Table 2.

Sample Search Strategy Used Within Medline Database

Search Term	Search Strategy
Women	1. Exp women/
	2. (women or woman).mp [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
	3. 1 or 2
Pelvic pain	4. Endometriosis/
	5. Exp Pelvic Pain/
	6. (persistent pain or Endometrioma* or endometrios*).mp [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
	7. Chronic Pelvic Pain
	8. 4 or 5 or 6 or 7
Psychology	9. Exp Psychotherapy/
	10. mental health/
Intervention	11. (narrative therap* or cognitive behavioural therapy psychodynamic or mindfulness or acceptance).mp [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
	12. (Psychologic* and (Therap* or interven*)).mp [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
	13. or/9–12
	14. and/3, 8, 13

Abbreviations: Exp, exposure; mp, search field; therap, therapy; intervene, intervention.