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. 2022 Jul 12;67(Suppl 1):S3–S13. doi: 10.1111/adj.12926

Table 1.

Databases searched, search terms and corresponding MeSH terms used

Database Search terms
Medline (Ovid)

  1. Anxiety OR fear OR phobia

  2. (management or treatment).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, floating sub‐heading word, keyword heading word, organism supplementary concept word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]

  3. 1 and 2

  4. Exp Adult

  5. 3 and 4

  6. *Treatment Outcome*/

  7. *Phobic disorders/

  8. (control or strategy or therapy).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, floating sub‐heading word, keyword heading word, organism supplementary concept word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]

  9. 5 and 6 and 7 and 8

  10. 5 and 8
PubMed ((((Dental Anxiety[MeSH Terms])) OR (anxiety OR fear OR phobia)) AND ((patient OR adult) OR (Adult[MeSH Terms])) AND ("Dental clinic" OR "dental practice" OR "dental procedure") AND (strateg* OR manag* OR therap* OR alleviate OR ease OR mitigate OR light* OR lessen OR decreas*) NOT ((child* OR infant OR adolescent OR youth)))
Cochrane

  1. (Anxiety OR fear OR phobia)

  2. MeSH descriptor: [Dental Anxiety] this term only

  3. MeSH descriptor: [Adult] explode all trees

  4. #1 OR #2

  5. Patient OR Adult

  6. #3 OR #5

  7. "Dental clinic" OR "dental practice" OR "dental procedure"

  8. strateg* OR manag* OR therap* OR alleviate OR ease OR mitigate OR light* OR lessen OR decreas*

  9. #4 AND #6 AND #7 AND #8

  10. child* OR infant OR adolescent OR youth

  11. #9 NOT #10
Scopus ((anxiety OR fear OR phobia) AND ("dental clinic" OR "dental practice" OR "dental procedure*" OR "dental treatment") AND (strateg* OR manag* OR therap* OR alleviate OR ease OR mitigate OR light*OR lessen OR decreas*) AND (adult OR patient) AND NOT (child* OR infant OR adolescent OR youth))
CINAHL

  1. (MH 'Dental anxiety)

  2. Anxiety OR fear OR phobia

  3. S1 OR S2

  4. (MH ‘adult’)

  5. Patient OR adult

  6. (Patient OR adult) AND (S4 OR S5)

  7. “Dental clinic” OR “dental practise” OR “dental procedure”

  8. strateg*OR manag*OR therap* OR alleviate OR ease OR mitigate OR light* OR lessen OR decreas*

  9. S3 AND S6 AND S7 AND S8