)
  73. embase.ab. (61,687)
  74. cinahl.ab. (17,654)
  75. psyc?lit.ab. (967)
  76. psyc?info.ab. (14,345)
  77. lilacs.ab. (4913)
  78. (literature adj3 search$).ab. (48,103)
  79. (database$adj3 search$).ab. (45,204)
  80. (bibliographic adj3 search$).ab. (1961)
  81. (electronic adj3 search$).ab. (16,059)
  82. (electronic adj3 database$).ab. (22,560)
  83. (computeri?ed adj3 search$).ab. (3583)
  84. (internet adj3 search$).ab. (3066)
  85. included studies.ab. (15,272)
  86. (inclusion adj3 studies).ab. (12,104)
  87. inclusion criteria.ab. (88,306)
  88. selection criteria.ab. (26,431)
  89. predefined criteria.ab. (1925)
  90. predetermined criteria.ab. (1060)
  91. (assess$adj3 (quality or validity)).ab. (71,096)
  92. (select$adj3 (study or studies)).ab. (62,732)
  93. (data adj3 extract$).ab. (53,541)
  94. extracted data.ab. (11,673)
  95. (data adj2 abstracted).ab. (6337)
  96. (data adj3 abstraction).ab. (1654)
  97. published intervention$.ab. (159)
  98. ((study or studies) adj2 evaluat$).ab. (189,108)
  99. (intervention$adj2 evaluat$).ab. (10,713)
  100. confidence interval$.ab. (347,680)
  101. heterogeneity.ab. (146,768)
  102. pooled.ab. (83,220)
  103. pooling.ab. (12,028)
  104. odds ratio$.ab. (239,358)
  105. (Jadad or coding).ab. (165,503)
  106. evidence-based.ti,ab. (99,142)
  107. or/70–106 (1,408,000)
  108. review.pt. (2,202,348)
  109. 107 and 108 (171,657)
  110. review.ti. (385,550)
  111. 107 and 110 (97,090)
  112. (review$adj10 (papers or trials or trial data or studies or evidence or intervention$or evaluation$or outcome$or findings)).ti,ab. (392,491)
  113. (retriev$adj10 (papers or trials or studies or evidence or intervention$or evaluation$or outcome$or findings)).ti,ab. (20,124)
  114. 69 or 109 or 111 or 112 or 113 (734,880)
  115. letter.pt. (960,245)
  116. editorial.pt. (521,200)
  117. 115 or 116 (1,481,445)
  118. 114 not 117 (720,757)
  119. (animal/or nonhuman/) not exp human/ (4,996,453)
  120. 118 not 119 (696,240)
  121. 25 and 120 (423)
  122. limit 121 to yr=“2014 -Current” (149)
Key

/ = indexing term (Emtree heading)

exp = exploded indexing term (Emtree heading)

$ = truncation

ti,ab = terms in either title or abstract fields

adj2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

pt = publication type

? = optional wildcard – one or no characters present

MEDLINE [Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R)]

Via Ovid: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/

Date range searched: 1946 to present.

Date searched: 1 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 100.

Search strategy

  1. Veterans/ (12,568)
  2. Veterans Health/ (719)
  3. Military Personnel/ (34,456)
  4. veteran$.ti,ab. (27,569)
  5. military.ti,ab. (36,759)
  6. (armed adj (force$or service$or personnel)).ti,ab. (4278)
  7. (army or soldier$or troop or troops).ti,ab. (21,270)
  8. (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men).ti,ab. (1225)
  9. (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women).ti,ab. (159)
  10. (ex-service$or ex-force$or ex-military).ti,ab. (115)
  11. (reservist$or National Guard or (reserve$adj2 (territorial$or force$or volunteer$or home))).ti,ab. (893)
  12. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 (95,591)
  13. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/ (25,510)
  14. PTSD.ti,ab. (17,118)
  15. (stress$adj4 (post-trauma$or posttrauma$or trauma$)).ti,ab. (26,896)
  16. 13 or 14 or 15 (36,828)
  17. 12 and 16 (7041)
  18. Combat Disorders / (2847)
  19. ((combat or battle or war) adj2 (disorder$or stress$)).ti,ab. (1130)
  20. operational stress$.ti,ab. (103)
  21. ((combat or battle or war) adj (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)).ti,ab. (220)
  22. (shell shock$or shellshock$).ti,ab. (118)
  23. 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 (3898)
  24. 12 and 23 (2540)
  25. 17 or 24 (7665)
  26. systematic$review$.ti,ab. (96,659)
  27. meta-analysis as topic/ (15,527)
  28. meta-analytic$.ti,ab. (5101)
  29. meta-analysis.ti,ab,pt. (112,016)
  30. meta-analysis.ti,ab. (154)
  31. metaanalysis.ti,ab. (1343)
  32. meta analysis.ti,ab. (89,076)
  33. meta-synthesis.ti,ab. (448)
  34. metasynthesis.ti,ab. (203)
  35. meta synthesis.ti,ab. (448)
  36. meta-regression.ti,ab. (4285)
  37. metaregression.ti,ab. (437)
  38. meta regression.ti,ab. (4285)
  39. (synthes$adj3 literature).ti,ab. (2067)
  40. (synthes$adj3 evidence).ti,ab. (6112)
  41. integrative review.ti,ab. (1541)
  42. data synthesis.ti,ab. (8840)
  43. (research synthesis or narrative synthesis).ti,ab. (1451)
  44. (systematic study or systematic studies).ti,ab. (9500)
  45. (systematic comparison$or systematic overview$).ti,ab. (2506)
  46. evidence based review.ti,ab. (1663)
  47. comprehensive review.ti,ab. (9872)
  48. critical review.ti,ab. (13,037)
  49. quantitative review.ti,ab. (574)
  50. structured review.ti,ab. (632)
  51. realist review.ti,ab. (146)
  52. realist synthesis.ti,ab. (109)
  53. or/26–52 (228,219)
  54. review.pt. (2,210,291)
  55. medline.ab. (82,238)
  56. pubmed.ab. (60,165)
  57. cochrane.ab. (51,665)
  58. embase.ab. (52,752)
  59. cinahl.ab. (17,105)
  60. psyc?lit.ab. (907)
  61. psyc?info.ab. (15,280)
  62. (literature adj3 search$).ab. (38,960)
  63. (database$adj3 search$).ab. (37,818)
  64. (bibliographic adj3 search$).ab. (1749)
  65. (electronic adj3 search$).ab. (14,328)
  66. (electronic adj3 database$).ab. (17,712)
  67. (computeri?ed adj3 search$).ab. (3128)
  68. (internet adj3 search$).ab. (2372)
  69. included studies.ab. (13,532)
  70. (inclusion adj3 studies).ab. (10,602)
  71. inclusion criteria.ab. (54,859)
  72. selection criteria.ab. (27,829)
  73. predefined criteria.ab. (1476)
  74. predetermined criteria.ab. (875)
  75. (assess$adj3 (quality or validity)).ab. (56,562)
  76. (select$adj3 (study or studies)).ab. (49,846)
  77. (data adj3 extract$).ab. (43,459)
  78. extracted data.ab. (11,150)
  79. (data adj2 abstracted).ab. (4198)
  80. (data adj3 abstraction).ab. (1208)
  81. published intervention$.ab. (142)
  82. ((study or studies) adj2 evaluat$).ab. (138,715)
  83. (intervention$adj2 evaluat$).ab. (8231)
  84. confidence interval$.ab. (304,749)
  85. heterogeneity.ab. (121,995)
  86. pooled.ab. (62,890)
  87. pooling.ab. (9616)
  88. odds ratio$.ab. (200,376)
  89. (Jadad or coding).ab. (146,871)
  90. or/55–89 (1,064,827)
  91. 54 and 90 (171,903)
  92. review.ti. (340,666)
  93. 92 and 90 (79,487)
  94. (review$adj4 (papers or trials or studies or evidence or intervention$or evaluation$)).ti,ab. (138,414)
  95. 53 or 91 or 93 or 94 (400,694)
  96. letter.pt. (945,544)
  97. editorial.pt. (422,191)
  98. comment.pt. (687,401)
  99. 96 or 97 or 98 (1,539,706)
  100. 95 not 99 (390,874)
  101. exp animals/not humans/ (4,333,932)
  102. 100 not 101 (379,938)
  103. 25 and 102 (235)
  104. limit 103 to yr=“2014 -Current” (100)
Key

/ = indexing term (MeSH heading)

exp = exploded indexing term (MeSH heading)

$ = truncation

ti,ab = terms in either title or abstract fields

adj = terms next to each other (order specified)

adj2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

pt = publication type

? = optional wildcard – one or no characters present

PsycINFO

Via Ovid: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/

Date range searched: 1806 to October week 4 2016.

Date searched: 1 November 2016.

Records retrieved: 85.

Search strategy

  1. military veterans/ (9925)
  2. exp military personnel/ (14,525)
  3. military duty status/ (463)
  4. veteran$.ti,ab. (16,365)
  5. military.ti,ab. (20,113)
  6. (armed adj (force$or service$or personnel)).ti,ab. (1714)
  7. (army or soldier$or troop or troops).ti,ab. (12,388)
  8. (serviceman or servicemen or service-man or service-men).ti,ab. (443)
  9. (servicewoman or servicewomen or service-woman or service-women).ti,ab. (77)
  10. (ex-service$or ex-force$or ex-military).ti,ab. (109)
  11. (reservist$or National Guard or (reserve$adj2 (territorial$or force$or volunteer$or home))).ti,ab. (682)
  12. or/1–11 (46,300)
  13. exp posttraumatic stress disorder/ (26,162)
  14. PTSD.ti,ab. (24,474)
  15. (stress$adj4 (post-trauma$or posttrauma$or trauma$)).ti,ab. (33,716)
  16. 13 or 14 or 15 (38,840)
  17. 12 and 16 (7923)
  18. ((combat or battle or war) adj2 (disorder$or stress$)).ti,ab. (1273)
  19. operational stress$.ti,ab. (118)
  20. ((combat or battle or war) adj (neurosis or neuroses or fatigue)).ti,ab. (516)
  21. (shell shock$or shellshock$).ti,ab. (207)
  22. or/18–21 (1976)
  23. 12 and 22 (1188)
  24. 17 or 23 (8429)
  25. metaanaly*.ti,sh. (70)
  26. meta-analy*.ti,sh. (14,782)
  27. cochrane*.ti. (166)
  28. (review or overview).ti. (139,627)
  29. meta analysis/ (3906)
  30. meta analysis.md. (15,491)
  31. (review adj2 literature).ti. (3827)
  32. “literature review”.md. (123,386)
  33. “systematic review”.md. (14,982)
  34. (synthes* adj3 (literature* or research or studies or data)).ti. (699)
  35. pooled analys*.ti,ab. (576)
  36. ((data adj2 pool*) and studies).ti,ab. (826)
  37. ((hand or manual* or database* or computer* or electronic*) adj2 search*).ti,ab. (7356)
  38. ((electronic* or bibliographic*) adj2 (database* or data base*)).ti,ab. (3471)
  39. or/25–38 (244,855)
  40. (“review software other” or “review media” or editorial or letter or “review book”).dt. (176,419)
  41. (electronic collection or encyclopedia).pt. (44,525)
  42. (rat or rats or mouse or mice or hamster or hamsters or animal or animals or dog or dogs or cat or cats or bovine or sheep).ti,ab,sh. (300,843)
  43. 40 or 41 or 42 (477,299)
  44. 39 not 43 (154,382)
  45. 24 and 44 (343)
  46. limit 45 to yr=“2014 -Current” (85)
Key

/ = subject heading

$ = truncation

* = truncation

ti,ab = terms in either title or abstract fields

adj2 = terms within two words of each other (any order)

sh = subject heading field

md = methodology field

dt = document type

pt = publication type

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