Table 1.

Medline search strategy

Line number	Search term
1	Qualitative
2	Interview*
3	Focus group*
4	Theme*
5	Experience*
6	MH qualitative research
7	MH interviews as topic+
8	MH attitude of health personnel
9	Attitude*
10	S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9
11	MH benzodiazepines+
12	Benzodiazepine*
13	MH anti-anxiety agents
14	MH hypnotics and sedatives
15	z-drug*
16	z drug*
17	BZD
18	Anti-anxiety agent*
19	Anti anxiety agent*
20	Antianxiety agent*
21	Non-benzodiazepine*
22	Nonbenzodiazepine*
23	Non benzodiazepine*
24	Temazepam
25	Nitrazepam
26	Lormetazepam
27	Zopiclone
28	Zaleplon
29	Zolpidem
30	Eszopiclone
31	S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16 OR S17 OR S18 OR S19 OR S20 OR S21 OR S22 OR S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 OR S28 OR S29 OR S30
32	MH general practice+
33	MH general practitioners
34	MH physicians, family
35	MH physicians, primary care
36	MH nurses+
37	General practi*
38	Family practi*
39	Family doctor*
40	Primary care
41	Nurse*
42	S32 OR S33 OR S34 OR S35 OR S36 OR S37 OR S38 OR S39 OR S40 OR S41
43	S10 AND S31 AND S42 + Limiters: 1990 – 2011

*a wildcard search for any words which begin with the letters that precede the asterisk.

+the search term has been `exploded' to include all references indexed to that term and narrower terms beneath it.