Table 2 Search strategy for MEDLINE (via PubMed)
Line | Search syntax | N of hits (2017/08/09) |
|---|---|---|
Subject of interest: DM | ||
1 | ((((((((((“Diabetes Mellitus” [MeSH Terms]) OR diabet* [Title/Abstract]) OR T2DM [Title/Abstract])) | 577,871 |
Analyses of interest: computer simulation or Markov process | ||
2 | ((((((((((markov [Title/Abstract]) OR “monte carlo” [Title/Abstract]) OR “montecarlo” [Title/Abstract]) OR stochastic [Title/Abstract]) OR deterministic [Title/Abstract]) OR “discrete event” [Title/Abstract]) OR “agent based” [Title/Abstract]) OR “agentbased” [Title/Abstract])) OR “Computer Simulation” [MeSH Terms]) OR ((((computer [Title/Abstract]) OR simulat* [Title/Abstract])) AND ((((model [Title/Abstract]) OR models [Title/Abstract]) OR modelling [Title/Abstract]) OR modeling [Title/Abstract])) | 402,382 |
Filter for the date of interest (by current date) | ||
3 | “1995/01/01” [Date—Publication]: “2017/06/19” [Date—Publication] | 16,229,578 |
Filter with regard to animal population only for exclusion | ||
4 | (Animals [MeSH Terms]) NOT ((Animals [MeSH Terms]) NOT Humans [MeSH Terms]) | 16,531,079 |
Types of publications for exclusion | ||
5 | ((((((Comment [Publication Type]) OR Letter [Publication Type]) OR “Newspaper Article” [Publication Type]) OR News [Publication Type]) OR Addresses [Publication Type]) OR Editorial [Publication Type]) OR “Published Erratum” [Publication Type] | 1,783,994 |
Combination of search terms | ||
(((1 AND 2 AND 3) NOT 4) NOT 5) | ((((((((((“Diabetes Mellitus” [MeSH Terms]) OR diabet* [Title/Abstract]) OR T2DM [Title/Abstract])) AND (((((((((((markov [Title/Abstract]) OR “monte carlo” [Title/Abstract]) OR “montecarlo” [Title/Abstract]) OR stochastic [Title/Abstract]) OR deterministic [Title/Abstract]) OR “discrete event” [Title/Abstract]) OR “agent based” [Title/Abstract]) OR “agentbased” [Title/Abstract])) OR “Computer Simulation” [MeSH Terms]) OR ((((computer [Title/Abstract]) OR simulat* [Title/Abstract])) AND ((((model [Title/Abstract]) OR models [Title/Abstract]) OR modelling [Title/Abstract]) OR modeling [Title/Abstract]))))) AND “1995/01/01” [Date—Publication]: “2017/06/19” [Date—Publication])) AND ((Animals [MeSH Terms]) NOT ((Animals [MeSH Terms]) NOT Humans [MeSH Terms])))) NOT (((((((Comment [Publication Type]) OR Letter [Publication Type]) OR “Newspaper Article” [Publication Type]) OR News [Publication Type]) OR Addresses [Publication Type]) OR Editorial [Publication Type]) OR “Published Erratum” [Publication Type]) | 2690 |