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. 2019 Aug 13;19:181. doi: 10.1186/s12886-019-1169-z

Table 1.

Search criteria and search terms using the CHIP tool [19]

Context How Issues of Interest Population
Experiences of adults living with retinitis pigmentosa Qualitative studies; mixed studies with a qualitative approach Coping strategies; quality of life Adults (aged 18 years or more) with retinitis pigmentosa

‘experienc*’ AND ‘retinitis pigmentosa*’ OR

‘retinal’ OR ‘pigmentary retinopathy’ OR ‘rod-cone dystrophy’ OR ‘RP’ OR ‘tapetoretinal degeneration’

‘qualitative’ OR ‘qualitative methods’ OR ‘interview*’ OR ‘focus group*’ OR ‘case stud*’ OR ‘ethnograph*’ OR ‘narrativ*’ ‘quality of life’ OR ‘qol’ OR ‘life satisfaction’ OR ‘wellbeing’ OR ‘feeling’ OR ‘coping’ OR ‘perceptions’

‘adult’

NOT child*

Note. Various combinations of these search terms were used for MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, CINAHL, Scopus, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases. Search terms were entered as ‘topic’ or ‘all text’