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Addendum to NICE guideline CG61, Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: Diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2015 Feb. (NICE guideline, No. CG61.1.)

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Appendix DSearch strategy

D.1. Review question 1

D.1.1. Clinical search summary

Databases that were searched, search dates and the number of articles retrieved from each databaseare shown in Table 6. Databases were searched from inception or date specified below. The MEDLINE search strategy is shown in Table 7. The same strategy was translated for the other databases listed.

Table 6Clinical search summary

DatabaseDate searchedVersion/filesNumber retrieved (second search)
CDSR (Wiley)15/08/13 and again 10/02/2014Issue 2 of 12, February 201431, (5)
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – DARE (Wiley)15/08/13 and again 10/02/2014Issue 1 of 4, January 201410, (0)
HTA database (Wiley)15/08/13 and again 10/02/2014Issue 1 of 4, January 20140, (0)
CENTRAL (Wiley)15/08/13 and again 10/02/2014Issue 1 of 12, January 2014127, (42)
MEDLINE (Ovid)15/08/13 and again 10/02/20141946 to January Week 5 2014483, (34)
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)15/08/13 and again 10/02/2014February 07, 201428, (4)
EMBASE (Ovid)15/08/13 and again 10/02/20141980 to 19875852, (18)
PsycINFO (Ovid)15/08/13 and again 10/02/20142002 to January Week 3 2014223, (20)
Pub Med10/02/2014 onlyn/a(6)

Table 7Clinical search terms (MEDLINE)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

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411
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4182)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7398)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (515)
4 IBS.tw. (4547)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32900)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (415649)
7 Flatulence/ (1209)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4815)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7744)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22857)
11 FI.tw. (4914)
12 Encopres*.tw. (548)
13 Diarrhea/ (39254)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (75897)
15 Constipation/ (10460)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14744)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3648)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1018)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7289)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9512)
21 or/1–20 (545849)
22 exp Antidepressive Agents/ (121498)
23 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*).tw. (46017)
24 exp Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors/ (31350)
25 ((Select* or serotonin*) adj4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) adj4 inhibitor*).tw. (12764)
26 SSRI.tw. (4040)
27 exp Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/ (29036)
28 Tricyclic*.tw. (12605)
29 or/22–28 (146268)
30 21 and 29 (3325)
31 Animals/ not Humans/ (3926191)
32 30 not 31 (2670)
33 Meta-Analysis.pt. (49881)
34 Meta-Analysis as Topic/ (13930)
35 Review.pt. (1894357)
36 exp Review Literature as Topic/ (7544)
37 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj2 analy$)).tw. (57298)
38 (review$ or overview$).ti. (260353)
39 (systematic$ adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (51252)
40 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (3697)
41 ((studies or trial$) adj1 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (7679)
42 (integrat$ adj2 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (3592)
43 (pool$ adj1 (analy$ or data)).tw. (9452)
44 (handsearch$ or (hand adj2 search$)).tw. (6555)
45 (manual$ adj2 search$).tw. (2963)
46 or/33–45 (2043448)
47 animals/ not humans/ (3926191)
48 46 not 47 (1908855)
49 Randomized Controlled Trial.pt. (382120)
50 Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. (88870)
51 Clinical Trial.pt. (499567)
52 exp Clinical Trials as Topic/ (292503)
53 Placebos/ (33370)
54 Random Allocation/ (80818)
55 Double-Blind Method/ (129386)
56 Single-Blind Method/ (19108)
57 Cross-Over Studies/ (35341)
58 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj2 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (648974)
59 (random$ adj2 allocat$).tw. (20247)
60 placebo$.tw. (158578)
61 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (127154)
62 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (58157)
63 or/49–62 (1331078)
64 animals/ not humans/ (3926191)
65 63 not 64 (1246049)
66 48 or 65 (2918027)
67 32 and 66 (1603)
68 limit 67 to english language (1416)
69 limit 68 to ed=20070601-20130815 (483)

Table 8Clinical search terms (EMBASE)

Search termNumber retrieved

Strategy used:

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5826
1 irritable colon/ (14846)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11222)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (591)
4 IBS.tw. (7748)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (26586)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (532130)
7 flatulence/ (7730)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7215)
9 feces incontinence/ (13079)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (33309)
11 FI.tw. (11942)
12 Encopres*.tw. (715)
13 diarrhea/ (143830)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (93843)
15 constipation/ (52395)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (22949)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1468)
18 dyspepsia/ (23969)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13193)
20 or/1–19 (784150)
21 exp antidepressant agent/ (293399)
22 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*).tw. (63838)
23 exp serotonin uptake inhibitor/ (136512)
24 ((Select* or serotonin*) adj4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) adj4 inhibitor*).tw. (17291)
25 SSRI.tw. (6313)
26 exp tricyclic antidepressant agent/ (89925)
27 Tricyclic*.tw. (17397)
28 or/21–27 (308297)
29 20 and 28 (20297)
30 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3300306)
31 29 not 30 (19578)
32 Systematic Review/ (62942)
33 Meta Analysis/ (74817)
34 Review/ (1988330)
35 Review.pt. (1983739)
36 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj2 analy$)).tw. (73560)
37 (review$ or overview$).ti. (326275)
38 (systematic$ adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (65620)
39 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (4460)
40 ((studies or trial$) adj1 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (8951)
41 (integrat$ adj2 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (4333)
42 (pool$ adj1 (analy$ or data)).tw. (12265)
43 (handsearch$ or (hand adj2 search$)).tw. (6237)
44 (manual$ adj2 search$).tw. (3582)
45 or/32–44 (2288525)
46 nonhuman/ not human/ (3300306)
47 45 not 46 (2171333)
48 exp Clinical Trials/ (73406)
49 Randomization/ (63137)
50 Placebo/ (223384)
51 Double Blind Procedure/ (116998)
52 Single Blind Procedure/ (18070)
53 Crossover Procedure/ (38092)
54 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj2 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (821449)
55 (random$ adj2 allocat$).tw. (24383)
56 placebo$.tw. (193467)
57 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (154960)
58 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (67284)
59 or/48–58 (1171258)
60 nonhuman/ not human/ (3300306)
61 59 not 60 (1125411)
62 47 or 61 (3054757)
63 31 and 62 (12688)
64 limit 63 to english language (11734)
65 limit 64 to em=200700-201332 (6333)
66 limit 65 to embase (6220)
67 limit 66 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (368)
68 66 not 67 (5852)

Table 9Clinical search terms (PsyINFO)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

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221
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (515)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (655)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (1)
4 IBS.tw. (479)
5 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (5290)
6 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (115)
7 Fecal Incontinence/ (153)
8 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (2865)
9 FI.tw. (490)
10 Encopres*.tw. (156)
11 Diarrhea/ (137)
12 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (840)
13 Constipation/ (148)
14 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (754)
15 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (52)
16 Dyspepsia/ (47)
17 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (223)
18 or/1–17 (10210)
19 exp Antidepressant Drugs/ (13695)
20 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*).tw. (16246)
21 exp serotonin reuptake inhibitors/ (5695)
22 ((Select* or serotonin*) adj4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) adj4 inhibitor*).tw. (5603)
23 SSRI.tw. (2166)
24 Tricyclic*.tw. (1479)
25 or/19–24 (23517)
26 18 and 25 (398)
27 limit 26 to (english language and yr=“2007 -Current”)

Table 10Clinical search terms (Cochrane, CENTRAL, DARE, HTA)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

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123
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 373
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 997
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 221
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 518
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2352
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 31534
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 207
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1296
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 373
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 1918
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 299
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 50
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 1991
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 8149
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 805
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 2817
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 308
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 0
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 862
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2182
#21 {or #1–#20} 42187
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Antidepressive Agents] explode all trees 4545
#23 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*):ti,ab,kw 8946
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors] explode all trees 2202
#25 ((Select* or serotonin*) near/4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) near/4 inhibitor*):ti,ab,kw 3406
#26 SSRI:ti,ab,kw 806
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic] explode all trees 973
#28 Tricyclic*:ti,ab,kw 1892
#29 {or #22–#28} 10958
#30 #21 and #29 from 2007 to 2013 173

D.1.2. Health economics search summary

Table 11Health economics search summary

DatabaseDate searchedNumber retrieved
MEDLINE (Ovid)04/03/14120
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)04/03/1411
EMBASE (Ovid)04/03/141331
NHS Economic Evaluation Database - NHS EED (Wiley)04/03/143
Health Economic Evaluations Database – HEED (Wiley)04/03/142
PubMed04/03/1427

Table 12Health economics search terms (MEDLINE)

Search term
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4019)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7184)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (508)
4 IBS.tw. (4391)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32407)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (405110)
7 Flatulence/ (1179)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4729)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7704)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22170)
11 FI.tw. (4807)
12 Encopres*.tw. (545)
13 Diarrhea/ (37920)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71461)
15 Constipation/ (10490)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14576)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3652)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (975)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7156)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9279)
21 or/1–20 (530494)
22 exp Antidepressive Agents/ (118882)
23 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*).tw. (44569)
24 exp Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors/ (30486)
25 ((Select* or serotonin*) adj4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) adj4 inhibitor*).tw. (12232)
26 SSRI.tw. (3809)
27 exp Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/ (28745)
28 Tricyclic*.tw. (12302)
29 or/22–28 (142771)
30 21 and 29 (3255)
31 Animals/ not Humans/ (3791956)
32 30 not 31 (2617)
33 Economics/ (26480)
34 exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ (177305)
35 Economics, Dental/ (1853)
36 exp Economics, Hospital/ (19186)
37 exp Economics, Medical/ (13502)
38 Economics, Nursing/ (3886)
39 Economics, Pharmaceutical/ (2494)
40 Budgets/ (9601)
41 exp Models, Economic/ (9810)
42 Markov Chains/ (9289)
43 Monte Carlo Method/ (19163)
44 Decision Trees/ (8623)
45 econom$.tw. (148965)
46 cba.tw. (8589)
47 cea.tw. (15673)
48 cua.tw. (765)
49 markov$.tw. (10800)
50 (monte adj carlo).tw. (19769)
51 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (7902)
52 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (291345)
53 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (22087)
54 budget$.tw. (16665)
55 expenditure$.tw. (33375)
56 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1274)
57 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (3281)
58 or/33–57 (627005)
59 “Quality of Life”/ (113179)
60 quality of life.tw. (129386)
61 “Value of Life”/ (5372)
62 Quality-Adjusted Life Years/ (6608)
63 quality adjusted life.tw. (5450)
64 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (4531)
65 disability adjusted life.tw. (1072)
66 daly$.tw. (1071)
67 Health Status Indicators/ (19485)
68 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (14277)
69 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (952)
70 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (2357)
71 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (20)
72 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
73 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (3373)
74 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (22620)
75 (hye or hyes).tw. (53)
76 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (37)
77 utilit$.tw. (104758)
78 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (797)
79 disutili$.tw. (185)
80 rosser.tw. (71)
81 quality of wellbeing.tw. (5)
82 quality of well-being.tw. (312)
83 qwb.tw. (159)
84 willingness to pay.tw. (1997)
85 standard gamble$.tw. (622)
86 time trade off.tw. (680)
87 time tradeoff.tw. (197)
88 tto.tw. (536)
89 or/59–88 (300440)
90 58 or 89 (886587)
91 32 and 90 (280)
92 limit 91 to ed=20070601-20140304 (135)
93 limit 92 to english language (120)

Table 13Health economics search terms (EMBASE)

Search term
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4019)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7184)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (508)
4 IBS.tw. (4391)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32407)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (405110)
7 Flatulence/ (1179)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4729)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7704)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22170)
11 FI.tw. (4807)
12 Encopres*.tw. (545)
13 Diarrhea/ (37920)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71461)
15 Constipation/ (10490)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14576)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3652)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (975)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7156)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9279)
21 or/1–20 (530494)
22 exp Antidepressive Agents/ (118882)
23 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*).tw. (44569)
24 exp Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors/ (30486)
25 ((Select* or serotonin*) adj4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) adj4 inhibitor*).tw. (12232)
26 SSRI.tw. (3809)
27 exp Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/ (28745)
28 Tricyclic*.tw. (12302)
29 or/22–28 (142771)
30 21 and 29 (3255)
31 Animals/ not Humans/ (3791956)
32 30 not 31 (2617)
33 Economics/ (26480)
34 exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ (177305)
35 Economics, Dental/ (1853)
36 exp Economics, Hospital/ (19186)
37 exp Economics, Medical/ (13502)
38 Economics, Nursing/ (3886)
39 Economics, Pharmaceutical/ (2494)
40 Budgets/ (9601)
41 exp Models, Economic/ (9810)
42 Markov Chains/ (9289)
43 Monte Carlo Method/ (19163)
44 Decision Trees/ (8623)
45 econom$.tw. (148965)
46 cba.tw. (8589)
47 cea.tw. (15673)
48 cua.tw. (765)
49 markov$.tw. (10800)
50 (monte adj carlo).tw. (19769)
51 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (7902)
52 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (291345)
53 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (22087)
54 budget$.tw. (16665)
55 expenditure$.tw. (33375)
56 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1274)
57 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (3281)
58 or/33–57 (627005)
59 “Quality of Life”/ (113179)
60 quality of life.tw. (129386)
61 “Value of Life”/ (5372)
62 Quality-Adjusted Life Years/ (6608)
63 quality adjusted life.tw. (5450)
64 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (4531)
65 disability adjusted life.tw. (1072)
66 daly$.tw. (1071)
67 Health Status Indicators/ (19485)
68 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (14277)
69 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (952)
70 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (2357)
71 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (20)
72 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
73 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (3373)
74 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (22620)
75 (hye or hyes).tw. (53)
76 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (37)
77 utilit$.tw. (104758)
78 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (797)
79 disutili$.tw. (185)
80 rosser.tw. (71)
81 quality of wellbeing.tw. (5)
82 quality of well-being.tw. (312)
83 qwb.tw. (159)
84 willingness to pay.tw. (1997)
85 standard gamble$.tw. (622)
86 time trade off.tw. (680)
87 time tradeoff.tw. (197)
88 tto.tw. (536)
89 or/59–88 (300440)
90 58 or 89 (886587)
91 32 and 90 (280)
92 limit 91 to ed=20070601-20140304 (135)
93 limit 92 to english language (120)

Table 14Health economics search terms (NHS EED)

Search term
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1099
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34703
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1610
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2232
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9938
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 311
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 401
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47428
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Antidepressive Agents] explode all trees 4744
#23 (Antidepress* or anti-depress*):ti,ab,kw 9494
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors] explode all trees 2313
#25 ((Select* or serotonin*) near/4 (uptake* or up-take* or reuptake* or re-uptake*) near/4 inhibitor*):ti,ab,kw 3675
#26 SSRI:ti,ab,kw 851
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic] explode all trees 998
#28 Tricyclic*:ti,ab,kw 1969
#29 {or #22–#28} 11677
#30 #21 and #29 from 2007 to 2014 256

Table 15Health economics search terms (HEED)

Search term
All data: ‘IBS’ or Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS
AND
All data: ‘ANTIDEPRESSANT’ or ‘ANTIDEPRESSANTS’ or Antidepress* or anti-depress* or uptake* inhibitor* or up-take* inhibitor* or reuptake* inhibitor* or re-uptake* inhibitor* or SSRI or Tricyclic*

Table 16Health economics search terms (Pubmed)

Search term
#5 Add Search (#3 and #4) 27
#4 Add Search (Econom* or Markov Chains or Monte Carlo Method or Decision Trees or quality of life or quality adjusted life or qaly* or qald* or qale* or qtime*) 738347
#3 Add Search (#1 and #2) 142
#2 Add Search (Antidepress* or anti-depress* or uptake* inhibitor* or up-take* inhibitor* or reuptake* inhibitor* or re-uptake* inhibitor* or SSRI or Tricyclic*[Title/Abstract]) 99211
#1 Add Search (‘IBS’ or Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS[Title/Abstract]) 7345

D.2. Review question 2

D.2.1. Clinical search summary

Table 17Clinical search summary

DatabaseDate searchedNumber retrieved
CDSR (Wiley)27/02/1410
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – DARE (Wiley)27/04/147
HTA database (Wiley)27/02/140
CENTRAL (Wiley)27/02/14741
MEDLINE (Ovid)27/02/141123
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)27/02/1432
EMBASE (Ovid)27/02/14989
PubMed27/02/1427

Table 18Clinical search terms (MEDLINE, MEDLINE in process)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1155
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4064)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7236)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (510)
4 IBS.tw. (4441)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32495)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (406671)
7 Flatulence/ (1179)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4753)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7722)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22296)
11 FI.tw. (4830)
12 Encopres*.tw. (547)
13 Diarrhea/ (38031)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71789)
15 Constipation/ (10523)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14650)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3658)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (980)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7184)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9315)
21 or/1–20 (532575)
22 Fodmap*.tw. (26)
23 “fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (8)
24 “fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (2)
25 “fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (10)
26 “fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (5)
27 Dietary Carbohydrates/ or Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted/ (22239)
28 ((short-chain* or shortchain* or short chain* or low-digest* or lowdigest* or low digest* or non-digest* or nondigest* or nondigest* or fermentable*) adj4 carbohydrate*).tw. (607)
29 ((carbohydrate* or sugar*) adj4 malabsorpt*).tw. (372)
30 (fructose* or oligosaccharide* or fructo-oligosacchride* or galactan* or galacto-oligosaccharide* or oligofructose* or fructan* or inulin* or sorbitol* or polyol* or xylitol* or mannitol* or maltitol* or raffinose* or stachyose* or nystose* or kestose* or lactose* or ordisaccharide* or monosaccharide*).tw. (94481)
31 Fructose/ or Oligosaccharides/ or Galactans/ or Fructans/ or Inulin/ or Sorbitol/ or Xylitol/ or Mannitol/ or Raffinose/ or Lactose/ or Monosaccharides/ or Disaccharides/ (77492)
32 or/22–31 (150894)
33 21 and 32 (7268)
34 Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. (87769)
35 Clinical Trial.pt. (484436)
36 exp Clinical Trials as Topic/ (276232)
37 Placebos/ (32313)
38 Double-Blind Method/ (124067)
39 Single-Blind Method/ (18635)
40 Cross-Over Studies/ (33501)
41 placebo$.tw. (148340)
42 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (121488)
43 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (55285)
44 ((control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (609050)
45 or/34–44 (1197542)
46 33 and 45 (1272)
47 Animals/ not Humans/ (3807921)
48 46 not 47 (1214)
49 limit 48 to english language (1123)

Table 19Clinical search terms (Embase)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

989
1 irritable colon/ (15705)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11897)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (604)
4 IBS.tw. (8319)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (27169)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (555764)
7 flatulence/ (8198)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7755)
9 feces incontinence/ (13705)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (35893)
11 FI.tw. (12928)
12 Encopres*.tw. (734)
13 diarrhea/ (151580)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (98710)
15 constipation/ (55736)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24556)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1512)
18 dyspepsia/ (25050)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13777)
20 or/1–19 (821040)
21 Fodmap*.tw. (79)
22 “fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (19)
23 “fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (8)
24 “fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (24)
25 “fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (18)
26 carbohydrate diet/ (14536)
27 low carbohydrate diet/ (1486)
28 ((short-chain* or shortchain* or short chain* or low-digest* or lowdigest* or low digest* or non-digest* or nondigest* or nondigest* or fermentable*) adj4 carbohydrate*).tw. (773)
29 ((carbohydrate* or sugar*) adj4 malabsorpt*).tw. (451)
30 (fructose* or oligosaccharide* or fructo-oligosacchride* or galactan* or galacto-oligosaccharide* or oligofructose* or fructan* or inulin* or sorbitol* or polyol* or xylitol* or mannitol* or maltitol* or raffinose* or stachyose* or nystose* or kestose* or lactose* or ordisaccharide* or monosaccharide*).tw. (110879)
31 fructose/ or oligosaccharide/ or galactan/ or galactose oligosaccharide/ or fructose oligosaccharide/ or fructan/ or inulin/ or sorbitol/ or polyol/ or xylitol/ or mannitol/ or maltitol/ or raffinose/ or lactose/ or monosaccharide/ or disaccharide/ (102047)
32 or/21–31 (167776)
33 20 and 32 (9743)
34 exp Clinical Trials/ (94542)
35 Placebo/ (235971)
36 Double Blind Procedure/ (120717)
37 Single Blind Procedure/ (19074)
38 Crossover Procedure/ (40030)
39 placebo$.tw. (202397)
40 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (161252)
41 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (70115)
42 ((control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (861369)
43 or/34–42 (1187311)
44 33 and 43 (1500)
45 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3387770)
46 44 not 45 (1458)
47 limit 46 to english language (1362)
48 limit 47 to embase (1191)
49 limit 48 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (198)
50 48 not 49 (993)

Table 20Clinical search terms (CDSR, HTA, Central, DARE)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

758
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1099
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34703
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1610
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2231
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9936
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 311
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 401
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47425
#22 Fodmap*:ti,ab,kw 2
#23 “fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#24 “fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#25 “fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#26 “fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Dietary Carbohydrates] this term only 2221
#28 MeSH descriptor: [Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted] this term only 157
#29 ((short-chain* or shortchain* or short chain* or low-digest* or lowdigest* or low digest* or non-digest* or nondigest* or nondigest* or fermentable*) near/4 carbohydrate*):ti,ab,kw 55
#30 ((carbohydrate* or sugar*) near/4 malabsorpt*):ti,ab,kw 60
#31 (fructose* or oligosaccharide* or fructo-oligosacchride* or galactan* or galacto-oligosaccharide* or oligofructose* or fructan* or inulin* or sorbitol* or polyol* or xylitol* or mannitol* or maltitol* or raffinose* or stachyose* or nystose* or kestose* or lactose* or ordisaccharide* or monosaccharide*):ti,ab,kw 4373
#32 MeSH descriptor: [Fructose] this term only 576
#33 MeSH descriptor: [Oligosaccharides] this term only 238
#34 MeSH descriptor: [Galactans] this term only 151
#35 MeSH descriptor: [Fructans] this term only 11
#36 MeSH descriptor: [Inulin] this term only 135
#37 MeSH descriptor: [Sorbitol] this term only 218
#38 MeSH descriptor: [Xylitol] this term only 191
#39 MeSH descriptor: [Mannitol] this term only 388
#40 MeSH descriptor: [Raffinose] this term only 73
#41 MeSH descriptor: [Lactose] this term only 257
#42 MeSH descriptor: [Monosaccharides] this term only 11
#43 MeSH descriptor: [Disaccharides] this term only 114
#44 {or #22–#43} 6600
#45 #21 and #44 1059

Table 21Clinical search terms (Pubmed)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

27
#7
Add
Search (#2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6) 29
#6
Add
Search (fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#5
Add
Search (fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#4
Add
Search (fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#3
Add
Search (fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#2
Add
Search Fodmap[Title/Abstract] 29

D.2.2. Health economics search summary

Table 22Health economics search summary

DatabasesDate searchedNo. retrieved
MEDLINE (Ovid)06/03/14187
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)06/03/1418
EMBASE (Ovid)06/03/14413
NHS Economic Evaluation Database - NHS EED (Wiley)06/03/141
Health Economic Evaluations Database – HEED (Wiley)06/03/140
PubMed06/03/141

Table 23Health economic search terms (Medline and Medline in Process)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4064)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7236)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (510)
4 IBS.tw. (4441)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32495)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (406671)
7 Flatulence/ (1179)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4753)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7722)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22296)
11 FI.tw. (4830)
12 Encopres*.tw. (547)
13 Diarrhea/ (38031)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71789)
15 Constipation/ (10523)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14650)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3658)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (980)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7184)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9315)
21 or/1–20 (532575)
22 Fodmap*.tw. (26)
23 “fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (8)
24 “fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (2)
25 “fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (10)
26 “fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (5)
27 Dietary Carbohydrates/ or Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted/ (22239)
28 ((short-chain* or shortchain* or short chain* or low-digest* or lowdigest* or low digest* or non-digest* or nondigest* or nondigest* or fermentable*) adj4 carbohydrate*).tw. (607)
29 ((carbohydrate* or sugar*) adj4 malabsorpt*).tw. (372)
30 (fructose* or oligosaccharide* or fructo-oligosacchride* or galactan* or galacto-oligosaccharide* or oligofructose* or fructan* or inulin* or sorbitol* or polyol* or xylitol* or mannitol* or maltitol* or raffinose* or stachyose* or nystose* or kestose* or lactose* or ordisaccharide* or monosaccharide*).tw. (94481)
31 Fructose/ or Oligosaccharides/ or Galactans/ or Fructans/ or Inulin/ or Sorbitol/ or Xylitol/ or Mannitol/ or Raffinose/ or Lactose/ or Monosaccharides/ or Disaccharides/ (77492)
32 or/22–31 (150894)
33 21 and 32 (7268)
34 Economics/ (26508)
35 exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ (178069)
36 Economics, Dental/ (1853)
37 exp Economics, Hospital/ (19221)
38 exp Economics, Medical/ (13508)
39 Economics, Nursing/ (3887)
40 Economics, Pharmaceutical/ (2507)
41 Budgets/ (9617)
42 exp Models, Economic/ (9913)
43 Markov Chains/ (9437)
44 Monte Carlo Method/ (19364)
45 Decision Trees/ (8650)
46 econom$.tw. (150098)
47 cba.tw. (8624)
48 cea.tw. (15744)
49 cua.tw. (779)
50 markov$.tw. (10981)
51 (monte adj carlo).tw. (19965)
52 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (7950)
53 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (293286)
54 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (22220)
55 budget$.tw. (16720)
56 expenditure$.tw. (33620)
57 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1287)
58 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (3319)
59 or/34–58 (630780)
60 “Quality of Life”/ (113933)
61 quality of life.tw. (130420)
62 “Value of Life”/ (5381)
63 Quality-Adjusted Life Years/ (6754)
64 quality adjusted life.tw. (5583)
65 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (4634)
66 disability adjusted life.tw. (1089)
67 daly$.tw. (1088)
68 Health Status Indicators/ (19623)
69 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (14442)
70 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (954)
71 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (2383)
72 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (20)
73 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
74 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (3455)
75 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (22792)
76 (hye or hyes).tw. (53)
77 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (38)
78 utilit$.tw. (105910)
79 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (811)
80 disutili$.tw. (188)
81 rosser.tw. (71)
82 quality of wellbeing.tw. (5)
83 quality of well-being.tw. (316)
84 qwb.tw. (159)
85 willingness to pay.tw. (2025)
86 standard gamble$.tw. (634)
87 time trade off.tw. (689)
88 time tradeoff.tw. (198)
89 tto.tw. (543)
90 or/60–89 (303013)
91 59 or 90 (892441)
92 33 and 91 (229)
93 limit 92 to english language (203)
94 Animals/ not Humans/ (3807921)
95 93 not 94 (187)

Table 24Health economic search terms (EMBASE)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 irritable colon/ (15719)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11913)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (604)
4 IBS.tw. (8332)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (27185)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (556859)
7 flatulence/ (8214)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7775)
9 feces incontinence/ (13731)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (36027)
11 FI.tw. (12965)
12 Encopres*.tw. (734)
13 diarrhea/ (151868)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (98930)
15 constipation/ (55832)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24607)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1516)
18 dyspepsia/ (25080)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13796)
20 or/1–19 (822645)
21 Fodmap*.tw. (82)
22 “fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (21)
23 “fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (8)
24 “fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols”.tw. (26)
25 “fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols”.tw. (18)
26 carbohydrate diet/ (14550)
27 low carbohydrate diet/ (1487)
28 ((short-chain* or shortchain* or short chain* or low-digest* or lowdigest* or low digest* or non-digest* or nondigest* or nondigest* or fermentable*) adj4 carbohydrate*).tw. (773)
29 ((carbohydrate* or sugar*) adj4 malabsorpt*).tw. (451)
30 (fructose* or oligosaccharide* or fructo-oligosacchride* or galactan* or galacto-oligosaccharide* or oligofructose* or fructan* or inulin* or sorbitol* or polyol* or xylitol* or mannitol* or maltitol* or raffinose* or stachyose* or nystose* or kestose* or lactose* or ordisaccharide* or monosaccharide*).tw. (111002)
31 fructose/ or oligosaccharide/ or galactan/ or galactose oligosaccharide/ or fructose oligosaccharide/ or fructan/ or inulin/ or sorbitol/ or polyol/ or xylitol/ or mannitol/ or maltitol/ or raffinose/ or lactose/ or monosaccharide/ or disaccharide/ (102166)
32 or/21–31 (167942)
33 20 and 32 (9762)
34 exp Health Economics/ (618525)
35 exp “Health Care Cost”/ (202322)
36 exp Pharmacoeconomics/ (173338)
37 Monte Carlo Method/ (21775)
38 Decision Tree/ (6029)
39 econom$.tw. (208490)
40 cba.tw. (9620)
41 cea.tw. (21866)
42 cua.tw. (908)
43 markov$.tw. (15866)
44 (monte adj carlo).tw. (27447)
45 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (11603)
46 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (423443)
47 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (32451)
48 budget$.tw. (23596)
49 expenditure$.tw. (45197)
50 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1927)
51 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (6246)
52 or/34–51 (1113042)
53 “Quality of Life”/ (248870)
54 Quality Adjusted Life Year/ (12158)
55 Quality of Life Index/ (1569)
56 Short Form 36/ (11409)
57 Health Status/ (85076)
58 quality of life.tw. (214253)
59 quality adjusted life.tw. (8778)
60 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (8673)
61 disability adjusted life.tw. (1569)
62 daly$.tw. (1665)
63 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (23235)
64 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (1457)
65 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (4177)
66 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (36)
67 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
68 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (6777)
69 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (42243)
70 (hye or hyes).tw. (91)
71 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (43)
72 utilit$.tw. (153308)
73 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (1261)
74 disutili$.tw. (360)
75 rosser.tw. (90)
76 quality of wellbeing.tw. (19)
77 quality of well-being.tw. (378)
78 qwb.tw. (195)
79 willingness to pay.tw. (3331)
80 standard gamble$.tw. (791)
81 time trade off.tw. (1011)
82 time tradeoff.tw. (228)
83 tto.tw. (888)
84 or/53–83 (532598)
85 52 or 84 (1559824)
86 33 and 85 (654)
87 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3391370)
88 86 not 87 (617)
89 limit 88 to embase (537)
90 limit 89 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (93)
91 89 not 90 (444)
92 limit 91 to english language (413)

Table 25Health economic search terms (NHS EED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1100
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34704
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1611
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2232
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9939
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 311
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 401
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47430
#22 Fodmap*:ti,ab,kw 2
#23 “fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#24 “fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#25 “fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#26 “fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols”:ti,ab,kw 0
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Dietary Carbohydrates] this term only 2221
#28 MeSH descriptor: [Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted] this term only 157
#29 ((short-chain* or shortchain* or short chain* or low-digest* or lowdigest* or low digest* or non-digest* or nondigest* or nondigest* or fermentable*) near/4 carbohydrate*):ti,ab,kw 55
#30 ((carbohydrate* or sugar*) near/4 malabsorpt*):ti,ab,kw 60
#31 (fructose* or oligosaccharide* or fructo-oligosacchride* or galactan* or galacto-oligosaccharide* or oligofructose* or fructan* or inulin* or sorbitol* or polyol* or xylitol* or mannitol* or maltitol* or raffinose* or stachyose* or nystose* or kestose* or lactose* or ordisaccharide* or monosaccharide*):ti,ab,kw 4374
#32 MeSH descriptor: [Fructose] this term only 577
#33 MeSH descriptor: [Oligosaccharides] this term only 238
#34 MeSH descriptor: [Galactans] this term only 151
#35 MeSH descriptor: [Fructans] this term only 11
#36 MeSH descriptor: [Inulin] this term only 135
#37 MeSH descriptor: [Sorbitol] this term only 218
#38 MeSH descriptor: [Xylitol] this term only 191
#39 MeSH descriptor: [Mannitol] this term only 388
#40 MeSH descriptor: [Raffinose] this term only 73
#41 MeSH descriptor: [Lactose] this term only 257
#42 MeSH descriptor: [Monosaccharides] this term only 11
#43 MeSH descriptor: [Disaccharides] this term only 114
#44 {or #22–#43} 6601
#45 #21 and #44 1

Table 26Health economic search terms (HEED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

All data: FodmapOR
All data: fermentable oligo di monosaccharides and polyolsOR
All data: fermentable oligo di mono-saccharides and polyolsOR
All data: fermentable oligo di and monosaccharides and polyolsOR
All data: fermentable oligo di and mono-saccharides and polyols

Table 27Health economic search terms (PubMed)

Search term
#7 Add Search (#6) AND (“2014/03/01”[Date - Entrez] : “3000”[Date - Entrez]) 1
#6 Add Search (#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5) 30
#5 Add Search (fermentable oligo* di* and mono-saccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#4 Add Search (fermentable oligo* di* and monosaccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#3 Add Search (fermentable oligo* di* mono-saccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#2 Add Search (fermentable oligo* di* monosaccharides and polyols[Title/Abstract]) 0
#1 Add Search Fodmap[Title/Abstract] 30

D.3. Review questions 3 and 4

D.3.1. Clinical search summary

Table 28Clinical search summary

DatabaseDate searchedNumber retrieved
CDSR (Wiley)24/02/20140
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – DARE (Wiley)24/02/20140
HTA database (Wiley)24/02/20143
CENTRAL (Wiley)24/02/201430
MEDLINE (Ovid)24/02/2014149
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)24/02/201429
EMBASE (Ovid)24/02/2014575
PsycINFO (Ovid)24/02/201490
PubMed24/02/20140

Table 29Clinical search terms (MEDLINE)

Search termNumber retrieved
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4003)149
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7169)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (508)
4 IBS.tw. (4385)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32395)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (404749)
7 Flatulence/ (1175)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4715)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7699)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22138)
11 FI.tw. (4803)
12 Encopres*.tw. (545)
13 Diarrhea/ (37897)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71408)
15 Constipation/ (10472)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14556)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3652)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (974)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7151)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9273)
21 or/1–20 (530021)
22 (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess).tw. (71)
23 (Lubiproston* or Amitiza).tw. (216)
24 or/22–23 (261)
25 21 and 24 (225)
26 Meta-Analysis.pt. (44135)
27 Meta-Analysis as Topic/ (13223)
28 Review.pt. (1830363)
29 exp Review Literature as Topic/ (7207)
30 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj3 analy$)).tw. (52539)
31 (review$ or overview$).ti. (255871)
32 (systematic$ adj5 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (48201)
33 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj5 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (3941)
34 ((studies or trial$) adj2 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (23166)
35 (integrat$ adj3 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (4986)
36 (pool$ adj2 (analy$ or data)).tw. (12729)
37 (handsearch$ or (hand adj3 search$)).tw. (4842)
38 (manual$ adj3 search$).tw. (2838)
39 or/26–38 (1981673)
40 animals/ not humans/ (3789994)
41 39 not 40 (1849996)
42 Randomized Controlled Trial.pt. (362550)
43 Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. (87486)
44 Clinical Trial.pt. (483076)
45 exp Clinical Trials as Topic/ (273772)
46 Placebos/ (32159)
47 Random Allocation/ (79100)
48 Double-Blind Method/ (123169)
49 Single-Blind Method/ (18475)
50 Cross-Over Studies/ (33200)
51 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (698402)
52 (random$ adj3 allocat$).tw. (19672)
53 placebo$.tw. (147043)
54 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (120661)
55 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (54899)
56 or/42–55 (1322728)
57 animals/ not humans/ (3789994)
58 56 not 57 (1232791)
59 41 or 58 (2858373)
60 25 and 59 (155)
61 animals/ not humans/ (3789994)
62 60 not 61 (155)
63 limit 62 to english language (149)

Table 30Clinical search terms (Embase)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

575
1 irritable colon/ (15705)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11897)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (604)
4 IBS.tw. (8319)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (27169)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (555764)
7 flatulence/ (8198)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7755)
9 feces incontinence/ (13705)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (35893)
11 FI.tw. (12928)
12 Encopres*.tw. (734)
13 diarrhea/ (151580)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (98710)
15 constipation/ (55736)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24556)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1512)
18 dyspepsia/ (25050)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13777)
20 or/1–19 (821040)
21 linaclotide/ (338)
22 (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess).tw. (253)
23 lubiprostone/ (598)
24 (Lubiproston* or Amitiza).tw. (351)
25 or/21–24 (848)
26 20 and 25 (773)
27 exp Clinical Trials/ (94542)
28 Randomization/ (64919)
29 Placebo/ (235971)
30 Double Blind Procedure/ (120717)
31 Single Blind Procedure/ (19074)
32 Crossover Procedure/ (40030)
33 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (1000852)
34 (random$ adj3 allocat$).tw. (26387)
35 placebo$.tw. (202397)
36 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (161252)
37 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (70115)
38 or/27–37 (1341064)
39 nonhuman/ not human/ (3387770)
40 38 not 39 (1285702)
41 Systematic Review/ (70658)
42 Meta Analysis/ (80923)
43 Review/ (2048024)
44 Review.pt. (2043949)
45 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj3 analy$)).tw. (82061)
46 (review$ or overview$).ti. (343399)
47 (systematic$ adj5 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (74354)
48 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj5 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (5572)
49 ((studies or trial$) adj2 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (31707)
50 (integrat$ adj3 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (6854)
51 (pool$ adj2 (analy$ or data)).tw. (19617)
52 (handsearch$ or (hand adj3 search$)).tw. (6729)
53 (manual$ adj3 search$).tw. (4076)
54 or/41–53 (2376673)
55 nonhuman/ not human/ (3387770)
56 54 not 55 (2254976)
57 40 or 56 (3270144)
58 26 and 57 (592)
59 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3387770)
60 58 not 59 (592)
61 limit 60 to english language (575)

Table 31Clinical search terms (DARE, Central, HTA, CDRS)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

----------------------------------------------------

33
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1099
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34703
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1610
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2231
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9936
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 401
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47425
#22 (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess):ti,ab,kw 9
#23 (Lubiproston* or Amitiza):ti,ab,kw 25
#24 {or #22–#23} 34
#25 #21 and #24 33

Table 32Clinical search terms (Pubmed)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

0
#5
Add
Search (#1 and #4) 90
#4
Add
Search (#2 or #3) 308
#3
Add
Search (Lubiproston* or Amitiza[Title/Abstract]) 178
#2
Add
Search (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess[Title/Abstract]) 162
#1
Add
Search (Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS[Title/Abstract]) 7318

D.3.2. Health economics search summary

Table 33Health economics search summary

DatabasesDate searchedNo. retrieved
MEDLINE (Ovid)07/03/1449
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)07/03/148
EMBASE (Ovid)07/03/14208
NHS Economic Evaluation Database - NHS EED (Wiley)07/03/140
Health Economic Evaluations Database – HEED (Wiley)07/03/140
PubMed07/03/140

Table 34Health economic search terms (Medline and Medline in Process)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4064)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7236)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (510)
4 IBS.tw. (4441)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32495)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (406671)
7 Flatulence/ (1179)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4753)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7722)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22296)
11 FI.tw. (4830)
12 Encopres*.tw. (547)
13 Diarrhea/ (38031)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71789)
15 Constipation/ (10523)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14650)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3658)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (980)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7184)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9315)
21 or/1–20 (532575)
22 (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess).tw. (75)
23 (Lubiproston* or Amitiza).tw. (217)
24 or/22–23 (266)
25 21 and 24 (230)
26 Economics/ (26508)
27 exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ (178069)
28 Economics, Dental/ (1853)
29 exp Economics, Hospital/ (19221)
30 exp Economics, Medical/ (13508)
31 Economics, Nursing/ (3887)
32 Economics, Pharmaceutical/ (2507)
33 Budgets/ (9617)
34 exp Models, Economic/ (9913)
35 Markov Chains/ (9437)
36 Monte Carlo Method/ (19364)
37 Decision Trees/ (8650)
38 econom$.tw. (150098)
39 cba.tw. (8624)
40 cea.tw. (15744)
41 cua.tw. (779)
42 markov$.tw. (10981)
43 (monte adj carlo).tw. (19965)
44 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (7950)
45 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (293286)
46 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (22220)
47 budget$.tw. (16720)
48 expenditure$.tw. (33620)
49 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1287)
50 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (3319)
51 or/26–50 (630780)
52 “Quality of Life”/ (113933)
53 quality of life.tw. (130420)
54 “Value of Life”/ (5381)
55 Quality-Adjusted Life Years/ (6754)
56 quality adjusted life.tw. (5583)
57 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (4634)
58 disability adjusted life.tw. (1089)
59 daly$.tw. (1088)
60 Health Status Indicators/ (19623)
61 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (14442)
62 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (954)
63 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (2383)
64 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (20)
65 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
66 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (3455)
67 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (22792)
68 (hye or hyes).tw. (53)
69 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (38)
70 utilit$.tw. (105910)
71 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (811)
72 disutili$.tw. (188)
73 rosser.tw. (71)
74 quality of wellbeing.tw. (5)
75 quality of well-being.tw. (316)
76 qwb.tw. (159)
77 willingness to pay.tw. (2025)
78 standard gamble$.tw. (634)
79 time trade off.tw. (689)
80 time tradeoff.tw. (198)
81 tto.tw. (543)
82 or/52–81 (303013)
83 51 or 82 (892441)
84 25 and 83 (49)
85 Animals/ not Humans/ (3807921)
86 84 not 85 (49)
87 limit 86 to english language (48)

Table 35Health economic search terms (EMBASE)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 irritable colon/ (15719)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11913)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (604)
4 IBS.tw. (8332)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (27185)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (556859)
7 flatulence/ (8214)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7775)
9 feces incontinence/ (13731)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (36027)
11 FI.tw. (12965)
12 Encopres*.tw. (734)
13 diarrhea/ (151868)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (98930)
15 constipation/ (55832)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24607)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1516)
18 dyspepsia/ (25080)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13796)
20 or/1–19 (822645)
21 linaclotide/ (339)
22 (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess).tw. (254)
23 lubiprostone/ (599)
24 (Lubiproston* or Amitiza).tw. (352)
25 or/21–24 (850)
26 20 and 25 (775)
27 exp Health Economics/ (618525)
28 exp “Health Care Cost”/ (202322)
29 exp Pharmacoeconomics/ (173338)
30 Monte Carlo Method/ (21775)
31 Decision Tree/ (6029)
32 econom$.tw. (208490)
33 cba.tw. (9620)
34 cea.tw. (21866)
35 cua.tw. (908)
36 markov$.tw. (15866)
37 (monte adj carlo).tw. (27447)
38 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (11603)
39 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (423443)
40 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (32451)
41 budget$.tw. (23596)
42 expenditure$.tw. (45197)
43 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1927)
44 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (6246)
45 or/27–44 (1113042)
46 “Quality of Life”/ (248870)
47 Quality Adjusted Life Year/ (12158)
48 Quality of Life Index/ (1569)
49 Short Form 36/ (11409)
50 Health Status/ (85076)
51 quality of life.tw. (214253)
52 quality adjusted life.tw. (8778)
53 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (8673)
54 disability adjusted life.tw. (1569)
55 daly$.tw. (1665)
56 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (23235)
57 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (1457)
58 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (4177)
59 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (36)
60 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
61 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (6777)
62 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (42243)
63 (hye or hyes).tw. (91)
64 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (43)
65 utilit$.tw. (153308)
66 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (1261)
67 disutili$.tw. (360)
68 rosser.tw. (90)
69 quality of wellbeing.tw. (19)
70 quality of well-being.tw. (378)
71 qwb.tw. (195)
72 willingness to pay.tw. (3331)
73 standard gamble$.tw. (791)
74 time trade off.tw. (1011)
75 time tradeoff.tw. (228)
76 tto.tw. (888)
77 or/46–76 (532598)
78 45 or 77 (1559824)
79 26 and 78 (266)
80 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3391370)
81 79 not 80 (266)
82 limit 81 to embase (257)
83 limit 82 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (46)
84 82 not 83 (211)
85 limit 84 to english language (208)

Table 36Health economic search terms (NHS EED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1100
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34704
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1611
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2232
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9939
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 311
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 401
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47430
#22 (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess):ti,ab,kw 9
#23 (Lubiproston* or Amitiza):ti,ab,kw 25
#24 {or #22–#23} 34
#25 #21 and #24 0

Table 37Health economic search terms (HEED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

All data: ‘IBS’ or Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBSAND
All data: Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess or Lubiproston* or Amitiza

Table 38Health economic search terms (PubMed)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

#4 Add Search (#3) AND (“2014/03/01”[Date - Entrez] : “3000”[Date - Entrez]) 0
#3 Add Search (#1 and #2) 90
#2 Add Search (Linaclotid* or Constella or Linzess or Lubiproston* or Amitiza) 308
#1 Add Search (Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS[Title/Abstract]) 7345

D.4. Review question 5a (relaxation)

D.4.1. Clinical search summary

Table 39Clinical search summary (further update search)

DatabaseDate searchedNumber retrieved
CDSR (Wiley)16/08/1349
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – DARE (Wiley)16/08/1316
HTA database (Wiley)16/08/130
CENTRAL (Wiley)16/08/13165
MEDLINE (Ovid)16/08/13496
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)16/08/1314
EMBASE (Ovid)16/08/13997/804
PsycINFO (Ovid)16/08/13308

Table 40Clinical search terms (Medline and Medline in process)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

510
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4182)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7398)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (515)
4 IBS.tw. (4547)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32900)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (415649)
7 Flatulence/ (1209)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4815)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7744)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22857)
11 FI.tw. (4914)
12 Encopres*.tw. (548)
13 Diarrhea/ (39254)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (75897)
15 Constipation/ (10460)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14744)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3648)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1018)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7289)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9512)
21 or/1–20 (545849)
22 exp Hypnosis/ (10588)
23 Hypno*.tw. (17355)
24 exp psychotherapy/ (149510)
25 Psychotherap*.tw. (29703)
26 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (2726)
27 Relaxation Therapy/ (5744)
28 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (5783)
29 Stress, Psychological/ (86317)
30 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (21578)
31 or/22–30 (266914)
32 21 and 31 (5286)
33 Animals/ not Humans/ (3926191)
34 32 not 33 (4429)
35 Meta-Analysis.pt. (49881)
36 Meta-Analysis as Topic/ (13930)
37 Review.pt. (1894357)
38 exp Review Literature as Topic/ (7544)
39 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj2 analy$)).tw. (57298)
40 (review$ or overview$).ti. (260353)
41 (systematic$ adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (51252)
42 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (3697)
43 ((studies or trial$) adj1 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (7679)
44 (integrat$ adj2 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (3592)
45 (pool$ adj1 (analy$ or data)).tw. (9452)
46 (handsearch$ or (hand adj2 search$)).tw. (6555)
47 (manual$ adj2 search$).tw. (2963)
48 or/35–47 (2043448)
49 animals/ not humans/ (3926191)
50 48 not 49 (1908855)
51 Randomized Controlled Trial.pt. (382120)
52 Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. (88870)
53 Clinical Trial.pt. (499567)
54 exp Clinical Trials as Topic/ (292503)
55 Placebos/ (33370)
56 Random Allocation/ (80818)
57 Double-Blind Method/ (129386)
58 Single-Blind Method/ (19108)
59 Cross-Over Studies/ (35341)
60 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj2 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (648974)
61 (random$ adj2 allocat$).tw. (20247)
62 placebo$.tw. (158578)
63 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (127154)
64 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (58157)
65 or/51–64 (1331078)
66 animals/ not humans/ (3926191)
67 65 not 66 (1246049)
68 50 or 67 (2918027)
69 34 and 68 (1841)
70 limit 69 to english language (1567)
71 limit 70 to ed=20070601-20130816 (595)

Table 41Clinical search terms (Embase)

Search termNumber retrieved

Strategy used:

------------------------------------------------------------

804
1 irritable colon/ (14846)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11222)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (591)
4 IBS.tw. (7748)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (26586)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (532130)
7 flatulence/ (7730)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7215)
9 feces incontinence/ (13079)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (33309)
11 FI.tw. (11942)
12 Encopres*.tw. (715)
13 diarrhea/ (143830)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (93843)
15 constipation/ (52395)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (22949)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1468)
18 dyspepsia/ (23969)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13193)
20 or/1–19 (784150)
21 exp hypnosis/ (13072)
22 Hypno*.tw. (21934)
23 exp psychotherapy/ (176804)
24 Psychotherap*.tw. (43934)
25 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (3847)
26 relaxation training/ (8218)
27 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (7553)
28 mental stress/ (58394)
29 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (28080)
30 or/21–29 (289442)
31 20 and 30 (8470)
32 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3300306)
33 31 not 32 (8124)
34 Systematic Review/ (62942)
35 Meta Analysis/ (74817)
36 Review/ (1988330)
37 Review.pt. (1983739)
38 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj2 analy$)).tw. (73560)
39 (review$ or overview$).ti. (326275)
40 (systematic$ adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (65620)
41 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (4460)
42 ((studies or trial$) adj1 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (8951)
43 (integrat$ adj2 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (4333)
44 (pool$ adj1 (analy$ or data)).tw. (12265)
45 (handsearch$ or (hand adj2 search$)).tw. (6237)
46 (manual$ adj2 search$).tw. (3582)
47 or/34–46 (2288525)
48 nonhuman/ not human/ (3300306)
49 47 not 48 (2171333)
50 exp Clinical Trials/ (73406)
51 Randomization/ (63137)
52 Placebo/ (223384)
53 Double Blind Procedure/ (116998)
54 Single Blind Procedure/ (18070)
55 Crossover Procedure/ (38092)
56 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj2 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (821449)
57 (random$ adj2 allocat$).tw. (24383)
58 placebo$.tw. (193467)
59 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (154960)
60 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (67284)
61 or/50–60 (1171258)
62 nonhuman/ not human/ (3300306)
63 61 not 62 (1125411)
64 49 or 63 (3054757)
65 33 and 64 (4254)
66 limit 65 to english language (3821)
67 limit 66 to em=200700-201332 (2060)
68 limit 67 to embase (1938)
69 limit 68 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (135)
70 68 not 69 (1803)

Table 42Clinical search terms (PsyINFO)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

308
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (515)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (655)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (1)
4 IBS.tw. (479)
5 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (5290)
6 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (115)
7 Fecal Incontinence/ (153)
8 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (2865)
9 FI.tw. (490)
10 Encopres*.tw. (156)
11 Diarrhea/ (137)
12 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (840)
13 Constipation/ (148)
14 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (754)
15 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (52)
16 Dyspepsia/ (47)
17 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (223)
18 or/1–17 (10210)
19 exp Hypnosis/ (1782)
20 Hypno*.tw. (4476)
21 exp Psychotherapy/ (71104)
22 Psychotherap*.tw. (36185)
23 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (3936)
24 Relaxation Therapy/ (333)
25 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (1383)
26 Psychological Stress/ (2729)
27 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (6708)
28 or/19–27 (93761)
29 18 and 28 (606)
30 limit 29 to (english language and yr=“2007 -Current”) (310)

Table 43Clinical search terms (DARE, HTA, Central, CDRS)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

----------------------------------------------------

230
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 373
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 997
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 221
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 518
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2352
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 31534
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 207
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1296
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 373
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 1918
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 299
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 50
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 1991
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 8149
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 805
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 2817
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 308
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 389
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 862
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2182
#21 {or #1–#20} 42188
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Hypnosis] explode all trees 560
#23 Hypno*:ti,ab,kw 4702
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Psychotherapy] explode all trees 13737
#25 Psychotherap*:ti,ab,kw 5932
#26 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 730
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Relaxation Therapy] this term only 1113
#28 (Relax* near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 2472
#29 MeSH descriptor: [Stress, Psychological] this term only 3055
#30 (Stress* near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 3682
#31 {or #22–#30} 25438
#32 #21 and #31 from 2007 to 2013 294

Table 44Clinical search summary (further update search)

DatabaseDate searchedNumber retrieved
CDSR (Wiley)10/02/20146
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – DARE (Wiley)10/02/20146
HTA database (Wiley)10/02/20141
CENTRAL (Wiley)10/02/201437
MEDLINE (Ovid)10/02/201436
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)10/02/20142
EMBASE (Ovid)10/02/20145
PsycINFO (Ovid)10/02/201439
PubMed10/02/201417

Table 45Clinical search terms (MEDLINE)

Line numberSearch termNumber retrieved
1Irritable Bowel Syndrome/(3960)
2(Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw.(7088)
3(Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw.(507)
4IBS.tw.4335
5exp Gastrointestinal Motility/(32269)
6((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw.(402152)
7Flatulence/(1170)
8(Flatu* or bloat*).tw.(4682)
9Fecal Incontinence/(7657)
10((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw.(22005)
11FI.tw.(4773)
12Encopres*.tw.(542)
13Diarrhea/(37693)
14(Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw.(70921)
15Constipation/(10401)
16(Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw.(14466)
17Colonic Diseases, Functional/(3616)
18(Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw.(963)
19Dyspepsia/(7086)
20(Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw.(9183)
21or/1–20(526688)
22exp Hypnosis/(10510)
23Hypno*.tw.(16988)
24exp psychotherapy/(146219)
25Psychotherap*.tw.(29216)
26((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw.(2639)
27Relaxation Therapy/(5635)
28(Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw.(5578)
29Stress, Psychological/(83211)
30(Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw.(20586)
31or/22–30(259291)
3221 and 31(5117)
33Animals/ not Humans/(3778831)
3432 not 33(4294)
35Meta-Analysis.pt.(43521)
36Meta-Analysis as Topic/(13143)
37Review.pt.(1821724)
38exp Review Literature as Topic/(7171)
39(metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj2 analy$)).tw.(51820)
40(review$ or overview$).ti.(254165)
41(systematic$ adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw.(47362)
42((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw.(3433)
43((studies or trial$) adj1 (review$ or overview$)).tw.(6969)
44(integrat$ adj2 (research or review$ or literature)).tw.(3407
45(pool$ adj1 (analy$ or data)).tw.(8458)
46(handsearch$ or (hand adj2 search$)).tw.(4743)
47(manual$ adj2 search$).tw.(2681)
48or/35–47(1965877)
49animals/ not humans/(3778831)
5048 not 49(1835212)
51Randomized Controlled Trial.pt.(359956)
52Controlled Clinical Trial.pt.(86949)
53Clinical Trial.pt.(481258)
54exp Clinical Trials as Topic/(271943)
55Placebos/(31933)
56Random Allocation/(78719)
57Double-Blind Method/(122345)
58Single-Blind Method/(18322)
59Cross-Over Studies/(32947)
60((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj2 (trial$ or stud$)).tw.(601767)
61(random$ adj2 allocat$).tw.(19078)
62placebo$.tw.(146022)
63((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw.(119902)
64(crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw.(54551)
65or/51–64(1253677)
66animals/ not humans/(3778831)
6765 not 66(1171810)
6850 or 67(2792424)
6934 and 68(1753)
70limit 69 to english language(1481)
71limit 70 to ed=20070601-20130816(505)
72limit 70 to ed=20130816-20140210(36)

Table 46Clinical search terms (Embase)

Search termNumber retrieved

Strategy used:

------------------------------------------------------------

1
1 irritable colon/ (15666)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11866)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (601)
4 IBS.tw. (8300)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (27134)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (554236)
7 flatulence/ (8164)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7724)
9 feces incontinence/ (13650)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (35717)
11 FI.tw. (12816)
12 Encopres*.tw. (733)
13 diarrhea/ (151059)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (98357)
15 constipation/ (55549)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24457)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1510)
18 dyspepsia/ (24993)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13749)
20 or/1–19 (818587)
21 exp hypnosis/ (13248)
22 Hypno*.tw. (22458)
23 exp psychotherapy/ (182031)
24 Psychotherap*.tw. (45193)
25 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (4010)
26 relaxation training/ (8459)
27 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (7813)
28 mental stress/ (60225)
29 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (29551)
30 or/21–29 (298624)
31 20 and 30 (8845)
32 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3381252)
33 31 not 32 (8490)
34 Systematic Review/ (70069)
35 Meta Analysis/ (80432)
36 Review/ (2043522)
37 Review.pt. (2039408)
38 (metaanaly$ or metanaly$ or (meta adj2 analy$)).tw. (81339)
39 (review$ or overview$).ti. (342048)
40 (systematic$ adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (73335)
41 ((quantitative$ or qualitative$) adj4 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (4821)
42 ((studies or trial$) adj1 (review$ or overview$)).tw. (9486)
43 (integrat$ adj2 (research or review$ or literature)).tw. (4667)
44 (pool$ adj1 (analy$ or data)).tw. (13316)
45 (handsearch$ or (hand adj2 search$)).tw. (6622)
46 (manual$ adj2 search$).tw. (3860)
47 or/34–46 (2360028)
48 nonhuman/ not human/ (3381252)
49 47 not 48 (2239437)
50 exp Clinical Trials/ (92875)
51 Randomization/ (64837)
52 Placebo/ (235150)
53 Double Blind Procedure/ (120415)
54 Single Blind Procedure/ (18996)
55 Crossover Procedure/ (39883)
56 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj2 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (867302)
57 (random$ adj2 allocat$).tw. (25549)
58 placebo$.tw. (201652)
59 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (160694)
60 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (69925)
61 or/50–60 (1235505)
62 nonhuman/ not human/ (3381252)
63 61 not 62 (1188050)
64 49 or 63 (3170326)
65 33 and 64 (4436)
66 limit 65 to english language (3998)
67 limit 66 to em=200700-201332 (2049)
68 limit 67 to embase (1927)
69 limit 68 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (135)
70 68 not 69 (1792)
71 limit 70 to em=201332-201406 (5)

Table 47Clinical search terms (PsyINFO)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

23
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (551)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (686)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (1)
4 IBS.tw. (507)
5 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (5566)
6 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (122)
7 Fecal Incontinence/ (163)
8 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (3071)
9 FI.tw. (533)
10 Encopres*.tw. (163)
11 Diarrhea/ (151)
12 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (889)
13 Constipation/ (161)
14 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (801)
15 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (53)
16 Dyspepsia/ (55)
17 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (232)
18 or/1–17 (10833)
19 exp Hypnosis/ (1857)
20 Hypno*.tw. (4648)
21 exp Psychotherapy/ (75245)
22 Psychotherap*.tw. (38375)
23 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (4120)
24 Relaxation Therapy/ (339)
25 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (1439)
26 Psychological Stress/ (2874)
27 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (7063)
28 or/19–27 (99122)
29 18 and 28 (627)
30 limit 29 to (english language and yr=“2007 -Current”) (331)
31 limit 29 to (english language and yr=“2013 -2014”) (39)

Table 48Clinical search terms (HTA, DARE, CDRS, DARE)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

40
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1099
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34702
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1610
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2228
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9936
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 311
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 400
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47420
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Hypnosis] explode all trees 566
#23 Hypno*:ti,ab,kw 4983
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Psychotherapy] explode all trees 14254
#25 Psychotherap*:ti,ab,kw 6365
#26 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 785
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Relaxation Therapy] this term only 1129
#28 (Relax* near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 2625
#29 MeSH descriptor: [Stress, Psychological] this term only 3191
#30 (Stress* near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 4212
#31 {or #22–#30} 27162
#32 #21 and #31 from 2013 to 2014 50

Table 49Clinical search terms (Pubmed)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

Search Add to builder Query Items found
#10
Add
Search (#7) AND (“2013/08/01”[Date - Entrez] : “3000”[Date - Entrez]) 17
#8
Add
Search (#7 and publisher [sb]) 0
#7
Add
Search (#1 and #6) 570
#6
Add
Search (#2 or #5) 325275
#5
Add
Search (#3 and #4) 262572
#4
Add
Search (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*[Title/Abstract]) 7340101
#3
Add
Search (Psychodynamic* or interpersonal* or Relax* or Stress*[Title/Abstract]) 696106
#2
Add
Search (Hypno* or Psychotherap*[Title/Abstract]) 69343
#1
Add
Search (Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS[Title/Abstract]) 7298

D.4.2. Health economic search summary

Table 50Health economics search summary

DatabasesDate searchedNo. retrieved
MEDLINE (Ovid)06/03/14333
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)06/03/148
EMBASE (Ovid)06/03/141018
NHS Economic Evaluation Database - NHS EED (Wiley)06/03/148
Health Economic Evaluations Database – HEED (Wiley)06/03/147
PubMed06/03/142

Table 51Health economic search terms (Medline and Medline in Process)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4064)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7236)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (510)
4 IBS.tw. (4441)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32495)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (406671)
7 Flatulence/ (1179)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4753)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7722)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22296)
11 FI.tw. (4830)
12 Encopres*.tw. (547)
13 Diarrhea/ (38031)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (71789)
15 Constipation/ (10523)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14650)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3658)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (980)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7184)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9315)
21 or/1–20 (532575)
22 exp Hypnosis/ (10562)
23 Hypno*.tw. (17118)
24 exp psychotherapy/ (147413)
25 Psychotherap*.tw. (29403)
26 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (2660)
27 Relaxation Therapy/ (5653)
28 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (5618)
29 Stress, Psychological/ (84306)
30 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (20845)
31 or/22–30 (261916)
32 21 and 31 (5163)
33 Economics/ (26508)
34 exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ (178069)
35 Economics, Dental/ (1853)
36 exp Economics, Hospital/ (19221)
37 exp Economics, Medical/ (13508)
38 Economics, Nursing/ (3887)
39 Economics, Pharmaceutical/ (2507)
40 Budgets/ (9617)
41 exp Models, Economic/ (9913)
42 Markov Chains/ (9437)
43 Monte Carlo Method/ (19364)
44 Decision Trees/ (8650)
45 econom$.tw. (150098)
46 cba.tw. (8624)
47 cea.tw. (15744)
48 cua.tw. (779)
49 markov$.tw. (10981)
50 (monte adj carlo).tw. (19965)
51 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (7950)
52 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (293286)
53 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (22220)
54 budget$.tw. (16720)
55 expenditure$.tw. (33620)
56 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1287)
57 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (3319)
58 or/33–57 (630780)
59 “Quality of Life”/ (113933)
60 quality of life.tw. (130420)
61 “Value of Life”/ (5381)
62 Quality-Adjusted Life Years/ (6754)
63 quality adjusted life.tw. (5583)
64 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (4634)
65 disability adjusted life.tw. (1089)
66 daly$.tw. (1088)
67 Health Status Indicators/ (19623)
68 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (14442)
69 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (954)
70 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (2383)
71 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (20)
72 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
73 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (3455)
74 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (22792)
75 (hye or hyes).tw. (53)
76 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (38)
77 utilit$.tw. (105910)
78 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (811)
79 disutili$.tw. (188)
80 rosser.tw. (71)
81 quality of wellbeing.tw. (5)
82 quality of well-being.tw. (316)
83 qwb.tw. (159)
84 willingness to pay.tw. (2025)
85 standard gamble$.tw. (634)
86 time trade off.tw. (689)
87 time tradeoff.tw. (198)
88 tto.tw. (543)
89 or/59–88 (303013)
90 58 or 89 (892441)
91 32 and 90 (740)
92 Animals/ not Humans/ (3807921)
93 91 not 92 (723)
94 limit 93 to ed=20070601-20140306 (367)
95 limit 94 to english language (333)

Table 52Health economic search terms (EMBASE)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 irritable colon/ (15719)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11913)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (604)
4 IBS.tw. (8332)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (27185)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (556859)
7 flatulence/ (8214)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7775)
9 feces incontinence/ (13731)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (36027)
11 FI.tw. (12965)
12 Encopres*.tw. (734)
13 diarrhea/ (151868)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (98930)
15 constipation/ (55832)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24607)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1516)
18 dyspepsia/ (25080)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13796)
20 or/1–19 (822645)
21 exp hypnosis/ (13272)
22 Hypno*.tw. (22527)
23 exp psychotherapy/ (182514)
24 Psychotherap*.tw. (45295)
25 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (4027)
26 relaxation training/ (8480)
27 (Relax* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (7841)
28 mental stress/ (60431)
29 (Stress* adj4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)).tw. (29691)
30 or/21–29 (299538)
31 20 and 30 (8873)
32 exp Health Economics/ (618525)
33 exp “Health Care Cost”/ (202322)
34 exp Pharmacoeconomics/ (173338)
35 Monte Carlo Method/ (21775)
36 Decision Tree/ (6029)
37 econom$.tw. (208490)
38 cba.tw. (9620)
39 cea.tw. (21866)
40 cua.tw. (908)
41 markov$.tw. (15866)
42 (monte adj carlo).tw. (27447)
43 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (11603)
44 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (423443)
45 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (32451)
46 budget$.tw. (23596)
47 expenditure$.tw. (45197)
48 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1927)
49 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (6246)
50 or/32–49 (1113042)
51 “Quality of Life”/ (248870)
52 Quality Adjusted Life Year/ (12158)
53 Quality of Life Index/ (1569)
54 Short Form 36/ (11409)
55 Health Status/ (85076)
56 quality of life.tw. (214253)
57 quality adjusted life.tw. (8778)
58 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (8673)
59 disability adjusted life.tw. (1569)
60 daly$.tw. (1665)
61 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (23235)
62 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (1457)
63 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (4177)
64 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (36)
65 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (323)
66 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (6777)
67 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (42243)
68 (hye or hyes).tw. (91)
69 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (43)
70 utilit$.tw. (153308)
71 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (1261)
72 disutili$.tw. (360)
73 rosser.tw. (90)
74 quality of wellbeing.tw. (19)
75 quality of well-being.tw. (378)
76 qwb.tw. (195)
77 willingness to pay.tw. (3331)
78 standard gamble$.tw. (791)
79 time trade off.tw. (1011)
80 time tradeoff.tw. (228)
81 tto.tw. (888)
82 or/51–81 (532598)
83 50 or 82 (1559824)
84 31 and 83 (2222)
85 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3391370)
86 84 not 85 (2217)
87 limit 86 to em=200700-201409 (1331)
88 limit 87 to embase (1185)
89 limit 88 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (167)
90 88 not 89 (1018)

Table 53Health economic search terms (NHS EED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 406
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1100
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 293
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 597
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2410
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34704
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 213
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1611
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 391
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2232
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 375
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2061
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9939
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 844
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3622
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 311
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 401
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 889
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2551
#21 {or #1–#20} 47430
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Hypnosis] explode all trees 566
#23 Hypno*:ti,ab,kw 4983
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Psychotherapy] explode all trees 14255
#25 Psychotherap*:ti,ab,kw 6366
#26 ((Psychodynamic* or interpersonal*) near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 785
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Relaxation Therapy] this term only 1129
#28 (Relax* near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 2624
#29 MeSH descriptor: [Stress, Psychological] this term only 3192
#30 (Stress* near/4 (therap* or treat* or techni* or manag* or train*)):ti,ab,kw 4213
#31 {or #22–#30} 27164
#32 #21 and #31 from 2007 to 2014 8

Table 54Health economic search terms (HEED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

All data: ‘IBS’ or Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBSAND
All data: Psychotherap* or psychodynamic* or interpersonal* or relax* or stress* or hypno*

Table 55Health economic search terms (PubMed)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

#4 Add Search (#3) AND (“2014/03/01”[Date - Entrez] : “3000”[Date - Entrez]) 2
#3 Add Search (#1 and #2) 962
#2 Add Search (Psychotherap* or psychodynamic* or interpersonal* or relax* or stress* or hypno*)) 661871
#1 Add Search (Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS) 7793

D.5. Review question 5b (CCBT and Mindfulness)

D.5.1. Clinical search summary

Table 56Clinical search summary (further update search)

DatabaseDate searchedNumber retrieved
CDSR (Wiley)08/05/2014203
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects – DARE (Wiley)08/05/201431
HTA database (Wiley)08/05/20146
CENTRAL (Wiley)08/05/2014897
MEDLINE (Ovid)08/05/2014968/566
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)08/05/2014110
EMBASE (Ovid)08/05/2014993/804
PsycINFO (Ovid)08/05/2014233
PubMed08/05/201424

Table 57Clinical search terms (Medline and Medline in process)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

776
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4184)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7381)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (513)
4 IBS.tw. (4544)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (32695)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (411338)
7 Flatulence/ (1189)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (4839)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7796)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (22757)
11 FI.tw. (4917)
12 Encopres*.tw. (557)
13 Diarrhea/ (38370)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (72683)
15 Constipation/ (10610)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (14833)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3660)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (994)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7219)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9392)
21 or/1–20 (538737)
22 exp Psychotherapy/ (149736)
23 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*).tw. (29802)
24 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (12182)
25 Psychoanalysis/ (8002)
26 Psychoanaly*.tw. (11645)
27 (cogniti* adj4 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)).tw. (35556)
28 ((behavio* or condition*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)).tw. (101856)
29 (CBT or CCBT).tw. (4425)
30 (Hypno* or mesmerism*).tw. (17337)
31 ((Accept* or commit*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (21919)
32 ((Person* or client*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (32147)
33 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (2279)
34 Psychosynthe*.tw. (19)
35 Mindfulness/ (102)
36 Mindfulness*.tw. (1452)
37 (Low* adj4 intensit* adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)).tw. (1482)
38 or/22–37 (333572)
39 21 and 38 (7922)
40 Randomized Controlled Trial.pt. (372317)
41 Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. (88255)
42 Clinical Trial.pt. (486871)
43 exp Clinical Trials as Topic/ (279613)
44 Placebos/ (32527)
45 Random Allocation/ (80352)
46 Double-Blind Method/ (125473)
47 Single-Blind Method/ (18989)
48 Cross-Over Studies/ (34018)
49 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (719381)
50 (random$ adj3 allocat$).tw. (20202)
51 placebo$.tw. (150339)
52 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (122914)
53 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (55962)
54 or/40–53 (1355260)
55 39 and 54 (1790)
56 Animals/ not Humans/ (3843498)
57 55 not 56 (1738)
58 limit 57 to english language (1572)

Table 58Clinical search terms (Embase)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

804
1 irritable colon/ (15401)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (11577)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (566)
4 IBS.tw. (8215)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (25745)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (536316)
7 flatulence/ (8302)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (7670)
9 feces incontinence/ (13507)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (35669)
11 FI.tw. (12911)
12 Encopres*.tw. (706)
13 diarrhea/ (151590)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (95465)
15 constipation/ (56119)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (24168)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1462)
18 dyspepsia/ (24754)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13307)
20 or/1–19 (797736)
21 exp *psychotherapy/ (87751)
22 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*).tw. (43687)
23 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (11021)
24 exp psychoanalysis/ (33776)
25 Psychoanaly*.tw. (16862)
26 (cogniti* adj2 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)).tw. (42283)
27 ((behavio* or condition*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)).tw. (68692)
28 (CBT or CCBT).tw. (7339)
29 (Hypno* or mesmerism*).tw. (21686)
30 ((Accept* or commit*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (14863)
31 ((Person* or client*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (23583)
32 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (3443)
33 Psychosynthe*.tw. (23)
34 mindfulness/ (368)
35 Mindfulness*.tw. (2537)
36 (Low* adj4 intensit* adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)).tw. (1935)
37 or/21–36 (276860)
38 20 and 37 (8047)
39 exp Clinical Trials/ (101133)
40 Randomization/ (61764)
41 Placebo/ (237956)
42 Double Blind Procedure/ (112848)
43 Single Blind Procedure/ (18159)
44 Crossover Procedure/ (38658)
45 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (968251)
46 (random$ adj3 allocat$).tw. (25600)
47 placebo$.tw. (194991)
48 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (155023)
49 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (67695)
50 or/39–49 (1301331)
51 nonhuman/ not human/ (3419593)
52 50 not 51 (1245226)
53 38 and 52 (2295)
54 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3419593)
55 53 not 54 (2295)
56 limit 55 to english language (2188)
57 limit 56 to embase (2095)
58 limit 57 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (288)
59 57 not 58 (1807)

Table 59Clinical search terms (PsyINFO)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

233
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (797)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (1102)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (32)
4 IBS.tw. (764)
5 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (10379)
6 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (203)
7 Fecal Incontinence/ (548)
8 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (4526)
9 FI.tw. (2158)
10 Encopres*.tw. (585)
11 Diarrhea/ (242)
12 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (1407)
13 Constipation/ (267)
14 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (1313)
15 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (90)
16 Dyspepsia/ (112)
17 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (469)
18 or/1–17 (20149)
19 exp Psychotherapy/ (174492)
20 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*).tw. (100015)
21 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (27869)
22 Psychoanalysis/ (43747)
23 Psychoanaly*.tw. (81389)
24 (cogniti* adj4 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)).tw. (69496)
25 ((behavio* or condition*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)).tw. (96053)
26 (CBT or CCBT).tw. (7676)
27 (Hypno* or mesmerism*).tw. (21146)
28 ((Accept* or commit*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (9758)
29 ((Person* or client*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (55345)
30 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (6445)
31 Psychosynthe*.tw. (162)
32 Mindfulness/ (3169)
33 Mindfulness*.tw. (4622)
34 (Low* adj4 intensit* adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)).tw. (296)
35 or/19–34 (410959)
36 18 and 35 (2494)
37 limit 36 to english language (2194)
38 exp Clinical Trials/ (7531)
39 exp Placebo/ (3758)
40 ((random$ or control$ or clinical$) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).tw. (104092)
41 (random$ adj3 allocat$).tw. (2336)
42 placebo$.tw. (30931)
43 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (blind$ or mask$)).tw. (19570)
44 (crossover$ or (cross adj over$)).tw. (7014)
45 or/38–44 (128390)
46 37 and 45 (240)

Table 60Clinical search terms (DARE, HTA, Central, CDRS)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

----------------------------------------------------

1117
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 470
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1157
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 244
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 642
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2494
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 34733
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 227
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1653
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 421
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2441
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 399
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 52
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2141
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 9914
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 937
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3580
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 316
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 408
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 908
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2505
#21 {or #1–#20} 47781
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Psychotherapy] explode all trees 15559
#23 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*):ti,ab,kw 6714
#24 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 4688
#25 MeSH descriptor: [Psychoanalysis] this term only 15
#26 Psychoanaly*:ti,ab,kw 270
#27 (cogniti* near/4 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)):ti,ab,kw 12356
#28 ((behavio* or condition*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)):ti,ab,kw 19543
#29 (CBT or CCBT):ti,ab,kw 2006
#30 (Hypno* or mesmerism*):ti,ab,kw 5060
#31 ((Accept* or commit*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 2540
#32 ((Person* or client*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 4381
#33 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 461
#34 Psychosynthe*:ti,ab,kw 2
#35 MeSH descriptor: [Mindfulness] this term only 6
#36 Mindfulness*:ti,ab,kw 627
#37 (Low* near/4 intensit* near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)):ti,ab,kw 497
#38 {or #22–#37} 44890
#39 #21 and #38 1546

Table 61Clinical search terms (Pubmed)

Search termNumber retrieved

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

24
Search Query Items found
#28
Search (#25 or #27) 25
#27
Search (#23 and #26) 25
#26
Search publisher [sb] 451444
#25
Search (#23 and #24) 1
#24
Search (“2014/05/05”[Date - Entrez] : “3000”[Date - Entrez]) 12565
#23
Search (#1 and #22) 1289
#22
Search (#2 or #5 or #6 or #9 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #16 or #17 or #21) 1077751
#21
Search (#18 and #20) 27608
#20
Search (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*[Title/Abstract]) 6391988
#18
Search Low* intensit*[Title/Abstract] 77862
#17
Search (Psychosynthe* or Mindfulness*.[Title/Abstract]) 1899
#16
Search (#15 and #4) 32864
#15
Search (Accept* or commit* or Person* or client* or Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*[Title/Abstract]) 69289
#14
Search (Hypno* or mesmerism*[Title/Abstract]) 38608
#13
Search (CBT or CCBT[Title/Abstract]) 5291
#12
Search (#10 and #11) 783836
#11
Search (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*[Title/Abstract]) 6543443
#10
Search (behavio* or condition*[Title/Abstract]) 2365842
#9
Search (#7 and #8) 129981
#8
Search (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*[Title/Abstract]) 8454734
#7
Search cogniti*[Title/Abstract] 215393
#6
Search Psychoanaly*[Title/Abstract] 12053
#5
Search (#3 and #4) 127222
#4
Search (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*[Title/Abstract]) 6299164
#3
Search (Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*[Title/Abstract]) 376771
#2
Search (Psychotherap* or logotherap*[Title/Abstract]) 80005
#1
Search (Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS[Title/Abstract]) 7448

D.5.2. Health economics search summary

Table 62Health economics search summary

DatabasesDate searchedNo. retrieved
MEDLINE (Ovid)14/08/14699
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)14/08/1486
EMBASE (Ovid)14/08/14962
NHS Economic Evaluation Database - NHS EED (Wiley)14/08/1410
Health Economic Evaluations Database – HEED (Wiley)14/08/147
PubMed14/08/140

Table 63Health economic search terms (Medline and Medline in Process)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome/ (4451)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (7695)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (521)
4 IBS.tw. (4794)
5 exp Gastrointestinal Motility/ (33357)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (421681)
7 Flatulence/ (1211)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (5001)
9 Fecal Incontinence/ (7976)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (23619)
11 FI.tw. (5068)
12 Encopres*.tw. (566)
13 Diarrhea/ (39013)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (74320)
15 Constipation/ (10912)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (15280)
17 Colonic Diseases, Functional/ (3681)
18 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1032)
19 Dyspepsia/ (7354)
20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (9606)
21 or/1–20 (552007)
22 exp Psychotherapy/ (152486)
23 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*).tw. (30290)
24 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (12557)
25 Psychoanalysis/ (8050)
26 Psychoanaly*.tw. (11712)
27 (cogniti* adj4 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)).tw. (37025)
28 ((behavio* or condition*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)).tw. (104811)
29 (CBT or CCBT).tw. (4674)
30 (Hypno* or mesmerism*).tw. (17584)
31 ((Accept* or commit*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (22464)
32 ((Person* or client*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (33172)
33 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (2346)
34 Psychosynthe*.tw. (19)
35 Mindfulness/ (178)
36 Mindfulness*.tw. (1576)
37 (Low* adj4 intensit* adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)).tw. (1542)
38 or/22–37 (341471)
39 21 and 38 (8154)
40 Economics/ (27091)
41 exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ (183882)
42 Economics, Dental/ (1862)
43 exp Economics, Hospital/ (19754)
44 exp Economics, Medical/ (13642)
45 Economics, Nursing/ (3984)
46 Economics, Pharmaceutical/ (2566)
47 Budgets/ (9803)
48 exp Models, Economic/ (10369)
49 Markov Chains/ (10039)
50 Monte Carlo Method/ (20281)
51 Decision Trees/ (8892)
52 econom$.tw. (157149)
53 cba.tw. (8748)
54 cea.tw. (16214)
55 cua.tw. (801)
56 markov$.tw. (11694)
57 (monte adj carlo).tw. (20914)
58 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (8348)
59 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (307250)
60 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (23172)
61 budget$.tw. (17278)
62 expenditure$.tw. (35534)
63 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1375)
64 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (3426) 65 or/40–64 (657292)
66 “Quality of Life”/ (120911)
67 quality of life.tw. (139050)
68 “Value of Life”/ (5926)
69 Quality-Adjusted Life Years/ (7228)
70 quality adjusted life.tw. (6081)
71 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (5011)
72 disability adjusted life.tw. (1183)
73 daly$.tw. (1171)
74 Health Status Indicators/ (20320)
75 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (15473)
76 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (992)
77 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (2652)
78 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (22)
79 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (333)
80 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (3860)
81 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (24697)
82 (hye or hyes).tw. (54)
83 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (39)
84 utilit$.tw. (112160)
85 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (867)
86 disutili$.tw. (213)
87 rosser.tw. (71)
88 quality of wellbeing.tw. (7)
89 quality of well-being.tw. (335)
90 qwb.tw. (171)
91 willingness to pay.tw. (2189)
92 standard gamble$.tw. (656)
93 time trade off.tw. (738)
94 time tradeoff.tw. (202)
95 tto.tw. (588)
96 or/66–95 (321266)
97 65 or 96 (934691)
98 39 and 97 (1223)
99 Animals/ not Humans/ (3902135)
100 98 not 99 (1204)
101 limit 100 to english language (1057)
102 limit 101 to yr=“2004 -Current” (699)

Table 64Health economic search terms (EMBASE)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

1 irritable colon/ (15950)
2 (Irritable* adj4 bowel* adj4 syndrome*).tw. (12041)
3 (Irritable* adj4 colon*).tw. (569)
4 IBS.tw. (8659)
5 exp gastrointestinal motility/ (26083)
6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) adj4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)).tw. (549639)
7 flatulence/ (8530)
8 (Flatu* or bloat*).tw. (8019)
9 feces incontinence/ (13851)
10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) adj4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)).tw. (37093)
11 FI.tw. (13292)
12 Encopres*.tw. (710)
13 diarrhea/ (155172)
14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*).tw. (97966)
15 constipation/ (57665)
16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*).tw. (25010)
17 (Function* adj4 (colon* or bowel*) adj4 (disease* or disorder*)).tw. (1514)
18 dyspepsia/ (25253)
19 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*).tw. (13648)
20 or/1–19 (817122)
21 exp *psychotherapy/ (89035)
22 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*).tw. (44258)
23 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (11317)
24 exp psychoanalysis/ (33927)
25 Psychoanaly*.tw. (16974)
26 (cogniti* adj2 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)).tw. (43965)
27 ((behavio* or condition*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)).tw. (70729)
28 (CBT or CCBT).tw. (7763)
29 (Hypno* or mesmerism*).tw. (22096)
30 ((Accept* or commit*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (15297)
31 ((Person* or client*) adj2 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (24509)
32 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)).tw. (3554)
33 Psychosynthe*.tw. (24)
34 mindfulness/ (607)
35 Mindfulness*.tw. (2769)
36 (Low* adj4 intensit* adj4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)).tw. (2010)
37 or/21–36 (283183)
38 20 and 37 (8310)
39 exp Health Economics/ (617662)
40 exp “Health Care Cost”/ (205448)
41 exp Pharmacoeconomics/ (167451)
42 Monte Carlo Method/ (21757)
43 Decision Tree/ (5923)
44 econom$.tw. (208777)
45 cba.tw. (9093)
46 cea.tw. (21848)
47 cua.tw. (900)
48 markov$.tw. (15978)
49 (monte adj carlo).tw. (27295)
50 (decision adj3 (tree$ or analys$)).tw. (11729)
51 (cost or costs or costing$ or costly or costed).tw. (426544)
52 (price$ or pricing$).tw. (32733)
53 budget$.tw. (23805)
54 expenditure$.tw. (45109)
55 (value adj3 (money or monetary)).tw. (1948)
56 (pharmacoeconomic$ or (pharmaco adj economic$)).tw. (6296)
57 or/39–56 (1110879)
58 “Quality of Life”/ (256553)
59 Quality Adjusted Life Year/ (12378)
60 Quality of Life Index/ (1717)
61 Short Form 36/ (12415)
62 Health Status/ (85102)
63 quality of life.tw. (219080)
64 quality adjusted life.tw. (8890)
65 (qaly$ or qald$ or qale$ or qtime$).tw. (8981)
66 disability adjusted life.tw. (1569)
67 daly$.tw. (1664)
68 (sf36 or sf 36 or short form 36 or shortform 36 or sf thirtysix or sf thirty six or shortform thirtysix or shortform thirty six or short form thirtysix or short form thirty six).tw. (23564)
69 (sf6 or sf 6 or short form 6 or shortform 6 or sf six or sfsix or shortform six or short form six).tw. (1427)
70 (sf12 or sf 12 or short form 12 or shortform 12 or sf twelve or sftwelve or shortform twelve or short form twelve).tw. (4371)
71 (sf16 or sf 16 or short form 16 or shortform 16 or sf sixteen or sfsixteen or shortform sixteen or short form sixteen).tw. (36)
72 (sf20 or sf 20 or short form 20 or shortform 20 or sf twenty or sftwenty or shortform twenty or short form twenty).tw. (331)
73 (euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d).tw. (7209)
74 (qol or hql or hqol or hrqol).tw. (44273)
75 (hye or hyes).tw. (94)
76 health$ year$ equivalent$.tw. (38)
77 utilit$.tw. (155234)
78 (hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).tw. (1312)
79 disutili$.tw. (381)
80 rosser.tw. (89)
81 quality of wellbeing.tw. (19)
82 quality of well-being.tw. (375)
83 qwb.tw. (196)
84 willingness to pay.tw. (3467)
85 standard gamble$.tw. (794)
86 time trade off.tw. (1001)
87 time tradeoff.tw. (221)
88 tto.tw. (899)
89 or/58–88 (540448)
90 57 or 89 (1564526)
91 38 and 90 (1883)
92 Nonhuman/ not Human/ (3464318)
93 91 not 92 (1874)
94 limit 93 to english language (1725)
95 limit 94 to embase (1594)
96 limit 95 to (conference abstract or conference paper) (353)
97 95 not 96 (1241)
98 limit 97 to yr=“2004 -Current” (962)

Table 65Health economic search terms (NHS EED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] this term only 477
#2 (Irritable* near/4 bowel* near/4 syndrome*):ti,ab,kw 1171
#3 (Irritable* near/4 colon*):ti,ab,kw 260
#4 IBS:ti,ab,kw 655
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Gastrointestinal Motility] explode all trees 2498
#6 ((Intestin* or gastrointestin* or gastro* or gastric* or colon* or bowel*) near/4 (motilit* or sensitiv* or function* or irritable* or irritat* or gas* or spastic* or unstable* or instabilit* or spasm* or empt*)):ti,ab,kw 35230
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Flatulence] this term only 227
#8 (Flatu* or bloat*):ti,ab,kw 1713
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Fecal Incontinence] this term only 421
#10 ((Faec* or fec* or anal* or anus* or alvi* or stool* or bowel* or double or defecat* or defaecat*) near/4 (incontinen* or urge* or leak* or soil* or seep* or impact*)):ti,ab,kw 2473
#11 FI:ti,ab,kw 411
#12 Encopres*:ti,ab,kw 53
#13 MeSH descriptor: [Diarrhea] this term only 2151
#14 (Diarrhoea* or diarrhea*):ti,ab,kw 10230
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Constipation] this term only 941
#16 (Constipat* or costiveness* or dyschezia* or colonic* inertia*):ti,ab,kw 3729
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Colonic Diseases, Functional] this term only 316
#18 (Function* near/4 (colon* or bowel*) near/4 (disease* or disorder*)):ti,ab,kw 407
#19 MeSH descriptor: [Dyspepsia] this term only 908
#20 (Dyspeps* or Indigest*):ti,ab,kw 2557
#21 {or #1–#20} 48604
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Psychotherapy] explode all trees 15658
#23 (Psychotherap* or logotherap*):ti,ab,kw 6792
#24 ((Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 4764
#25 MeSH descriptor: [Psychoanalysis] this term only 15
#26 Psychoanaly*:ti,ab,kw 273
#27 (cogniti* near/4 (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*)):ti,ab,kw 12592
#28 ((behavio* or condition*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*)):ti,ab,kw 19814
#29 (CBT or CCBT):ti,ab,kw 2053
#30 (Hypno* or mesmerism*):ti,ab,kw 5094
#31 ((Accept* or commit*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 2581
#32 ((Person* or client*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 4454
#33 ((Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*) near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*)):ti,ab,kw 478
#34 Psychosynthe*:ti,ab,kw 2
#35 MeSH descriptor: [Mindfulness] this term only 10
#36 Mindfulness*:ti,ab,kw 652
#37 (Low* near/4 intensit* near/4 (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*)):ti,ab,kw 507
#38 {or #22–#37} 45523
#39 #21 and #38 10

Table 66Health economic search terms (HEED)

Search term

Search Strategy:

------------------------------------------------------------

All data: ‘IBS’ or Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBSAND
All data: Psychotherap* or psychodynamic* or mindfulnes* or cognitive behaviour therapy or cognitive behavior therapy or CBT or CCBT

Table 67Health economic search terms (PubMed)

Search term
Search Strategy:
#25 Search (#23 and #24)0
#24 Search (“2014/08/11”[Date - Entrez] : “3000”[Date - Entrez]) 12565
#23 Search (#1 and #22) 1289
#22 Search (#2 or #5 or #6 or #9 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #16 or #17 or #21) 1077751
#21 Search (#18 and #20) 27608
#20 Search (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychological*[Title/Abstract]) 6391988
#18 Search Low* intensit*[Title/Abstract] 77862
#17 Search (Psychosynthe* or Mindfulness*.[Title/Abstract]) 1899
#16 Search (#15 and #4) 32864
#15 Search (Accept* or commit* or Person* or client* or Gestalt* or existential* or realit* or solution-focus* or solution* focus*[Title/Abstract]) 69289
#14 Search (Hypno* or mesmerism*[Title/Abstract]) 38608
#13 Search (CBT or CCBT[Title/Abstract]) 5291
#12 Search (#10 and #11) 783836
#11 Search (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or psychotherap* or modificat*[Title/Abstract]) 6543443
#10 Search (behavio* or condition*[Title/Abstract]) 2365842
#9 Search (#7 and #8) 129981
#8 Search (behavio* or therap* or techni* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel* or restructur* or challenge* or psychotherap*[Title/Abstract]) 8454734
#7 Search cogniti*[Title/Abstract] 215393
#6 Search Psychoanaly*[Title/Abstract] 12053
#5 Search (#3 and #4) 127222
#4 Search (therap* or technic* or treat* or manag* or train* or counsel*[Title/Abstract]) 6299164
#3 Search (Psychological* or Psychodynamic* or Interpersonal*[Title/Abstract]) 376771
#2 Search (Psychotherap* or logotherap*[Title/Abstract]) 80005
#1 Search (Irritable* bowel* syndrome* or Irritable* colon* or IBS[Title/Abstract]) 7448
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