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. 2020 Aug 26;20:304. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01708-3

Table 1.

Search strategy (as conducted on 31st of January 2019)

Database Search strategy Hits

Medline & PsycINFO

via EBSCOhost

#1 TI caregiver OR TI carer OR TI caregiving 37,659
#2 Informal OR family OR spouse OR partner OR relative 2,756,180
#3 TI burden OR TI stress OR TI strain OR TI burnout OR TI overstrained 450,956
#4 Determinants OR factors OR causes OR reasons 6,905,652
#5 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 1601
#6 Limit #5 to English AND from 2013 onwards 659
Scopus #1 TI caregiver OR TI carer OR TI caregiving 28,197
#2 Informal OR family OR spouse OR partner OR relative 4,048,355
#3 TI burden OR TI stress OR TI strain OR TI burnout OR TI overstrained 744,861
#4 Determinants OR factors OR causes OR reasons 10,995,149
#5 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 1049
#6 Limit #5 to English AND from 2013 onwards 459
Overview Total number combined records 1.118
Records after removing duplicates 528