Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Acupoints Stimulation for Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients: A Quantitative Synthesis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 4

Selected search strategies.
IDSearching strategiesRecords
PubMed
#1Search “acupuncture”[MeSH Terms]17708
#2 Search “acupuncture therapy”[MeSH Terms]16944
#3 Search “acupressure”[MeSH Terms]465
#4 Search “acupuncture, ear”[MeSH Terms]267
#5 Search “acupuncture points”[MeSH Terms]4063
#6 Search “electroacupuncture”[MeSH Terms]2566
#7Search “auriculotherapy”[MeSH Terms]277
#8 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #717958
#9 Search ((((((((acupunctur[Title/Abstract]) OR acupressure[Title/Abstract]) OR auriculotherap[Title/Abstract]) OR electroacupunctur[Title/Abstract]) OR acupoint[Title/Abstract]) OR needl[Title/Abstract]) OR acupuncture therapy[Title/Abstract]) OR “ear acupuncture”[Title/Abstract]) OR acupuncture points[Title/Abstract]104918
#10 #8 or #9108214
#11 Search “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms]2609885
#12Search ((((((((cance[Title/Abstract]) OR carcinom[Title/Abstract]) OR neoplasm[Title/Abstract]) OR tumo[Title/Abstract]) OR tumou[Title/Abstract]) OR neoplasia[Title/Abstract]) OR oncolog[Title/Abstract]) OR malignan[Title/Abstract]) OR neoplasms[Title/Abstract]2345516
#13 #11 OR #123231222
#14Search “anxiety”[MeSH Terms]56178
#15Search “anxiety disorders”[MeSH Terms]67844
#16Search “depression”[MeSH Terms]153512
#17Search “depressive disorder”[MeSH Terms]80897
#18Search “mood disorders”[MeSH Terms]115156
#19Search “affective disorders, psychotic”[MeSH Terms]33045
#20Search “stress, psychological”[MeSH Terms]92744
#21#14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20346299
#22 Search (((((((anxiet[Title/Abstract]) OR anxiounervousness[Title/Abstract]) OR hypervigilanc[Title/Abstract]) OR depression[Title/Abstract]) OR depressiv[Title/Abstract]) OR emotion[Title/Abstract]) OR psycholog[Title/Abstract]) OR affective[Title/Abstract]518732
#23 #21 OR #22687179
#24 #10 AND #13 AND #23251
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
#1MeSH descriptor: [Acupuncture Therapy] explode all trees3132
#2MeSH descriptor: [Acupuncture] explode all trees 151
#3MeSH descriptor: [Acupressure] explode all trees 227
#4MeSH descriptor: [Acupuncture Points] explode all trees 1069
#5MeSH descriptor: [Acupuncture, Ear] explode all trees 123
#6MeSH descriptor: [Auriculotherapy] explode all trees 129
#7MeSH descriptor: [Electroacupuncture] explode all trees 473
#8acupunctur or acupressure or auriculotherap or electroacupunctur or acupoint or needl:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) 13648
#9#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #813710
#10MeSH descriptor: [Neoplasms] explode all trees52791
#11neoplasm or tumo or tumou or neoplasia or cance or carcinom or malignan or oncolog:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)94737
#12#10 or #11100138
#13MeSH descriptor: [Anxiety] explode all trees5187
#14MeSH descriptor: [Anxiety Disorders] explode all trees4954
#15MeSH descriptor: [Depression] explode all trees5472
#16MeSH descriptor: [Affective Disorders, Psychotic] explode all trees1648
#17MeSH descriptor: [Emotions] explode all trees11649
#18anxiet or anxiou or nervousness or hypervigilanc or depression or depressiv or emotion or Psycholog or affective:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)102362
#19#13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18103970
#20#9 and #12 and #19108
#21#20 in Tails84