Table 2 Sample MEDLINE search strategy
1. exp. Alcohol Drinking/ | |
2. exp. alcoholic beverages/ | |
3. alcoholic intoxication/ | |
4. (alcohol* adj2 (abuse* or misuse* or use* or consum* or drink* or excess* or problem* or risk*)).mp. | |
5. alcohol*.mp. | |
6. ((binge or problem* or risk* or excess*) adj2 drink*).mp. | |
7. ((hazardous or unsafe or unhealthy) adj2 drink*).mp. | |
8. drunk*.mp. | |
9. (intoxicat* adj4 (drink* or alcohol*)).mp. | |
10. (wine or beer or spirits).mp. | |
11. exp. overweight/ | |
12. exp. overnutrition/or hyperphagia/ | |
13. exp. “Body Weights and Measures”/ | |
14. Food preferences/ | |
15. *Feeding Behaviour/or exp. Food habits/ | |
16. Energy Intake/ | |
17. fast foods/or carbonated beverages/ | |
18. (obes* or over?weight or over?nutrition).ti,ab. | |
19. (excess adj2 weight).ti,ab. | |
20. ((eat* or food* or feed*) adj2 (behavio?r* or excessive* or choice? or pattern? or habit? or intake? or preference?)).ti,ab. | |
21. (body adj2 (mass or size or weight)).ti,ab. | |
22. (diet* or nutrition).ti,ab. | |
23. over?eat*.mp. | |
24. (under?weight or under?nutrition or under?eat).ti,ab. | |
25. (unhealth* adj2 (diet* or eating or food*)).mp. | |
26. ((vegetable* or fruit) adj2 (eat* or intake or consum* or portion* or serving? or frequenc* or number? or preference? or choice*)).mp. | |
27. (((junk or fast or unhealthy or choice? or processed) adj2 food*) or fastfood).mp. | |
28. (calorie-dense adj2 (food? or beverage? or drink?)).mp. | |
29. (convenien* adj2 (food* or meal*)).mp. | |
30. (excess* adj2 (fat* or salt* or sugar*)).mp. | |
31. (energy adj1 intake).mp. | |
32. (poor adj2 diet).mp. | |
33. snack*.mp. | |
34. calorie*.mp. | |
35. (((fizzy or sugary or carbonated) adj2 drink*) or soda or coca-cola or coke or cola or pop).mp. | |
36. (take?away or take?out or carry?out).mp. | |
37. (((frozen or ready or TV or television) adj2 meal?) or ((TV or television) adj2 dinner?)).mp. | |
38. ((portion or serving) adj2 size?).mp. | |
39. or/1-38 | |
40. Young Adult/ | |
41. (young adj2 (adult? or person?)).mp. | |
42. ((college* or university) adj2 student?).mp. | |
43. child*.mp. | |
44.under?age*.mp. | |
45. late-teen*.mp. | |
46. early-adult*.mp. | |
47. (adolescen* or youth* or undergraduate* or freshmen or fresher? or teen* or kid* student?).mp. | |
48. or/40-47 | |
49. exp. Interview/or interview.mp. | |
50. ‘grounded theory’.mp. | |
51. ethnography.mp. | |
52. exp. Qualitative Research/or ‘interpretative phenomenological analysis’.mp. | |
53. phenomenology.mp. | |
54. exp. Focus Groups/or ‘focus group’.mp. | |
55. ‘content analysis’.mp. | |
56. ‘thematic analysis’.mp. | |
57. ‘constant comparative’.mp. | |
58. ‘participant observation’.mp. | |
59. narrative*.mp. | |
60. ‘field notes’.mp. | |
61. or/49-60 | |
62. perceive.mp. | |
63. perception*.mp. | |
64. perspective*.mp. | |
65. view.mp. | |
66. experience.mp. | |
67. exp. Attitude/or attitude.mp. | |
68. belief*.mp. | |
69. opinion.mp. | |
70. feel*.mp. | |
71. know*.mp. | |
72. understand*.mp. | |
73. or/62-72 | |
74. exp. Qualitative Research/or qualitative.mp. | |
75. ‘qualitative analysis’.mp. | |
76. ‘mixed method*’.mp. | |
77. or/74-76 | |
78. 39 and 48 and 61 and 73 and 77 |