Table 1.

Search terms and strategy for burnout among nurses in Ethiopia.

Sr. No.	Databases	Number of articles found	Number of articles included	Number of articles excluded
1	PubMed/MEDLINE	N = 106	N = 7	N = 99
2	Google Scholar	N = 448	N = 7	N = 441
3	Web of Science	N = 68	N = 2	N = 66
4	Cochrane Library	N = 173	N = 6	N = 167
5	Africa-Wide Information	N = 167	N = 7	N = 160
6	African Index Medicus	N = 98	N = 7	N = 91
7	Total	N = 1060	N = 36 but the included studies were 7 studies because there is duplication	N = 1024

NB. 969 articles were duplicated in the database information, and 67 articles were excluded due to irrelevant topics, lack of quantitative/prevalence data, no burnout measurement tool used, and studies done on healthcare providers but there is no specific result about the prevalence of burnout among nurses independently reported.