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. 2022 Mar 17;117(1):36–51. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2046967

Table 2.

Search strategies, abstracts and final hits found that were screened during both initial and updated searches that were performed from July 2017 to October 2021.

NO DATA BASE DESCRIPTION (search terms used were tuberculosis, diabetes, integrate, combine, joint) #FINAL HITS
1 Medline (PubMed) Initial Search: (“tuberculosis”[MeSH Terms] OR “tuberculosis”[All Fields]) AND ((“diabetes mellitus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “mellitus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes mellitus”[All Fields]) OR (“diabetes mellitus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “mellitus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes mellitus”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes insipidus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “insipidus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes insipidus”[All Fields])) AND ((“1990/01/01”[PDAT]: “2017/12/31”[PDAT]) AND “humans”[MeSH Terms] 2178
Updated Search (31/10/2021): ((diabetes) AND (tuberculosis) AND (English[Filter])) AND (integrate)
(“diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes mellitus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “mellitus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes mellitus”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes insipidus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “insipidus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes insipidus”[All Fields] OR “diabetic”[All Fields] OR “diabetics”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields]) AND (“tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis”[MeSH Terms] OR “tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis s”[All Fields]) AND “English”[Language] AND (“integrability”[All Fields] OR “integrable”[All Fields] OR “integral”[All Fields] OR “integrally”[All Fields] OR “integrals”[All Fields] OR “integrant”[All Fields] OR “integrates”[All Fields] OR “integrate”[All Fields] OR “integrated”[All Fields] OR “integrates”[All Fields] OR “integrating”[All Fields] OR “integration”[All Fields] OR “integrational”[All Fields] OR “integrations”[All Fields] OR “integrative”[All Fields] OR “integrative”[All Fields] OR “integrator”[All Fields] OR “integrators”[All Fields])
Search: ((diabetes) AND (tuberculosis) AND (English[Filter])) AND (combine)
(“diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes mellitus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “mellitus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes mellitus”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes insipidus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “insipidus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes insipidus”[All Fields] OR “diabetic”[All Fields] OR “diabetics”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields]) AND (“tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis”[MeSH Terms] OR “tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculoses”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis s”[All Fields]) AND “English”[Language] AND (“combinable”[All Fields] OR “combinated”[All Fields] OR “combination”[All Fields] OR “combinational”[All Fields] OR “combinations”[All Fields] OR “combinative”[All Fields] OR “combine”[All Fields] OR “combined”[All Fields] OR “combines”[All Fields] OR “combining”[All Fields])
Search: ((diabetes) AND (tuberculosis) AND (English[Filter])) AND (joint)
(“diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes mellitus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “mellitus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes mellitus”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields] OR “diabetes insipidus”[MeSH Terms] OR (“diabetes”[All Fields] AND “insipidus”[All Fields]) OR “diabetes insipidus”[All Fields] OR “diabetic”[All Fields] OR “diabetics”[All Fields] OR “diabetes”[All Fields]) AND (“tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis”[MeSH Terms] OR “tuberculosis”[All Fields] OR “tuberculoses”[All Fields] OR “tuberculosis s”[All Fields]) AND “English”[Language] AND (“joint s”[All Fields] OR “joints”[MeSH Terms] OR “joints”[All Fields] OR “joint”[All Fields])
460
2 Web of Science initial Search: TOPIC: (Tuberculosis), TOPIC: (Diabetes) OR TOPIC: (Diabetes Mellitus)#2 AND #1 Indexes = SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, CPCI-SSH Timespan = All years, #2 AND #1 Refined by: LANGUAGES: (ENGLISH) AND [excluding] PUBLICATION YEARS: (1983 OR 1980 OR 1975 OR 1974 OR 1970 OR 1969 OR 1965 OR 1968 OR 1963 OR 1961 OR 1959 OR 1956 OR 1958 OR 1954 OR 1957 OR 1953 OR 1955 OR 1950 OR 1949 OR 1948)Indexes = SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, CPCI-SSH Timespan = All years 1407
Updated Search (31/10/2021): #1 = Tuberculosis (All Fields), #2 = Diabetes (All Fields), #3 = (#2) AND #1 and English (Languages), #4 = integrate (All Fields), #5 = (#3) AND #4, #6 = combine (All Fields), #7 = joint (All Fields), #8 = (#3) AND #6, #9 = (#3) AND #7. (((TS = (Tuberculosis)) AND TS = (Diabetes)) AND TS = (integrate)) AND (LA = = (“ENGLISH”)), (((TS = (Tuberculosis)) AND TS = (Diabetes)) AND TS = (combine)) AND (LA = = (“ENGLISH”)), and (((TS = (Tuberculosis)) AND TS = (Diabetes)) AND TS = (joint)) AND (LA = = (“ENGLISH”)), 517
3 Cochrane Library “diabetes”: ti,ab,kw, or Diabetes Mellitus (Word variations have been searched)
Initial Search. “diabetes”: ti,ab,kw, or Diabetes Mellitus (Word variations have been searched) AND “tuberculosis”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) #1 and #2. (Cochrane reviews)
 
108
Updated Search (31/10/2021): “diabetes” in All Text AND “tuberculosis” in All Text (Trials) 228
4 WHO Global Index Medicus Database Initial Search: Tuberculosis AND Diabetes, (tw:((tw:(tuberculosis)) AND (instance:”ghl”) AND (limit:(“humans”)))) AND (tw:((tw:(diabetes)) OR (tw:(diabetes mellitus)) AND (instance:”ghl”) AND (limit:(“humans”)))) AND (instance:”ghl”) 1734
Updated Search (/10/2021): Tuberculosis AND Diabetes, tw:((tw:(tuberculosis*)) AND (tw:(diabetes*))) AND (la:(“en”)) AND (year cluster:[1990 TO 2021]) 270
5 Total Final Hits   6902