Table 1.
Search strings for PubMed and EMBASE
| PubMed | EMBASE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Diabetic foot disease string | # | Diabetic foot disease string |
| 1 | (“Ulcer”[Mesh] OR ulcer*[tw]) | 1 | ‘ulcer’/exp |
| 2 | (“Foot”[Mesh] OR foot[tw] OR feet[tw]) | 2 | ulcer:ab,ti |
| 3 | “Foot Ulcer”[Mesh] | 3 | #1 OR #2 |
| 4 | (“Foot Diseases”[Mesh] OR foot problem*[tw] OR foot disease*[tw]) | 4 | ‘foot’/exp |
| 5 | diabet*[tw] | 5 | (foot or feet):ab,ti |
| 6 | #1 AND #2 AND #5 | 6 | #4 OR #5 |
| 7 | #3 AND #5 | 7 | #3 AND #6 |
| 8 | #4 AND #5 | 8 | ‘foot ulcer’/exp |
| 9 | diabetic foot[tw] | 9 | ‘foot disease’/exp |
| 10 | diabetic feet[tw] | 10 | (foot disease* or foot problem*):ab,ti |
| 11 | #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 | 11 | diabet*:ab,ti |
| 12 | #7 AND #11 | ||
| 13 | #8 AND #11 | ||
| 14 | #9 AND #11 | ||
| 15 | #10 AND #11 | ||
| 16 | ‘diabetic foot’/exp | ||
| 17 | #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 | ||
| Amputation string | Amputation string | ||
| 12 | Amput* [tw] | 18 | ‘amput*’/exp |
| 13 | Diabet* [tw] | 19 | diabet*:ab,ti |
| 14 | #12 AND #13 | 20 | #18 AND #19 |
| Outcomes string | Outcomes string | ||
| 15 | Incidence | 21 | Incidence/exp |
| 16 | Prevalence | 22 | Prevalence/exp |
| 17 | (#15 OR #16) | 23 | #21 OR #22 |
| 18 | Austral* | 24 | Austral*/exp |
| 19 | #17 AND #18 | 25 | #23 AND #24 |
| Final search | Final search | ||
| 20 | #11 OR #14 | 26 | #17 OR #20 |
| 21 | #19 AND #20 | 27 | #25 AND #26 |