| Search strategy for MEDLINE (1951 to August 2003), CINAHL (1980 to August 2003), and EMBASE (1974 to August 2003)
MeSH, EMTREE, AND CINAHL thesaurus terms for MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases, respectively, are in capitals and textwords are in lower case. Filters to identify clinical trials, controlled clinical trials, randomised controlled trials, and studies involving humans were also employed.
1HEART FAILURE CONGESTIVE
2(heart ADJ failure)
3(cardiac ADJ failure)
4VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION LEFT
5(ventricular ADJ dysfunction ADJ left)
61 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5
7PSYCHOTHERAPY
8psychotherap$
9(psycho$ WITH therap$)
10COUNSELING
11counsel$
12COGNITIVE THERAPY
13(cognitive$ WITH therap$)
14(behavio$ WITH therap$)
15(psychodynamic WITH therap$)
16talk$
17ipt
18psychol$
19(non WITH pharmacolog$4)
207 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19
21DEPRESSION
22DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
23DYSTHYMIC DISORDER
24depress$3 AND (symptom$ OR mood)
25(depress$3 WITH patient$2)
2621 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25
2720 OR 26
2827 AND 6 |
