Self‐management for non‐cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Appendices
Appendix 1. Sources and search methods for the Cochrane Airways Group's Specialised Register (CAGR)
Electronic searches: core databases
| Database | Frequency of search |
| MEDLINE (Ovid) | Weekly |
| Embase (Ovid) | Weekly |
| CENTRAL (the Cochrane Library) | Monthly |
| PsycINFO (Ovid) | Monthly |
| CINAHL (EBSCO) | Monthly |
| AMED (EBSCO) | Monthly |
Handsearches: core respiratory conference abstracts
| Conference | Years searched |
| American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) | 2001 onwards |
| American Thoracic Society (ATS) | 2001 onwards |
| Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) | 2004 onwards |
| British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting (BTS) | 2000 onwards |
| Chest Meeting | 2003 onwards |
| European Respiratory Society (ERS) | 1992, 1994, 2000 onwards |
| International Primary Care Respiratory Group Congress (IPCRG) | 2002 onwards |
| Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) | 1999 onwards |
MEDLINE search strategy used to identify trials for the CAGR
Bronchiectasis topic search
1. exp Bronchiectasis/
2. bronchiect$.mp.
3. bronchoect$.mp.
4. kartagener$.mp.
5. (bronchial$ adj3 dilat$).mp.
6. or/1‐5
Filter to identify RCTs
1. exp "clinical trial [publication type]"/
2. (randomised or randomised).ab,ti.
3. placebo.ab,ti.
4. dt.fs.
5. randomly.ab,ti.
6. trial.ab,ti.
7. groups.ab,ti.
8. or/1‐7
9. Animals/
10. Humans/
11. 9 not (9 and 10)
12. 8 not 11
The MEDLINE strategy and RCT filter (Lefebvre 2011) are adapted to identify trials in other electronic databases.
Appendix 2. Search strategy to identify relevant trials from the CAGR
#1 BRONCH:MISC1
#2 MeSH DESCRIPTOR Bronchiectasis Explode All
#3 bronchiect*
#4 #1 or #2 or #3
#5 MeSH DESCRIPTOR Self Care Explode All
#6 MeSH DESCRIPTOR Education
#7 MeSH DESCRIPTOR Patient Education as Topic
#8 educat*
#9 self‐manag*
#10 "self manag*"
#11 self‐car* or "self car*"
#12 train* or instruct*
#13 "patient cent*" or patient‐cent*
#14 patient‐focus* or "patient focus*"
#15 patient‐education or "patient education"
#16 "management plan" or management‐plan
#17 management* NEAR1 program*
#18 behavior* or behaviour*
#19 disease* NEAR2 management*
#20 self‐efficac*
#21 empower*
#22 #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 or #21
#23 #4 AND #22
[In search line #1, MISC1 denotes the field in the record where the reference has been coded for condition, in this case, bronchiectasis]
