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ANNEX D: GENERIC SEARCH STRATEGY AND OUTCOMES
Citations Retrieved by Database and Search Term (no de-duplication)
The following table summarises the outcome of the generic search as applied to each database searched. Where possible the total number of citations (the number of citations retrieved prior to the use of the intervention restriction terms) is given in addition to the search outcomes for individual terms to indicate the breadth of coverage of each database in respect to suicide and self-harm. It is not possible to provide this figure for all databases as some did not have the facility for a generic search and terms could only be entered individually with subsequent hand-searching to exclude citations not meeting the restriction criteria. To allow comparability between databases in the table, the number of citations given for each individual term therefore relates to the number of potentially relevant citations once the 'intervention' restriction terms had been applied.
Table D.1 Citations Retrieved by Database and Search Term (no de-duplication)
| Database & Date Range | Focus of Database | Total Citations | Suicide | Self Harm | Self Injury | Self Poisoning | Self Mutilation | Self Laceration | Self Cutting | Parasuicide | Overdose |
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Medline
(Generic)
1966-2006 | Medical | 70,371 | 10.396 | 1,462 | 3,349 | 573 | 321 | 52 | 1,028 | 56 | 271 |
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Medline (Mesh terms)
1966-2006 | Medical | N/A | 8,182 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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C2Spectr (Campbell Collaboration)
Not date limited, primarily RCTs | Criminological/forensic | 33 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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CINAHL 1982-2006 | Nursing, adult health | 6,731 | 1,669 | 560 | 1,848 | 76 | 38 | 22 | 227 | 34 | 31 |
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Cochrane
Not date limited, primarily RCTs | Medical | 646 | 605 | 75 | 198 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 35 | 9 |
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DARE | Medical reviews | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Cochrane Reviews | Medical reviews | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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CCTR | Controlled (medical) trials | 585 | 538 | 62 | 185 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 20 | 34 | 8 |
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CMR | Methodological issues | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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NCCHTA | Health Technology Assessment | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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NHSEED | Health Economics | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Econlit
1969-2006 | Economics | 339 | 107 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
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PsychInfo
1887-2006 | Psychology, related behavioural sciences | 30,382 | 10.729 | 1,523 | 2.524 | 187 | 392 | 15 | 453 | 280 | 84 |
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Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts ( ASSIA)
1987-2006 | Social Sciences | 27,760 | 3.024 | 575 | 393 | 55 | 67 | 4 | 99 | 77 | 27 |
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Social Sciences Citation Index
1956-2006 | Social Sciences | 28.883 | 8,271 | 1,331 | 2,506 | 209 | 270 | 16 | 487 | 414 | 82 |
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National Research Register ( NRR) (Total : includes Cochrane & CRD also included in Cochrane above) Ongoing and recently completed research only | Current or recent/ongoing research | The NRR database does not currently provide the option of searching across all its component databases using a single search strategy, so there is no overall total count for citations - see instead the counts for individual data sets below | | | | | | | | | |
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Total | | N/A | 305 | 302 | 304 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 32 | 12 |
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NRR Research Programmes | | 151 | 75 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
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NRR Research Centres (Single Centre Projects) | | 693 | 178 | 174 | 206 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 5 |
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NRR Research Centres (Multi-Centre projects) | | 47 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Participating Centres (Multi-Centre projects) | | 168 | 58 | 48 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
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MRC Clinical Trials | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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PROQUEST Given time constraints, this database was searched with the additional restriction criterion that retrieved material had full text reprints available electronically
1997-2006 | International dissertations and theses | Not available - search by individual terms only | 707 | 29 | 106 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 |
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Current Controlled Trials
Recently completed and ongoing research only | Controlled Medical Trials (additional to those available via Cochrane - CCTR) | Not available - search by individual or limited Boolean terms only | 375 | 47 | 52 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
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National Institute for Clinical Excellence
( NICE)
1999-2006 | Research Reviews ( NHS) | Not available - search by individual or limited Boolean terms only | 1
(only 1 pertinent review found, which was flagged by each of the above four terms) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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AMED 1985-2006 | Allied Health Professions & Complementary Health Research | Not available - search by individual or limited Boolean terms only | 969 | 70 | 1022 | 4 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
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APA PsychArticles
1988-2006 | Social Sciences Database focussing in particular on articles in the field of psychology (incorporates 'PsychLit') | Not available - search by individual or limited Boolean terms only | 658 | 109 | 110 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 0 |
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FADE Not restricted by date | UKNHS Supported 'Grey' Literature Database | Not available - search by individual or limited Boolean terms only | 98 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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