Table 2 Example of a search strategy
From: Assisting allied health in performance evaluation: a systematic review
Database | Search # | Search term | Hits |
|---|---|---|---|
OVID: Medline Keyword search | 1. | “performance measurement”.mp. or performance measurement system/ | 962 |
2. | “performance evaluation”.mp. | 2992 | |
3. | “performance assessment”.mp. | 1387 | |
4. | “performance monitoring”.mp. | 717 | |
5. | “performance appraisal”.mp. | 4449 | |
6. | OR/1-5 | 10214 | |
7. | “allied health”.mp. | 13874 | |
8. | (“healthcare” or “health care”).mp. [mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier] | 654805 | |
9. | OR/7-8 | 664947 | |
10. | 6 AND 9 | 2106 | |
11. | Limit 10 to English and yr = “2000 - 2013” | 1144 | |
12. | Minus duplicates | 698 |