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Table 1 Example of complete search strategy using Embase

From: Predisposing and protective factors influencing suicide ideation, attempt, and death in patients accessing substance use treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

We developed the master search strategy in Embase on Nov. 5th, 2017 (results: 10,956) using the following search terms:

 1 exp prevention/

 2 exp rehabilitation/

 3 therap$.mp.

 4 intervention$.mp.

 5 treat$.mp.

 6 care.mp.

 7 prevent$.mp.

 8 rehab$.mp.

 9 exp Suicide/

 10 suicid$.mp.

 11 substance-related disorders.mp.

 12 exp Substance-Related Disorders/

 13 exp drug abuse/

 14 exp addiction/

 15 exp drug addiction/

 16 exp “substance use disorder”/

 17 (substance$ adj3 abus$).mp.

 18 (substance$ adj3 addict$).mp.

 19 (substance$ adj3 disorder$).mp.

 20 (substance$ adj3 us$).mp.

 21 (drug$ adj3 disorder$).mp.

 22 (drug$ adj3 us$).mp.

 23 (drug$ adj3 abus$).mp.

 24 (drug$ adj3 dependen$).mp.

 25 (drug$ adj3 addict$).mp.

 26 (drug$ adj3 disorder$).mp.

 27 (addict$ adj3 disorder$).mp.

 28 protective factor$.mp.

 29 exp Protective Factors/

 30 (protect$ adj3 factor$).mp.

 31 protect$.mp.

 32 risk factor.mp.

 33 exp Risk Factors/

 34 (risk$ adj3 factor$).mp.

 35 risk$.mp.

 36 correlat$.mp.

 37 determinant$.mp.

 38 predict$.mp.

 39 associat$.mp.

 40 reduc$.mp.

 41 increas$.mp.

 42 decreas$.mp.

 43 improv$.mp.

 44 enhanc$.mp.

 45 buffer$.mp.

 46 ameliorat$.mp.

 47 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8

 48 9 or 10 (116798)

 49 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27

 50 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46

 51 47 and 48 and 49 and 50 (10956)

  1. NB. We used the following commands specific to the Embase search platform: “Adj3” Search words have to appear at least three words away from each other; “$” Truncation symbol; “exp” Explode the subject heading, to retrieve more specific terms; “/” MeSH heading; “AND,” “OR” Boolean logic to combine search terms