Table 2.

The full electronic search strategy for all three databases.

Database	Search terms	Filters	Outcomes
PubMed	(COVID-19 OR corona virus OR COVID OR covid-19 OR covid pandemic OR Coronavirus OR SARS-CoV-2 OR coronavirus disease OR 2019-nCoV) AND (nurses OR nursing staffs OR nurse OR nursing staff OR auxiliary nurses OR Nursing Assistants OR ("Nursing Assistants"[Mesh]) OR ("Emergency Nursing"[Mesh]) OR ("Nursing"[Mesh]) OR ("Nursing Care"[Mesh]) OR ("Nursing Staff, Hospital"[Mesh]) OR ("Nursing Staff"[Mesh]) OR ("Nurses"[Mesh])) AND (("Psychology"[Mesh]) OR perceived stress OR psychological responses OR psychosocial functioning OR mood status OR psychosocial aspects OR psychosocial process OR psychosocial experiences OR psychosocial OR psychosocial impacts OR psychosocial changes OR social aspects OR ("Social Environment"[Mesh])) OR ("Emotions"[Mesh]) OR ("psychology" [Subheading]) OR ("Emotions"[Mesh]) OR("Psychosocial Deprivation"[Mesh]) OR ("Emotional Adjustment"[Mesh]) OR ("Emotional Regulation"[Mesh]) OR ("Depression"[Mesh]) OR ("Social Desirability"[Mesh]) OR psychological, social behavior))	Review/Scientific Integrity Review/Systematic Review, quantitative study, English, Publication Date 2019–2020	428
CINAHL	((MH "COVID-19″) OR COVID-19 OR corona virus OR COVID OR covid-19 OR covid pandemic OR Coronavirus OR SARS-CoV-2 OR coronavirus disease OR 2019-nCoV) AND ((MH "Registered Nurses") OR (MH "Nursing Assistants") OR (MH "Emergency Nursing+") OR (MH "Nursing Care+") OR (MH "Nursing Staff, Hospital") OR (MH "Nurses+") OR nurses OR nursing staffs OR nurse OR nursing staff OR auxiliary nurses OR Nursing Assistants ) AND (perceived stress OR psychological responses OR psychosocial functioning OR mood status OR psychosocial aspects OR psychosocial process OR psychosocial experiences OR psychosocial OR psychosocial impacts OR psychosocial changes OR social aspects OR (MH "Emotions+") OR (MH "Psychosocial Health (Iowa NOC)+") OR (MH "Psychological Distress") OR (MH "Social Behavior+") OR (MH "Social Behavior Disorders+") OR (MH "Psychosocial Aspects of Illness+") OR (MH "Psychology, Social+") OR (MH "Psychosocial Deprivation") OR (MH "Social Isolation+") OR (MH "Social Values+") OR (MH "Public Relations+") OR (MH "Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic+") OR (MH "Psychosocial Adjustment: Life Change (Iowa NOC)") OR (MH "Psychosocial Adaptation (Iowa NOC)+"))	Peer Review, qualitative study, English, Publication Date 2019–2020	363
WHO COVID-19 database	(tw:(psychosocial functioning) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Factors)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial experiences)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial feeling)) OR (tw:(psychosocial process)) OR (tw:(perceived stress)) OR (tw:(psychological responses)) OR (tw:(psychosocial impacts)) OR (tw:(psychosocial changes)) OR (tw:(social aspects)) OR (tw:(mood status )) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Outcomes)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Readjustment)) OR (tw:(Emotional Control)) OR (tw:(Emotional Adjustment)) OR (tw:(Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)) OR (tw:(Psychological Development)) OR (tw:(Cognitive Development)) OR (tw:(Emotional Development)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Development)) OR (tw:(Social Acceptance)) OR (tw:(Psychological Stress)) OR (tw:(Social and Interpersonal Measures)) OR (tw:(Social Adjustment)) OR (tw:(Social Behavior)) OR (tw:(Social Functioning)) OR (tw:(Occupational Stress)) OR (tw:(Stress Management)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Health)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Aspects of Illness)) OR (tw:(Stress Disorders)) OR (tw:(Psychosocial Adaptation)) OR (tw:(Emotions))) AND (tw:(Nurses $) OR (tw:(nursing staffs)) OR (tw:(nurses)) OR (tw:(Nursing Assistants)) OR (tw:(Emergency Nursing)) OR (tw:(registered nurse)) OR (tw:(licensed practical nurse)) OR (tw:(nurse practitioner)) OR (tw:(specialized nurses)) OR (tw:( nursing staffs)))	Peer Review, qualitative study, English, Publication Date 2019–2020	106