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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Stud. 2016 Jul 25;62:126–136. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.07.016

Table 1.

Sample CINAHL Search Protocol

Search # # Results
1 MH “Human Immunodeficiency Virus+” OR MH “HIV Infections+” OR TI HIV OR AB HIV OR TI “Human Immunodeficiency Virus*” OR AB “Human Immunodeficiency Virus*” OR TI “Human Immune Deficiency Virus” OR AB “Human Immune Deficiency Virus” OR MH “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome” OR TI “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome*” OR AB “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome*” OR TI “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome*” OR AB “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome*” OR TI “Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome*” OR AB “Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome*” OR TI “AIDS virus*” OR AB “AIDS virus*” OR TI AIDS-related OR AB AIDS- related OR TI AIDS-associated OR AB AIDS-associated OR TX “AIDS serodiagnosis” OR TI Antiretroviral OR AB Antiretroviral OR MH “Anti-HIV Agents+” OR TI Anti-HIV OR AB Anti-HIV 69,716
#2 TI qualitative OR AB qualitative OR TI themes OR AB themes 57,904
#3 #1 AND #2 2,369
#4 #3 NOT (PT Editorial OR PT Letter OR PT Commentary) 2,333
#5 #5 Filters: English, Journal Article, 2008- 1,119
*

: searches for variant endings;

[AB]: Abstract; [MH]:CINAHL Subject Heading; [PT]: Publication Type; [TI]: Title