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. 2013 Aug;20(4):e321–e337. doi: 10.3747/co.20.1431

APPENDIX A:

ovid cinahl Plus


Step Search term Step Search term
1 (cachexia or cachexia anorexia syndrome or cachexia associated protein human or cachexia score or “cachexia/case reports” or “cachexia/differential diagnosis” or “cachexia/etiology” or “cachexia/metabolism”).sh. 1 “Cachexia”
2 cachexia {Including Limited Related Terms} 2 (MH “Cachexia”)
3 cachetic OR cachexic {Including Limited Related Terms} 3 disease-induced adj starvation
4 disease-induced adj starvation {Including Limited Related Terms} 4 disease-related adj malnutrition
5 disease-related adj malnutrition {Including Limited Related Terms} 5 cachexic or cachectic
6 wasting {Including Limited Related Terms} 6 wasting
7 (weight adj loss) OR (weight adj3 gain$) OR (weight adj3 los$) {Including Limited Related Terms} 7 (MH “Weight Loss+”)
8 weight loss.sh. 8 (MH “Anorexia”)
9 anorexia.sh. 9 (MH “Fatigue+”) OR (MH “Cancer Fatigue”)
10 fatigue.sh. 10 “tiredness”
11 fatigue {Including Limited Related Terms} 11 “fatigue”
12 weary or weariness {Including Limited Related Terms} 12 S1 or S2 or S3 or S4 or S5 or S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 or S10 or S11
13 tired or tiredness or exhaustion or asthenia {Including Limited Related Terms} 13 (MH “Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung”)
14 lack or loss or lost) adj3 (energy or vigour) {Including Limited Related Terms} 14 “lung cancer”
15 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 15 (MH “Lung Neoplasms+”)
16 lung cancer.sh. 16 S13 or S14 or S15
17 lung adj cancer {Including Limited Related Terms} 17 (MH “Nutrition+”)
18 nsclc {Including Limited Related Terms} 18 (MH “Nutritional Assessment”)
19 16 or 17 or 18 19 (MH “Diet Therapy+”)
20 nutrition.sh. 20 “nutrition”
21 nutrition assessment.sh. 21 (MH “Diet+”)
22 nutrition therapy.sh. 22 “diet”
23 food.sh. 23 S17 or S18 or S19 or S20 or S21 or S22
24 diet$ {Including Limited Related Terms} 24 (MH “Exercise+”)
25 diet {Including Limited Related Terms} 25 (MH “Physical Fitness+”) OR “physical fitness” OR (MH “Physical Activity”)
26 diet.sh. 26 (MH “Sports+”)
27 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 27 “sport”
28 exercise.sh. 28 “exercise training”
29 physical fitness.sh. 29 (MH “Fitness Centers”)
30 sports.sh. 30 S24 or S25 or S26 or S27 or S28 or S29
31 training.sh. 31 S23 or S30
32 exercise {Including Limited Related Terms} 32 S12 and S16 and S31
33 physical adj fitness {Including Limited Related Terms}
34 sport {Including Limited Related Terms}
35 physical adj training {Including Limited Related Terms}
36 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35
41 15 and 19
42 27 or 36
43 41 and 42