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Table 2 Example search strategy, PsycINFO

From: Synthesising the existing evidence for non-pharmacological interventions targeting outcomes relevant to young people with ADHD in the school setting: systematic review protocol

ADHD terms

 attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity

 ADHD

 attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

 ADD

 attention deficit

 hyperactiv*

 hyperk*

 inattent*

 impulsiv*

 restless*

 overactiv*

 (attention (problem or difficult* or disorder* or issue))

Organisation skills terms

 organi?ation* skill*

 time management

 planning

 preparing material*

 task management

 homework

 ((self or personal) adj2 organis*)

Teacher and peer relationship terms

 teacher relationship*

 peer relationship*

 friend*

 teacher conflict

 peer conflict

 classroom conflict

 pupil relationship*

 student-teacher

 pupil-teacher

 peer-peer

 teacher pupil relationship*

 teacher student relationship*

 (Family adj2 school adj (partnership* or relationship* or involvement))

 (Parent adj2 school adj (partnership* or relationship* or involvement))

 (school adj2 parent adj (partnership* or relationship* or involvement))

 (home adj2 school adj (partnership* or relationship* or involvement))

Self-esteem terms

 self esteem

 self-esteem

 self-worth

 self worth

 value

 self-respect

 self respect

 Self-confiden*

Executive functioning terms

 working memory

 inhibit*

 task shift*

 cognitive flexib*

 emotional regulat*

 self-regulat*

 planning

 problem solving

 self-monitor*

Classroom functioning terms

 engagement*

 classroom funct*

 social skill*

 leadership*

 academic*

 attainment

 classroom environment*

 learning environment

 learning establishment

 teaching environment

Global functioning and quality of life terms

 global function*

 quality of life

 QoL

 happiness

 satisfaction

 assessment of function*

 social function*

 psychological function*

 global impairment*

Intervention terms

 intervention*

 strateg*

 program*

 project*

 train*

 support*

 therap*

 treatment

 (Behavio?r* adj2 (management or modification* or medicine or treatment*))

 (education* adj2 (management or modification* or treatment*))

 (classroom adj2 (management or modification* or treatment*))

 (playground adj2 (management or modification*))

 (psychosocial adj2 (management or modification* or treatment*))

 (cognitive adj2 (management or modification* or treatment*))

 behavio?r change technique*

 mentor*

 counsell*

 coach*

 social skills

 social problem solving

 life skills

 CBT

 cognitive behavio?r*

 cognitive therap*

Not terms

 TBI or (traumatic brain injury)

 University*

 higher education*

  1. Each category of terms combined with ‘or’, then final search is:
  2. Search 1; (ADHD terms) AND (organisation skills terms) OR (teacher and peer relationship terms) OR (self-esteem terms) OR (executive functioning terms) OR (classroom functioning terms) OR (global functioning and QoL terms) AND (intervention terms) NOT (not terms), restricted to year=2000/2020; Search 2; (ADHD terms) and (intervention terms) not (not terms or results from search 1), restricted to year=2000/2020 * is a wildcard symbol used to denote any characters following the word stemÂ