Table 1.

Search Strategy.

PubMed and CINAHL search strategies

PubMed search strategy

(“Nursing/statistics and numerical data”[Mesh] OR “Nursing Staff/statistics and numerical data”[Mesh] OR “Nurses/statistics and numerical data”[Mesh])

AND

(“Diseases Category”[Mesh] OR “Mental Disorders”[Mesh] OR “Accidents, Occupational”[Mesh] OR “Behavioral Symptoms”[Mesh] OR “Occupational Diseases”[Mesh] OR “Occupational Exposure”[Mesh] OR “work related”[Title/Abstract] OR work-related[Title/Abstract])

AND

English[lang]

NOT

(“Africa”[Mesh] OR “Asia”[Mesh] OR “Europe”[Mesh] OR “Oceania”[Mesh])

CINAHL search strategy

(MH “Nurses+/SN”)

AND

(MH “Disease+”) OR (MH “Mental Disorders+”) OR (MH “Behavioral

Symptoms+”) OR (MH “Accidents, Occupational+”) OR (MH “Occupational

Exposure”) OR (MH “Occupational Diseases+”) OR TI (“work related” OR work related) OR AB (“work related” OR work-related)

NOT

(MH “Africa+”) OR (MH “Asia+”) OR (MH “Europe+”) OR (MH “Australia+”) OR (MH “Pacific Islands+”)