Table 1.
Extended search query used in each database
| Database | Group A: clinical ethics committees | Group B: evaluation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosopher's index | (noft(clinical ethics committee) OR noft(hospital ethics committee) OR noft(clinical ethics committees) OR noft(hospital ethics committees)) | AND | (noft(assessment) OR noft(evaluation) OR noft(impact) OR noft(effectiveness) OR noft(assessments) OR noft(evaluations) OR noft(impacts)) |
| Embase | Clinical ethics committee': ti, ab, kw OR ' clinical ethics committees': ti, ab, kw OR 'hospital ethics committee': ti, ab, kw OR 'hospital ethics committees': ti, ab, kw | AND | Evaluation: ti, ab, kw OR evaluations: ti, ab, kw OR 'assessment'/exp OR assessment: ti, ab, kw OR assessments: ti, ab, kw OR impact: ti, ab, kw OR impacts: ti, ab, kw OR effectiveness: ti, ab, kw) |
| PubMed | (Clinical ethics committees[MeSH major topic]) | AND | ((((((evaluation[Title/Abstract]) OR evaluations[Title/Abstract]) OR assessment[Title/Abstract]) OR assessments[Title/Abstract]) OR impact[Title/Abstract]) OR impacts[Title/Abstract]) OR effectiveness[Title/Abstract] |
| Medline | ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] | AND | evaluation.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] OR evaluations.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] OR assessment.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, oz\x, px, rx, ui, sy] OR assessments.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] OR impact.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] OR impacts.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] OR effectiveness.mp.[mp = tx, bt, ti, ab, ct, ot, nm, hw, fx, kf, ox, px, rx, ui, sy] |
| Web of science | TS = (clinical ethics committee* OR hospital ethics committee*) | AND | TS = (assessment* OR evaluation* OR impact* OR effectiveness*) |
| Scopus | ((TITLE-ABS-KEY("clinical ethics committee") | AND | TITLE-ABS-KEY(effectiveness) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(evaluation) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(impact) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(assessment))) |