Table 1.

Example search syntax

1. EMBASE; exp. OSTEOPOROSIS/; 95,733 results.

2. EMBASE; exp. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH/; 30,962 results.

3. EMBASE; (qualitative ADJ research).ti,ab; 8273 results.

4. EMBASE; (grounded ADJ theory).ti,ab; 7894 results.

5. EMBASE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH/; 14,146 results.

6. EMBASE; exp. OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES/; 10,767 results.

7. EMBASE; ethnograph*.ti,ab; 7259 results.

8. EMBASE; phenomenol*.ti,ab; 18,506 results.

9. EMBASE; osteopen*.ti,ab; 12,435 results.

11. EMBASE; osteoporo*.ti,ab; 78,877 results.

12. EMBASE; 1 or 6 or 9 or 11; 119,566 results.

13. EMBASE; exp. ETHNOGRAPHY/ OR exp. ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH/; 1872 results.

14. EMBASE; exp. PHENOMENOLOGY/; 7373 results.

15. EMBASE; exp. GROUNDED THEORY/; 2434 results.

16. EMBASE; 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 7 OR 8 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15; 75,721 results.

17. EMBASE; 12 AND 16; 134 results.