Table 1.
Tabular representation of the search strategy (own representation)
| Search terms of the first database search |
| Population: Nursing OR Nurse OR Caregivers |
| Concept: Robotics OR Service Robots OR Assistive Robots |
| Context: hospitalized OR inpatient |
| Specified search terms for database research |
| Population: nurse* OR caregiver* OR patients OR patient relatives OR service assistants |
| Concept: robot* OR robotic systems OR assistive robot* OR service robot* NOT surgery |
| Context: hospital OR inpatients OR hospitalized OR acute care OR home nursing OR home health care OR long term care OR acute care setting OR outpatient care OR outreach care |
| Search strategy of the second database search |
| PubMed: "((((((Nurse*) OR (caregiver*)) OR (patients)) OR (""patient relatives"")) OR (""service assistants"") AND ((humans[Filter]) AND (english[Filter] OR german[Filter]))) AND (((((""robot*"") OR (""assistive robot*"")) OR (""service robot*"")) OR (""robotic systems"") AND ((humans[Filter]) AND (english[Filter] OR german[Filter]))) NOT (surgery) AND ((humans[Filter]) AND (english[Filter] OR german[Filter])))) AND ((((((((((""hospital"") OR (""inpatients"")) OR (""hospitalized"")) OR (""acute care"")) OR (""acute care setting"")) OR (""home nursing"")) OR (""home health care"")) OR (""long term care"")) OR (""outpatient care"")) OR (""outreach care"") AND ((humans[Filter]) AND (english[Filter] OR german[Filter])))" |
| CINAHL: S1 TX nurse* OR TX caregiver* OR TX patients OR TX "patient relatives" OR TX "service assistants"; S2 TX robot* OR TX "assistive robot*" OR TX "service robot*" OR TX "robotic systems" NOT “surgery”; S3 TX hospital OR TX inpatients OR TX hospitalized OR TX "acute care" OR TX "acute care setting" OR TX "home nursing" OR TX "home health care" OR TX "long term care" OR TX "outpatient care" OR TX "outreach care" → S1 AND S2 AND S3 |
| COCHRANE: #1 = (nurse*) OR (caregiver*) OR (patients) OR ("patient relatives") OR ("service assistant"); #2 = (robot*) OR ("assistive robot*") OR ("service robot*") OR ("robotic systems") NOT ("surgery); #3 = ("home nursing") OR ("home health care") OR ("long term care") OR ("outpatient care") OR ("outreach care")) OR ((hospital) OR (inpatients) OR (hospitalized) OR ("acute care") OR ("acute care setting")) → #1 AND #2 AND #3 |
| Web of Sciene: (TS = (robot* OR assistive robot* OR service robot* OR robotic systems) AND TS = (nurse* OR caregiver* OR patients OR patient relatives OR service assistants) AND TS = (hospital OR inpatients OR hospitalized OR acute care OR acute care setting OR home nursing OR home health care OR long term care OR outpatient care OR outreach care) NOT ALL = surgery) AND LANGUAGE: (English OR German) |
| IEEE Xplore: ((((((((All Metadata:robot*) OR All Metadata:"service robot*") OR All Metadata:"robotic systems") OR All Metadata:"assistive robot*") NOT All Metadata:surgery))) AND ((((((All Metadata:nurse*) OR All Metadata:caregiver*) OR All Metadata:patient*) OR All Metadata:"patient relatives") OR All Metadata:"service assistants"))) AND (((((((((((All Metadata:hospital) OR All Metadata:inpatients) OR All Metadata:hospitalized) OR All Metadata:"acute care") OR All Metadata:"acute care setting") OR All Metadata:"home nursing") OR All Metadata:"home health care") OR All Metadata:"long term care") OR All Metadata:"outpatient care") OR All Metadata:"outreach care")) |