Table 2 Results of pilot search in PubMed
Date of search | Electronic database | Keywords searched | Number of publications retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
12/10/21 | PubMed | ((“melanosis”[MeSH Terms] OR Melasma [Text Word] OR melanosis [Text Word] OR “skin pigmentation”[MeSH Terms] OR Skin Pigmentation [Text Word] OR dyschromia [Text Word] OR “hyperpigmentation”[MeSH Terms] OR hyperpigmentation [Text Word] OR Chloasma [Text Word] AND (humans[Filter])) AND ((“Quality of Life”[Mesh]) OR “Prevalence”[Mesh] OR “quality of life”[TW] OR prevalence[tw] OR “therapy”[Subheading] OR “therapeutics”[MeSH Terms] OR treatment[Text Word] AND (Fitzpatrick skin IV to VI[TW] OR Fitzpatrick skin IV—VI[TW] OR Fitzpatrick VI[TW] OR Fitzpatrick IV[TW] OR Black[TW] OR Indian[TW] OR “mixed ancestry”[TW] OR “darker skin type*”[TW] OR “African Continental Ancestry Group”[Mesh] OR “mixed race”[tw] | 888 |