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. 2015 May 26;65(635):e387–e400. doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X685297
An example of search terms and strategies applied. (Applied for MEDLINE database on 3 April 2013)
  1. exp Meditation/

  2. mindful$.tw.

  3. mindfulness based stress reduction.tw.

  4. mindfulness based intervention$.tw.

  5. (mindfulness adj5 intervention$).tw.

  6. (mindfulness adj5 meditation$).tw.

  7. mindfulness based cognitive therapy.tw.

  8. MBSR.tw.

  9. MBCT.tw.

  10. meditat$.tw.

  11. exp Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/ or exp Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome/ or exp Pain/ or exp Pain Management/ or exp Abdominal Pain/ or exp Shoulder Pain/ or exp Nociceptive Pain/ or exp Musculoskeletal Pain/ or exp Pelvic Girdle Pain/ or exp Chronic Pain/ or exp Pelvic Pain/ or exp Back Pain/ or exp Facial Pain/ or exp Low Back Pain/ or exp Myofascial Pain Syndromes/ or exp Pain, Intractable/ or exp Neck Pain/ or exp Eye Pain/ or exp Pain, Referred/ or exp Flank Pain/ or exp Visceral Pain/ or exp Chest Pain/

  12. chronic pain.tw.

  13. pain.tw.

  14. headache.tw.

  15. exp Arthritis, Psoriatic/ or exp Arthritis, Rheumatoid/ or exp Arthritis/ or exp Arthritis, Gouty/ or exp Arthritis, Reactive/ or exp Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid/

  16. exp mastodynia/ or exp failed back surgery syndrome/ or exp headache/ or exp metatarsalgia/ or exp neuralgia/ or exp neuralgia, postherpetic/ or exp piriformis muscle syndrome/ or exp pudendal neuralgia/ or exp sciatica/ or exp nociceptive pain/ or exp slit ventricle syndrome/

  17. pelvic pain.tw.

  18. back pain.tw.

  19. neck pain.tw.

  20. arthritis.tw.

  21. osteoarthritis.tw.

  22. rheumatoid arthritis.tw.

  23. myofascial pain.tw.

  24. abdominal pain.tw.

  25. facial pain.tw.

  26. Angina Pectoris, Variant/ or Angina Pectoris/ or Angina, Stable/

  27. exp migraine disorders/

  28. exp fibromyalgia/

  29. fibromyalgia.tw.

  30. fibromyalgia syndrome.tw.

  31. FMS.tw.

  32. exp chronic fatigue syndrome/

  33. chronic fatigue.tw.

  34. chronic fatigue syndrome.tw.

  35. ME.tw.

  36. CFS.tw.

  37. exp multiple sclerosis/

  38. multiple sclerosis.tw.

  39. MS.tw.

  40. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10

  41. 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39

  42. 40 and 4