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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adolesc Res Rev. 2021 Nov 13;7(4):565–589. doi: 10.1007/s40894-021-00176-z

TABLE 4 :

Full Search Strategy by Each Database

Include Exclude
P – Population (age) Adolescents ages 10–24 at enrollment or must include age-stratified results Age <10 or Age >24
Study must include at least half of sample in this age range; must present age-specific (stratified) findings
P – Population (setting, health state) Non-institutionalized without chronic illness
Symptoms of anxiety or depression Include
Poor sleep quality Include
“Symptoms of insomnia” Include
In institutional setting other than school (hospital, criminal justice)
Primary diagnosis of cancer, pain or mental illness
Diagnosed sleep disorders (e.g. insomnia), disturbances
I – Intervention (type) Mind-body integrative health: Aromatherapy, Chiropractic, Yoga, Tai chi/Tai ji, Qi gong, Visual imagery, Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy, Self-hypnosis, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Mindfulness-based stress reduction, Transcendental meditation, Relaxation, Massage therapy/pediatric massage, Meditation, Guided therapy, Reiki, Biofeedback, Progressive muscle relaxation, Feldenkrais, Alexander technique, Pilates, Rolfing, Trager Psychotherapy that can only be delivered by a specialist (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy)
Medication-based, OTC or prescription (melatonin, homeopathy)
Herbal teas
Sleep hygiene alone
Natural products

Motivational interviewing not excluded because it’s a technique
I – Intervention (setting) Schools
Community center
Community health center or clinic
Inpatient hospital setting
Sleep laboratory
Include if assessments are done in sleep laboratory; no intervention activities in sleep lab
C – Comparator Baseline (pre-intervention measurement if single group pre/post)
No sleep intervention (usual care)
Sleep hygiene intervention alone
Pharmacologic intervention
O – Outcomes Sleep duration
Sleep fragmentation
Sleep efficiency (total sleep/time in bed)
Sleep disruptions
Sleep quality
Sleep onset
Sleep Disorder diagnosis only
Outcome is sleep behaviors only
S – Setting Any English speaking country or setting where intervention was delivered in English
Intervention delivered in language other than English, but publication published in English
Setting where intervention was delivered in language other than English and publication is in language other than English

PubMed Search

(“Adolescent”[Mesh] OR Adolescen*[tiab] OR Teen*[tiab]) AND (“Mind-Body Therapies”[Mesh] OR “Mindfulness”[Mesh] OR “Therapy, Soft Tissue”[Mesh] OR “Acupuncture Therapy”[Mesh] OR “mind-body therap*”[tiab] OR “Mind body therap*”[tiab] OR Aromatherap*[tiab] OR Chiropract*[tiab] OR Yoga[tiab] OR “Tai chi”[tiab] OR “Tai Ji”[tiab] OR “Qi gong”[tiab] OR “Visual imagery”[tiab] OR Hypnosis[tiab] OR Hypnotherap*[tiab] OR “Self-hypnosis”[tiab] OR Acupressure[tiab] OR Acupuncture[tiab] OR “Mindfulness-based stress reduction”[tiab] OR Mindfulness[tiab] OR “Transcendental meditation”[tiab] OR Relaxation[tiab] OR “Massage therap*”[tiab] OR “Pediatric massage”[tiab] OR Meditation[tiab] OR “Guided therapy”[tiab] OR Reiki[tiab] OR Biofeedback[tiab] OR “Progressive muscle relaxation”[tiab] OR Feldenkrais[tiab] OR “Alexander technique”[tiab] OR Pilates[tiab] OR “osteopathic manipulation*”[tiab] OR “emotional freedom technique tapping”[tiab] OR “EFT tapping”[tiab]) AND (“Sleep duration”[tiab] OR “Sleep fragmentation”[tiab] OR “Sleep efficiency”[tiab] OR “Sleep disruption*”[tiab] OR “Sleep quality”[tiab] OR “Sleep onset”[tiab])

Embase Search

(‘adolescent’/exp OR Adolescen*:ti,ab OR Teen*:ti,ab) AND (‘alternative medicine’/exp OR ‘mindfulness’/exp OR ‘soft tissue therapy’/exp OR ‘acupuncture’/exp OR ‘mind-body therap*’:ti,ab OR ‘Mind body therap*’:ti,ab OR Aromatherap*:ti,ab OR Chiropract*:ti,ab OR Yoga:ti,ab OR ‘Tai chi’:ti,ab OR ‘Tai Ji’:ti,ab OR ‘Qi gong’:ti,ab OR ‘Visual imagery’:ti,ab OR Hypnosis:ti,ab OR Hypnotherap*:ti,ab OR ‘Self-hypnosis’:ti,ab OR Acupressure:ti,ab OR Acupuncture:ti,ab OR ‘Mindfulness-based stress reduction’:ti,ab OR Mindfulness:ti,ab OR ‘Transcendental meditation’:ti,ab OR Relaxation:ti,ab OR ‘Massage therap*’:ti,ab OR Meditation:ti,ab OR ‘Guided therapy’:ti,ab OR Reiki:ti,ab OR Biofeedback:ti,ab OR ‘Progressive muscle relaxation’:ti,ab OR Feldenkrais:ti,ab OR ‘Alexander technique’:ti,ab OR Pilates:ti,ab OR ‘osteopathic manipulation*’:ti,ab OR ‘emotional freedom technique tapping’:ti,ab OR ‘EFT tapping’:ti,ab) AND (‘Sleep duration’:ti,ab OR ‘Sleep fragmentation’:ti,ab OR ‘Sleep efficiency’:ti,ab OR ‘Sleep disruption*’:ti,ab OR ‘Sleep quality’:ti,ab OR ‘Sleep onset’:ti,ab)

CINAHL Search

((MH “Adolescence+”) OR (TI “Adolescen*”) OR (AB “Adolescen*”) OR (TI “Teen*”) OR (AB “Teen*”)) AND ((MH “Alternative Therapies+”) OR (MH “Mindfulness”) OR (MH “Acupuncture+”) OR (TI “mind-body therap*”) OR (AB “mind-body therap*”) OR (TI “mind body therap*”) OR (AB “mind body therap*”) OR (TI “aromatherap*”) OR (AB “aromatherap*”) OR (TI “chiropract*”) OR (AB “chiropract*”) OR (TI “yoga”) OR (AB “yoga”) OR (TI “Tai chi”) OR (AB “Tai chi”) OR (TI “Tai Ji”) OR (AB “Tai Ji”) OR (TI “Qi gong”) OR (AB “Qi gong”) OR (TI “Visual imagery”) OR (AB “Visual imagery”) OR (TI “hypnosis”) OR (AB “hypnosis”) OR (TI “hypnotherap*”) OR (AB “hypnotherap*”) OR (TI “self-hypnosis”) OR (AB “self-hypnosis”) OR (TI “acupressure”) OR (AB “acupressure”) OR (TI “acupuncture”) OR (AB “acupuncture”) OR (TI “mindfulness-based stress reduction”) OR (AB “mindfulness-based stress reduction”) OR (TI “mindfulness”) OR (AB “mindfulness”) OR (TI “transcendental meditation”) OR (AB “transcendental meditation”) OR (TI “relaxation”) OR (AB “relaxation”) OR (TI “massage therap*”) OR (AB “massage therap*”) OR (TI “meditation”) OR (AB “meditation”) OR (TI “guided therapy”) OR (AB “guided therapy”) OR (TI “Reiki”) OR (AB “Reiki”) OR (TI “biofeedback”) OR (AB “biofeedback”) OR (TI “progressive muscle relaxation”) OR (AB “progressive muscle relaxation”) OR (TI “Feldenkrais”) OR (AB “Feldenkrais”) OR (TI “Alexander technique”) OR (AB “Alexander technique”) OR (TI “Pilates”) OR (AB “Pilates”) OR (TI “osteopathic manipulation*”) OR (AB “osteopathic manipulation*”) OR (TI “emotional freedom technique tapping”) OR (AB “emotional freedom technique tapping”) OR (TI “EFT tapping”) OR (AB “EFT tapping”)) AND ((TI “sleep duration”) OR (AB “sleep duration”) OR (TI “sleep fragmentation”) OR (AB “sleep fragmentation”) OR “(TI “sleep efficiency”) OR (AB “sleep efficiency”) OR (TI “sleep disruption*”) OR (AB “sleep disruption*”) OR (TI “sleep quality”) OR (AB “sleep quality”) OR (TI “sleep onset”) OR (AB “sleep onset”))

PsycInfo Search

((TI “Adolescen*”) OR (AB “Adolescen*”) OR (TI “Teen*”) OR (AB “Teen*”)) AND ((DE “Mind Body Therapy”) OR (DE “Mindfulness”) OR (DE “Acupuncture”) OR (TI “mind-body therap*”) OR (AB “mind-body therap*”) OR (TI “mind body therap*”) OR (AB “mind body therap*”) OR (TI “aromatherap*”) OR (AB “aromatherap*”) OR (TI “chiropract*”) OR (AB “chiropract*”) OR (TI “yoga”) OR (AB “yoga”) OR (TI “Tai chi”) OR (AB “Tai chi”) OR (TI “Tai Ji”) OR (AB “Tai Ji”) OR (TI “Qi gong”) OR (AB “Qi gong”) OR (TI “Visual imagery”) OR (AB “Visual imagery”) OR (TI “hypnosis”) OR (AB “hypnosis”) OR (TI “hypnotherap*”) OR (AB “hypnotherap*”) OR (TI “self-hypnosis”) OR (AB “self-hypnosis”) OR (TI “acupressure”) OR (AB “acupressure”) OR (TI “acupuncture”) OR (AB “acupuncture”) OR (TI “mindfulness-based stress reduction”) OR (AB “mindfulness-based stress reduction”) OR (TI “mindfulness”) OR (AB “mindfulness”) OR (TI “transcendental meditation”) OR (AB “transcendental meditation”) OR (TI “relaxation”) OR (AB “relaxation”) OR (TI “massage therap*”) OR (AB “massage therap*”) OR (TI “meditation”) OR (AB “meditation”) OR (TI “guided therapy”) OR (AB “guided therapy”) OR (TI “Reiki”) OR (AB “Reiki”) OR (TI “biofeedback”) OR (AB “biofeedback”) OR (TI “progressive muscle relaxation”) OR (AB “progressive muscle relaxation”) OR (TI “Feldenkrais”) OR (AB “Feldenkrais”) OR (TI “Alexander technique”) OR (AB “Alexander technique”) OR (TI “Pilates”) OR (AB “Pilates”) OR (TI “osteopathic manipulation*”) OR (AB “osteopathic manipulation*”) OR (TI “emotional freedom technique tapping”) OR (AB “emotional freedom technique tapping”) OR (TI “EFT tapping”) OR (AB “EFT tapping”)) AND ((TI “sleep duration”) OR (AB “sleep duration”) OR (TI “sleep fragmentation”) OR (AB “sleep fragmentation”) OR “(TI “sleep efficiency”) OR (AB “sleep efficiency”) OR (TI “sleep disruption*”) OR (AB “sleep disruption*”) OR (TI “sleep quality”) OR (AB “sleep quality”) OR (TI “sleep onset”) OR (AB “sleep onset”))