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1. MEDLINE search string
MEDLINE Initial Strategy (Identical for all questions) - 1993 to November 1997
- 1.
Explode Head Injuries/Rehab
- 2.
Explode Head/Injury
- 3.
rh.fs.
- 4.
2 and 3
- 5.
Head injur $.tw
- 6.
Brain injur $.tw
- 7.
5 or 6
- 8.
7 and 3
- 9.
1 or 4 or 8
MEDLINE Questions 1 and 2 Strategy
- 10.
Limit 9 to human
- 11.
Exp hospitals/
- 12.
Accute.tw.
- 13.
Exp intensive care units
- 14.
Early.tw.
- 15.
Length of stay/
- 16.
Exp emergency medical services/
- 17.
Emergency medicine/
- 18.
Exp hospitalization/
- 19.
Interdisciplinary rehabil$.tw.
- 20.
Speech therapy/
- 21.
Physiatry.tw.
- 22.
Exp physical therapy/
- 23.
Physical therapy department, hospital/
- 24.
Occupational therapy/
- 25.
Occupational therapy department, hospital/
- 26.
Exp rehabilitation/
- 27.
Exp rehabilitation centers/
- 28.
Rehabilitation.tw.
- 29.
19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28
- 30.
Exp head injuries/
- 31.
29 and 30
- 32.
10 or 31
- 33.
11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28
- 34.
32 and 33
- 35.
Exp clinical trials
- 36.
32 and 35
- 37.
From 36 keep 1-4
- 38.
From 34 keep 1-5, 8-12, 14, 18, 20-22, 25, 27-28
MEDLINE Question 3 Strategy
- 10.
Limit 9 to human
- 11.
Exp cognition/
- 12.
Exp cognition disorders/
- 13.
Cognit$.tw
- 14.
Exp memory/
- 15.
Exp memory disorders/
- 16.
Attention/
- 17.
exp perception/
- 18.
exp learning
- 19.
exp learning disorders/
- 20.
judgment/
- 21.
11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19
- 22.
10 and 21
- 23.
from 22 keep 2-3, 8, 11, 14-15, 17-18, 20-21, 23
MEDLINE Question 4 Strategy
- 10.
Limit 9 to human
- 11.
Exp employment/
- 12.
Work capacity evaluation/
- 13.
Exp work/
- 14.
absenteeism/
- 15.
Employment.tw.
- 16.
Employed.tw.
- 17.
Vocational education/
- 18.
Exp rehabilitation, vocational/
- sheltered workshops/
- 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19
- 10 and 20
- from 21 keep 1-10, 12-13, 15-16, 18-26, 28-38, 40
- exp brain injuries/
- 20 and 23
- 24 not 21
- limit 25 to human
- from 26 keep 7-9, 19, 22, 29
Medline Question 5 Strategy
- 10.
case management/
- 11.
exp home nursing/
- 12.
forecasting/
- 13.
follow-up studies/
- 14.
long term.tw.
- 15.
longterm.tw.
- 16.
social work/
- 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16
- exp *brain injuries/
- 9 or 18
- 17 and 19
- limit 20 to human
- 10 or 11 or 16
- 22 and 21
- from 23 keep 1-2, 4-8
- 21 not 23
- from 25 keep 5-8, 11-13, 15, 20, 23, 32, 35-36, 38
2. HealthSTAR search strings
HealthSTAR strategy (identical for all questions) 1993 to November 1997
- 1.
Explode Head Injuries/Rehab
- 2.
Explode Head/Injury
- 3.
rh.fs.
- 4.
2 and 3
- 5.
Head injur$.tw
- 6.
Brain injur $.tw
- 7.
5 or 6
- 8.
7 and 3
- 1 or 4 or 8
3. CINAHL search strings
CINAHL general search strategy (all questions) 1982 to October 1997
- american journal of occupational therapy.jn
- archives of physical medicine and rehabilitat
- clinical rehabilitation.jn.
- disability & rehabilitation.jn.
- international journal of rehabilitation res
- journal of rehabilitation research & develo
- physical therapy.jn.
- quality of life research.jn.
- rehabiliation nursing.jn.
- rehabiliation.jn.
- 9 or 10
- scandinavian journal of rehabiliation medi
- scandinavian journal of rehabiliation medi
- 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10
- exp brain injuries/
- brain injur$.tw.
- 15 or 16
- exp rehabiliation/
- rh.fs.
- 18 or 19
- 17 and 30
- 21 not 14
- from 22 keep 1-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15-20, 22-24, 26
- from 22 keep 6, 12-13, 15-16, 20-22, 24, 29-30, 33
- 23 or 24
- brain injury.jn.
- 22 not 26
- 25 not 26
- 27 not 28
- from 29 keep 6-7, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25, 32-33, 35-36
- 28 or 30
- 22 not 31
4. PyschInfo search string
PsycInfo search strategy (all questions) 1982 to October 1997
- exp brain damage/
- exp head injuries/
- 2 not 1
- brain.tw.
- 3 and 4
- 1 or 5
- exp cognitive rehabilitation
- exp rehabilitation
- exp rehabilitation centers/
- exp vocational rehabilitation/
- exp employment status/
- exp case management/
- clinical trials.tw.
- 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13
- 6 and 14
5. Current Contents search string
Current Contents search strategy ( all questions) Week 01, 1998 to Week 21, 1998
- head injur$.ab,ti,kw,kp.
- Brain injur$.ab,ti.kw,kp.
- 1 or 2
Publication Details
Copyright
Publisher
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US), Rockville (MD)
NLM Citation
Chesnut RM, Carney N, Maynard H, et al. Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US); 1999 Feb. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 2.) Appendix 2. Search Strings.