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. 2022 Mar 30;25(4):662–677. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0578

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.