How empathic is your healthcare practitioner? A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient surveys. by Howick, J, Steinkopf, L, Ulyte, A, Roberts, N, Meissner, K

“…We searched: MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cinahl, Science & Social Science Citation Indexes, the Cochrane Library and PubMed from database inception to March 2016. …”

Understanding the potential factors affecting carers’ mental health during end-of-life home care: a meta synthesis of the research literature by Gunn Grande, Tracey Shield, Kerin Bayliss, Christine Rowland, Jackie Flynn, Penny Bee, Alexander Hodkinson, Maria Panagioti, Morag Farquhar, Danielle Harris, Alison Wearden

“…Method: We carried out searches of MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycINFO® (American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, USA), Social Sciences Citation Index, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) from 1 January 2009 to 24 November 2019. …”
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Staff satisfaction and organisational performance: evidence from a longitudinal secondary analysis of the NHS staff survey and outcome data by Martin Powell, Jeremy Dawson, Anna Topakas, Joan Durose, Chris Fewtrell

“…Data sources: Searches were conducted using Health Management Information Consortium, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index and EBSCOhost (from inception to May 2012). …”
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Intervention Now to Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and qualitative and rea... by Rhiannon Whitaker, Maggie Hendry, Rabeea’h Aslam, Andrew Booth, Ben Carter, Joanna M Charles, Noel Craine, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Jane Noyes, Lupetu Ives Ntambwe, Diana Pasterfield, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Nefyn Williams

“…We searched the following electronic databases: MEDLINE and MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, The Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects and the Health Technology Assessment Database), EMBASE (Excerpta Medica database), British Nursing Index, Educational Resources Information Center, Sociological Abstracts, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, BiblioMap (the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre register of health promotion and public health research), Social Sciences Citation Index (supported by Web of Knowledge), Research Papers in Economics, EconLit (American Economic Association’s electronic bibliography), OpenGrey, Scopus, Scirus, Social Care Online, National Research Register, National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network Portfolio and Index to THESES. …”
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Interventions to Reduce Distress in Adult Victims of Sexual Violence and Rape: A Systematic Review by Cheryl Regehr, Ramona Alaggia, Jane Dennis, Annabel Pitts, Michael Saini

“…Electronic searches were conducted in June 2009 and in April 2011 within the following databases: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR); MEDLINE; EMBASE; EMBASE Classic; All EBM Reviews; PsycINFO; ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Indexes and Abstracts); ERIC; Social Sciences Abstracts; Social Services Abstracts; Social Sciences Citation Index; Criminal Justice Abstracts; Violence and Abuse Abstracts; Social Work Abstracts; Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI); CINAHL; Gender Studies Database; and Contemporary Women's Issues. …”
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Housing Improvements for Health and Associated Socio‐Economic Outcomes: A Systematic Review by Hilary Thomson, Siân Thomas, Eva Sellström, Mark Petticrew

“…Search methods Twenty seven academic and grey literature bibliographic databases were searched for housing intervention studies from 1887 to July 2012 (ASSIA; Avery Index; CAB Abstracts; The Campbell Library; CINAHL; The Cochrane Library; COPAC; DH‐DATA: Health Admin; EMBASE; Geobase; Global Health; IBSS; ICONDA; MEDLINE; MEDLINE In‐Process & Other Non‐Indexed Citations; NTIS; PAIS; PLANEX; PsycINFO; RIBA; SCIE; Sociological Abstracts; Social Science Citations Index; Science Citations Index expanded; SIGLE; SPECTR). …”
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Google Scholar Out-Performs Many Subscription Databases when Keyword Searching. A Review of: Walters, W. H. (2009). Google Scholar search performance: Comparative recall and precis... by Giovanna Badia

“…<br><b>Subjects</b> – Twelve databases were compared: Google Scholar, Academic Search Elite, AgeLine, ArticleFirst, EconLit, Geobase, Medline, PAIS International, Popline, Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index, and SocIndex. <br><b>Methods</b> – The relevant literature on later-life migration was pre-identified as a set of 155 journal articles published from 1990 to 2000. …”
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Google Scholar Out-Performs Many Subscription Databases when Keyword Searching by Giovanna Badia

“…Subjects – Twelve databases were compared: Google Scholar, Academic Search Elite, AgeLine, ArticleFirst, EconLit, Geobase, Medline, PAIS International, Popline, Social Sciences Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index, and SocIndex. Methods – The relevant literature on later-life migration was pre-identified as a set of 155 journal articles published from 1990 to 2000. …”
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What factors are associated with informal carers’ psychological morbidity during end-of-life home care? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of observational quantitative stu... by Tracey Shield, Kerin Bayliss, Alexander Hodkinson, Maria Panagioti, Alison Wearden, Jackie Flynn, Christine Rowland, Penny Bee, Morag Farquhar, Danielle Harris, Gunn Grande

“…Method Searches of MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects 1 January 2009–24 November 2019. …”
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Non‐familial intergenerational interventions and their impact on social and mental wellbeing of both younger and older people—A mapping review and evidence and gap map by Fiona Campbell, Rebecca Whear, Morwenna Rogers, Anthea Sutton, Ellie Robinson‐Carter, Jane Barlow, Richard Sharpe, Stuart Cohen, Louise Wolstenholme, Joanna Thompson‐Coon

“…Search Methods We searched MEDLINE (via OvidSp), EMBASE (via OvidSp), PsycINFO (via OvidSp), CINAHL (via EBSCOHost), Social Policy and Practice (via OvidSp), Health Management Information Consortium (via OvidSp), Ageline (via EBSCOhost), ASSIA (via ProQuest), Social Science Citations Index (via Web of Science), ERIC (via EBSCOhost), Community Care Inform Children, Research in Practice for Children, ChildData (via Social Policy and Practice), the Campbell Library, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the CENTRAL database between 22 and 30 July 2021. …”
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Factors within the clinical encounter that impact upon risk assessment within child and adolescent mental health services: a rapid realist synthesis by Anna Cantrell, Katie Sworn, Duncan Chambers, Andrew Booth, Elizabeth Taylor Buck, Scott Weich

“…Data sources Databases, including MEDLINE, PsycINFO®, EMBASE, CINAHL, HMIC, Science and Social Sciences Citation Index and the Cochrane Library, were searched (September 2021). …”
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Reducing unplanned hospital admissions from care homes: a systematic review by Duncan Chambers, Anna Cantrell, Louise Preston, Carl Marincowitz, Lynne Wright, Simon Conroy, Adam Lee Gordon

“…Data sources We searched the following databases in December 2021 for studies published since 2014: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; Health Management Information Consortium; Medline; PsycINFO; Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes; Social Care Online; and Social Service Abstracts. …”
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Approaches to promote handwashing and sanitation behaviour change in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a mixed method systematic review by Emmy De Buck, Hans Van Remoortel, Karin Hannes, Thashlin Govender, Selvan Naidoo, Bert Avau, Axel Vande Veegaete, Alfred Musekiwa, Vittoria Lutje, Margaret Cargo, Hans‐Joachim Mosler, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Taryn Young

“…Using a sensitive search strategy, we searched the following databases from 1980 to March 2016: Medline (PubMed), Cochrane CENTRAL Issue 2, Applied Social Sciences index and abstracts (ASSIA, ProQuest), Global Health (CABI), EMBASE (OVID), PsycInfo (EBSCOHost), ERIC (EBSCOHost), Global Index Medicus, 3ie Impact Evaluation Database, International bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS, ProQuest), Sociological abstracts (ProQuest) and Social Sciences citation index (SSCI, Web of Science). To find unpublished material and relevant programme documents, we contacted various research groups and organizations and/or checked the relevant websites. …”
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Exploring the impact of housing insecurity on the health and well-being of children and young people: a systematic review by Emma Hock, Lindsay Blank, Hannah Fairbrother, Mark Clowes, Diana Castelblanco Cuevas, Andrew Booth, Elizabeth Goyder

“…Database searches [of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) and the Social Sciences Citation Index] were accompanied by scrutiny of reference lists of included papers and relevant systematic reviews, and grey literature searching of key websites, including those identified by stakeholders. …”
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