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Table 1 Indicative search terms—phase 1: theory-building searches

From: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) use in post-stroke patient care and clinical practice: a realist synthesis protocol

 

A—Stroke

B—PROMs

C—Evidence type

Index terms

cerebrovascular disorders/

basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/

brain ischemia/

carotid artery diseases/

cerebral small vessel diseases/

intracranial arterial diseases/

“intracranial embolism and thrombosis”/

intracranial hemorrhages/

stroke/

brain infarction/

stroke, lacunar/

vasospasm, intracranial/

vertebral artery dissection/

Patient Reported Outcome Measures/

Self Report/

Quality of Life/

Health Status/

Patient Satisfaction/

Comment/

Letter/

Editorial/

News/

Newspaper Article/

“Review”/

“Systematic Review”/

Practice Guidelines as Topic/

Text word terms

brain$

cerebr$

cerebell$

intracerebral

intracran$

parenchymal

intraparenchymal

intraventricular

infratentorial

supratentorial

basal gangli$

putaminal

putamen

posterior fossa

hemispher$

subarachnoid

adj5

h?emorrhag$

h?ematoma$

bleed$

Patient$

Report$

adj3

Outcome$

Measure$

Patient Reported Outcome Measure$

Patient Reported Outcome$

Patient report$

adj3

outcome$

PROM?

QoL or HRQoL or HQoL or quality of life

adj

assess$ or questionnaire$ or screen$ or index or indices or instrument$ or inventor$ or measure$ or scale$ or tool$