Table 1.

Search strategy in foreign databases

Database	Advanced query
PubMed	((‘Iran’[Title/Abstract] OR ‘Persian’ [Title/Abstract]) AND (‘Nursing care’ [Title/Abstract] OR care [Title/Abstract] OR Nurs*[Title/Abstract])) AND (‘Patient satisfaction’[Title/Abstract] OR satisfaction[Title/Abstract])
Web of Sciences	#1 TS= (Iran OR Persian), #2 TS= (‘Nursing care’ OR care OR Nurs*), #3 TS= (‘Patient satisfaction’ OR satisfaction), #4: #3 AND #2 AND #1
Google scholar	((‘Iran’ OR ‘Persian’) AND (‘Nursing care’ OR care OR Nurs*)) AND (‘Patient satisfaction’ OR satisfaction)
Scopus	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( iran OR persian ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (‘Patient satisfaction’ OR satisfaction ) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (‘Nursing care’ OR care OR Nurs*)