Table 1.
Search Results
| Initial Search Source | Initial Result | Satisfied Inclusion Criteria | Selected for Full Appraisal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic databasesa | |||
| Lesbian, gay AND primary care NOT HIV,STI | 598 | ||
| Lesbian, gay AND physician, family NOT HIV,STI | 436 | ||
| Guideline$ AND lesbian AND physician, family | 129 | ||
| Guideline$ AND bisexual women AND physician, family | 78 | ||
| Guideline$ AND lesbian AND primary care | 164 | ||
| Guideline$ AND bisexual women AND primary care | 101 | ||
| Recommend$ AND lesbian health | 63 | ||
| Recommend$ AND lesbian AND physician, family | 31 | ||
| Recommend$ AND bisexual women AND physician, family | 19 | ||
| Recommend$ AND lesbian AND primary care | 45 | ||
| Recommend$ and bisexual women AND primary care | 30 | ||
| Polic$ AND lesbian health | 34 | ||
| Guideline$ and male homosexual AND physician, family | 103 | ||
| Guideline$ and bisexual men AND physician, family | 104 | ||
| Guideline$ and male homosexual AND primary care | 124 | ||
| Guideline$ and bisexual men AND primary care | 126 | ||
| Recommend$ AND male homosexual AND physician, family | 50 | ||
| Recommend$ AND bisexual men AND physician, family | 29 | ||
| Recommend$ AND male homosexual AND primary care | 63 | ||
| Recommend$ and bisexual men AND primary care | 36 | ||
| Polic$ AND gay men’s health | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| Cochrane Collaboration | |||
| Database of Systematic Reviews | 0 | ||
| Central Register for Clinical Trials | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Guidelines databases | |||
| NHMRC (Australia), Guidelines International Network (Europe), NICE (UK), Canadian Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines, New Zealand Guidelines Group | 0 | ||
| US National Guidelines Clearinghouse | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary care and public health organizations | |||
| RACGP (Australia), RNZCGP (New Zealand), RCGP (UK), ICGP (Ireland), College of Family Physicians (Canada), American Academy of Family Physicians (US) | 0 | ||
| UK Royal College of Nursing | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Government Departments of Health | |||
| Massachusetts, Washington, Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario, Kaiser Permanente (US), Department of Health (UK), NHS Scotland | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| LGBT-specific textbooks | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| LGB organization Web sites | |||
| Stonewall (UK), US National Coalition for LGBT Health, Mautner National Lesbian Health Project (US) | 0 | ||
| Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (US), International Lesbian and Gay Association, PACE (UK), Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (Ireland) | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 2,421 | 30 | 11 |
ICGP = Irish College of General Practitioners; LGB = lesbian, gay, and bisexual; LGBT = lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender; NHMRC = National Health and Medical Research Council; NICE = National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; PACE = Project for Advice, Counselling and Education; RACGP = Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; RCGP = Royal College of General Practitioners; RNZCGP = Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners; STI = sexually transmitted infection.
Notes: Values are numbers of documents. The $ symbol is a truncation symbol enabling the search engine to find word variations on that stem or alternate spellings.
a MEDLINE, Web of Science, CINAHL Plus, PsycINFO, PubMed, Academic Search Premier (EBSCO host); no date restriction used.