Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Sci Q. 2025 Mar 20;38(2):174–184. doi: 10.1177/08943184241311908

Table 2.

Database Search Strategies Used to Retrieve Articles.

Database Search Strategy Publications Retrieved
PubMed (“symptom burden”[tiab] OR “symptom experience”[tiab]) AND (“Urinary lncontinence”[Mesh] OR “urinary incontinence”[tiab] OR “urgency urinary incontinence”[tiab] OR “urge urinary incontinence”[tiab] OR “urge incontinence”[tiab] OR “stress incontinence”[tiab] OR “stress urinary incontinence”[tiab] OR “mixed urinary incontinence”[tiab] OR “mixed incontinence”[tiab]) 43
6/7/2023
CINAHL (Tl [“symptom burden” OR “symptom experience”] OR AB [“symptom burden” OR “symptom experience”] AND [MH “Urinary Incontinence”] OR Tl [“urinary incontinence” OR “urgency urinary incontinence” OR “urge urinary incontinence” OR “urge incontinence” OR “stress urinary incontinence” OR “stress incontinence” OR “mixed urinary incontinence” OR “mixed incontinence”] OR AB [“urinary incontinence” OR “urgency urinary incontinence” OR “urge urinary incontinence” OR “urge incontinence” OR “stress urinary incontinence” OR “stress incontinence” OR “mixed urinary incontinence” OR “mixed incontinence”]) 19
6/7/2023
Embase (“symptom burden”:tiab OR “symptom experience”:tiab) AND (“urinary incontinence”/exp OR “urinary incontinence”:tiab OR “urgency urinary incontinence”:tiab OR “urge urinary incontinence”:tiab OR “urge incontinence”:tiab OR “stress urinary incontinence”:tiab OR “stress incontinence”:tiab OR “mixed urinary incontinence”:tiab OR “mixed incontinence”:tiab) 90
6/7/2023
PsyclNFO (“symptom burden” OR “symptom experience”) AND (“urinary incontinence” OR “urgency urinary incontinence” OR “urge incontinence” OR “urgency urinary incontinence” OR “stress incontinence” OR “stress urinary incontinence” OR “mixed incontinence” OR “mixed urinary incontinence”) 4
6/7/2023

Note. tiab = title and abstract.