Table 2.

Included key words, exclusion criteria and descriptive notes for the search terms used to identify veterans within the Clinical Record Interactive Search system.

Included Key Words	Exclusion Criteria	Notes
Army	“who was/is in (the) army”	Majority of times this refers to someone other than the patient
	“Salvation Army”
	“army knife”
	“army gear”
	“army style”
	“army cadet”
	“army cadette”
	“army themed”
	“child army”
	“army family”
	“rebel army”
	“refugee army”
	“army service”
	“private army”
	“army green”
	“army <item of clothing>”	Clothing
	“army type”
	Foreign armies: Eritrea, Sri Lanka	Reference to service in non-UK army, or experiences relating to non-UK army
Navy	“navy blue”	Clothing
	“dark navy”	Clothing
	“navy colour”	Clothing
	“wearing (a) navy”	Clothing
	“dressed in navy”	Clothing
	“navy <item of clothing>”	Clothing
	“Merchant Navy”
	“Army and Navy Store”
	“worked for Navy, Army, Air Force Institute”	NAAFI
	“<family member> was/is in (the) navy”	Family member in Navy
	“due to join the Navy”	(Thinking of) joining Navy
	“accepted into Navy”	(Thinking of) joining Navy
	“potential careers, including Navy”	(Thinking of) joining Navy
	Foreign navies: Italian, US, Israeli, Portuguese, Burmese, Eritrea	Reference to service in non-UK navy, or experiences relating to non-UK navy
RAF/air force	“<family member> was/is in (the) RAF”	Family member in RAF
Armed Forces
Afghan		Deployment location
Iraq		Deployment location
Bosnia		Deployment location
Kosovo		Deployment location
Falklands		Deployment location
N Ireland		Deployment location
Cyprus		Deployment location
Germany		Deployment location
Enlisted
National service
Veteran
Combat Stress		Military charity
SSAFA		Military charity
Help for Heroes		Military charity