Table 1.
Systematic search terms
| Database | Search terms | Results | Duplicates | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDLINE / PubMed | (“homosexuality, male“[MeSH Major Topic] OR “Sexual and Gender Minorities“[Mesh] OR “men who have sex with men“[All Fields] OR “sexual minority men“[All Fields] OR “gay and bisexual men”) AND (“social support“[All Fields] OR “instrumental support” OR “appraisal support” OR “emotional support” OR “informational support” OR “Social Support“[MAJR] OR “social support“[MeSH Major Topic]) AND (“pre-exposure prophylaxis” OR “prep”) | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| PsycINFO | prep OR pre-exposure prophylaxis AND social support OR emotional support OR instrumental support OR appraisal support OR informational support OR tangible support AND MA homosexuality, male OR MA (sexual and gender minorities) OR men who have sex with men OR sexual minority men OR gay and bisexual men | 27 | 19 | 8 |
| Cochrane CENTRAL | MeSH descriptor [Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis] explode all trees AND social support OR emotional support OR instrumental support OR appraisal support OR informational support OR tangible support AND MeSH descriptor: [Homosexuality, Male] explode all trees | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Google scholar | “men who have sex with men”, OR “sexual minority men” OR “gay and bisexual men”, AND “pre-exposure prophylaxis”, OR “prep”, AND “social support” OR “emotional support” OR “instrumental support” OR “informational support” OR “appraisal support” OR “tangible support” (‘male homosexuality’/exp OR ‘male homosexuality’ OR ‘sexual and gender minority’/exp OR ‘sexual and gender minority’ OR ‘men who have sex with men’/exp OR ‘men who have sex with men’ OR ‘sexual minority men’ OR ‘gay bisexual men’) AND (‘social support’/exp OR ‘social support’ OR ‘emotional support’/exp OR ‘emotional support’ OR ‘appraisal support’ OR ‘informational support’/exp OR ‘informational support’ OR ‘instrumental support’/exp OR ‘instrumental support’ OR ‘tangible support’) AND (‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’/exp OR ‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’ OR ‘prep’) ((TS=(prep or pre-exposure prophylaxis)) AND TS=(homosexuality or sexual and gender minorities or men who have sex with men or sexual minority men or gay bisexual men)) AND TS=(social support or instrumental support or appraisal support or emotional support or informational support or tangible support) | 119 | 8 | 111 |
| Embase | “men who have sex with men”, OR “sexual minority men” OR “gay and bisexual men”, AND “pre-exposure prophylaxis”, OR “prep”, AND “social support” OR “emotional support” OR “instrumental support” OR “informational support” OR “appraisal support” OR “tangible support” (‘male homosexuality’/exp OR ‘male homosexuality’ OR ‘sexual and gender minority’/exp OR ‘sexual and gender minority’ OR ‘men who have sex with men’/exp OR ‘men who have sex with men’ OR ‘sexual minority men’ OR ‘gay bisexual men’) AND (‘social support’/exp OR ‘social support’ OR ‘emotional support’/exp OR ‘emotional support’ OR ‘appraisal support’ OR ‘informational support’/exp OR ‘informational support’ OR ‘instrumental support’/exp OR ‘instrumental support’ OR ‘tangible support’) AND (‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’/exp OR ‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’ OR ‘prep’) ((TS=(prep or pre-exposure prophylaxis)) AND TS=(homosexuality or sexual and gender minorities or men who have sex with men or sexual minority men or gay bisexual men)) AND TS=(social support or instrumental support or appraisal support or emotional support or informational support or tangible support) | 89 | 39 | 50 |
| Web of science | “men who have sex with men”, OR “sexual minority men” OR “gay and bisexual men”, AND “pre-exposure prophylaxis”, OR “prep”, AND “social support” OR “emotional support” OR “instrumental support” OR “informational support” OR “appraisal support” OR “tangible support” (‘male homosexuality’/exp OR ‘male homosexuality’ OR ‘sexual and gender minority’/exp OR ‘sexual and gender minority’ OR ‘men who have sex with men’/exp OR ‘men who have sex with men’ OR ‘sexual minority men’ OR ‘gay bisexual men’) AND (‘social support’/exp OR ‘social support’ OR ‘emotional support’/exp OR ‘emotional support’ OR ‘appraisal support’ OR ‘informational support’/exp OR ‘informational support’ OR ‘instrumental support’/exp OR ‘instrumental support’ OR ‘tangible support’) AND (‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’/exp OR ‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’ OR ‘prep’) ((TS=(prep or pre-exposure prophylaxis)) AND TS=(homosexuality or sexual and gender minorities or men who have sex with men or sexual minority men or gay bisexual men)) AND TS=(social support or instrumental support or appraisal support or emotional support or informational support or tangible support) | 133 | 42 | 91 |
| Total | 419 | 111 | 308 |