Table 1.
Search Strategy by Database
| Database | Search | Number of records |
|---|---|---|
| PubMed | (Spiritu*[Text Word] OR “Existential needs” [Text Word] OR “Existential need” [Text Word] OR Relig*[Text Word] OR Faith [Text Word] OR “Transcenden*” [Text Word] OR “Life Purpose” [Text Word]) AND (“Nurse-led”[Title/Abstract] OR Nursing [Mesh] OR “Nurs*” [Text Word] OR BSN[Text Word] OR APN[Text Word) AND (experiment* OR “controlled stud*” OR “controlled trial “ OR “control group” OR “comparison group “ OR quasi OR randomized OR randomly OR “before and after stud* “ OR “pretest post* “) |
269 |
| CINAHL | (“Spiritu*” OR “Existential need*” OR “Relig*” OR “Faith” OR “Transcenden*” OR “Life Purpose”) AND (“Nurse-led” OR “Nursing” OR “Nurs*” OR “BSN” OR “APN”) AND (experiment* OR “controlled stud* “ OR “controlled trial “ OR “control group” OR “comparison group “ OR quasi OR randomized OR randomly OR “before and after stud* “ OR “pretest post*”) |
248 |
| PsycINFO | (“Spiritu*” OR “Existential need*” OR “Relig*” OR “Faith” OR “Transcenden*” OR “Life Purpose”) AND (“Nurse-led” OR “Nursing” OR “Nurs*” OR “BSN” OR “APN”) AND (experiment* OR “controlled stud* “ OR “controlled trial “ OR “control group” OR “comparison group” OR quasi OR randomized OR randomly OR “before and after stud* “ OR “pretest post*”) |
274 |
| Embase | (‘spiritu*’ OR ‘existential need*’ OR ‘relig*’ OR ‘faith’/exp OR ‘transcenden*’ OR ‘life purpose’) AND (‘nursing’/exp OR ‘nurs*/exp’ OR ‘bsn’ OR ‘apn’ OR ‘nurse-led’) AND (‘experiment*’ OR ‘controlled stud*’ OR ‘controlled trial’/exp OR ‘control group’/exp OR ‘comparison group’ OR ‘quasi’ OR ‘randomized’ OR ‘randomly’ OR ‘pretest post*’) |
214 |
Filters applied: English. Adult/Older: 19–44 years, Middle aged: 45–64 years, Older aged: 65+ years.