Table 1 Medline search strategy and number of articles found −17/01/2015
Search line number | Search concept | Search terms | Number of retrieved articles |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nursing | exp/Nursing staff | 34,054 |
2 | exp Nursing Care/ | 58,012 | |
3 | exp Nurses/ | 41,985 | |
4 | (nurse or nurses or nursing).tw. | 175,720 | |
5 | 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 | 229,449 | |
6 | Turnover | exp Personnel Turnover/ | 2969 |
7 | (turnover or (leave adj5 (nurse or nurses or nursing)) or (leaving adj5 (nurse or nurses or nursing)) or (retention adj5 (nurse or nurses or nursing)) or (retain adj5 (nurse or nurses or nursing)) or (stay adj5 (nurse or nurses or nursing))).tw. | 44,114 | |
8 | 6 or 7 | 45,826 | |
9 | Systematic reviews | meta-analysis.pt.,ti,ab,sh. | 63,056 |
10 | (meta anal$ or metaanal$).ti,ab,sh. | 76,516 | |
11 | ((methodol$ or systematic$ or quantitativ$) adj5 (review$ or overview$ or survey$)).ti,ab,sh. | 66,923 | |
12 | (medline or embase or index medicus).ti,ab. | 57,130 | |
13 | ((pool$ or combined or combining) adj (data or trials or studies or results)).ti,ab. | 10,736 | |
14 | literature.ti,ab. | 350,875 | |
15 | 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 | 457,235 | |
16 | 15 and review.pt.,sh. | 217,379 | |
17 | Reviews of Nursing and Turnover | 5 and 9 and 16 | 173 |
18 | limit 217 to english language | 170 |