Table 1.
Results of Different Phases of the Search Process
Database | Total in Each Database |
Selection Based on Title Reading |
Selection Based on Abstract Reading |
Selection Based on Full-Text Reading/Appraisal |
---|---|---|---|---|
CINAHL | 1012 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
PubMed [including Medline] | 2283 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Scopus | 570 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Web of Science | 172 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
Manual search/backtracking references |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total of databases | 4037 | 44 | 14 | 10 |