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Table 2 Sample MEDLINE search strategy

From: Sexual violence against women by so-called Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS): protocol for a systematic review

1. MeSH descriptor: [Women] explode all trees.tw,ot.

2. MeSH descriptor: [Female] this term only.tw,ot.

3. MeSH descriptor: [Girl] this term only.tw,ot.

4. Child.tw,ot.

5. MeSH descriptor: [Adolescent] explode all trees.tw,ot.

6. MeSH descriptor: [Young Adult] explode all trees.tw,ot.

7. (OR/ 1-6) .tw,ot.

8. MeSH descriptor: [Offense, Sex] explode all trees.tw,ot.

9. MeSH descriptor: [Violence, Sexual] explode all trees.tw,ot.

10. MeSH descriptor: [Abuse, Sexual] explode all trees.tw,ot.

11. MeSH descriptor: [Violence, Gender-Based] this term only.tw,ot.

12. MeSH descriptor: [Rape] this term only.tw,ot.

13. MeSH descriptor: [Terrorism] this term only.tw,ot.

14. MeSH descriptor: [Battered Women] explode all trees.tw,ot.

15. MeSH descriptor: [Child Abuse] this term only.tw,ot.

16. Coerc*.tw,ot.

17. Captivity.tw,ot.

18. Religious Violen*.tw,ot.

19. Islamic terrorism.tw,ot.

20. Political terrorism.tw,ot.

21. Islamic fundamentalism.tw,ot.

22. Jihad.tw,ot.

23. Abuse near/3 women.tw,ot.

24. Sex* near/3 abuse.tw,ot.

25. Sex* near/3 coerc* .tw,ot.

26. Sex* near/3 vioen*.tw,ot.

27. Sex* near/3 assault.tw,ot.

28. force* near/3 intercourse.tw,ot.

29. (OR/ 8-28) .tw,ot.

30. 7 AND 29.tw, ot.

31. Islamic State OR IS.tw,ot.

32. ISIS OR Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.tw,ot.

33. ISIL OR Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.tw,ot.

34. Jihadist Extremism.tw,ot.

35. Jihadi Terrorism.tw,ot.

36. Daesh.tw,ot.

37. Salafi.tw,ot.

38. (OR/ 31-37) .tw,ot.

39. 30 AND 38.tw,ot.

40. Psychological Consequence*.tw,ot.

41. Mental Consequence*.tw,ot.

42. MeSH descriptor: [Psychiatric Disorder] explode all trees.tw,ot.

43. Cultural Consequence*.tw,ot.

44. Economic* consequence*.tw,ot.

45. Spiritual consequence*.tw,ot.

46. Physical consequence*.tw,ot.

47. Health related consequence*.tw,ot.

48. MeSH descriptor: [Reproductive Health] explode all trees.tw,ot.

49. Trauma*.tw,ot.

50. MeSH descriptor: [Psychological Trauma] explode all trees.tw,ot.

51. MeSH descriptor: [Wounds and Injuries] explode all trees.tw,ot.

52. Experience.tw,ot.

53. Impression.tw,ot.

54. Concern.tw,ot.

55. Understand*.tw,ot.

56. (OR/ 40-55) .tw,ot.

57. 39 AND 56.tw,ot.

58. MeSH descriptor: [Qualitative Research] this term only .tw,ot.

59. MeSH descriptor: [Qualitative Analysis] this term only.tw,ot.

60. MeSH descriptor: [Mixed Methods] this term only.tw,ot.

61. MeSH descriptor: [Focus Groups] this term only.tw,ot.

62. MeSH descriptor: [Narration] this term only.tw,ot.

63. MeSH descriptor: [Interviews as Topic] explode all trees .tw,ot.

64. MeSH descriptor: [Surveys and Questionnaires] this term only.tw,ot.

65. MeSH descriptor: [Grounded Theory] this term only.tw,ot.

66. Phenomenology.tw,ot.

67. Ethnography.tw,ot.

68. Content Analysis.tw,ot.

69. Thematic Analysis.tw,ot.

70. Discourse Analysis.tw,ot.

71. Constant Comparative Analysis.tw,ot.

72. Participant Observation.tw,ot.

73. Narrative.tw,ot.

74. Field Notes.tw,ot.

75. (OR/58 - 74) .tw,ot.

76. 7 AND 29 AND 38 AND 56 AND 75.tw,ot.