Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Appendices
Appendix 1. PubMed search strategy
#1 "Prostatitis"[Mesh]
#2 prostatit*[tiab]
#3 prostatodyn*[tiab]
#4 #1 OR #2 OR #3
#5 “Pelvic Pain"[Mesh]
#6 pelvic pain[tiab]
#7 CPP*[tiab]
#8 #5 OR #6 OR #7
#9 #4 AND #8
#10 "Asymptomatic Diseases"[Mesh]
#11 asymptom*[tiab]
#12 nonsymptom*[tiab]
#13 non symptom*[tiab]
#14 abacterial*[tiab]
#15 nonbacterial*[tiab]
#16 non bacterial*[tiab]
#17 aseptic*[tiab]
#18 nonseptic*[tiab]
#19 non septic*[tiab]
#20 #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19
#21 #4 AND #20
#22 chronic prostatitis chronic pelvic pain syndrome[tiab] OR CP CPP*[tiab]
#23 #9 OR #21 OR #22
#24 "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type]
#25 "Controlled Clinical Trial"[Publication Type]
#26 randomized[tiab]
#27 placebo[tiab]
#28 "drug therapy"[Subheading]
#29 randomly[tiab]
#30 trial[tiab]
#31 groups[tiab]
#32 #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31
#33 "Animals"[Mesh] NOT "Humans"[Mesh]
#34 #32 NOT #33
#35 #23 AND #34
Appendix 2. CENTRAL search strategy
#1 [mh prostatitis]
#2 prostatit*:ti,ab
#3 prostatodyn*:ti,ab
#4 #1 or #2 or #3
#5 [mh "pelvic pain"]
#6 pelvic near/3 pain:ti,ab
#7 CPP*:ti,ab
#8 #5 or #6 or #7
#9 #4 and #8
#10 [mh "asymptomatic diseases"]
#11 asymptom*:ti,ab
#12 nonsymptom*:ti,ab
#13 non near/3 symptom*:ti,ab
#14 abacterial*:ti,ab
#15 nonbacterial*:ti,ab
#16 non near/3 bacterial*:ti,ab
#17 aseptic*:ti,ab
#18 nonseptic*:ti,ab
#19 non near/3 septic*:ti,ab
#20 #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19
#21 #4 and #20
#22 prostatit* and (pelvic near/3 pain or CP CPP*)
#23 #9 or #21 or #22
Appendix 3. Embase search strategy
#1 “prostatitis”/exp
#2 prostatit*:ab,ti
#3 prostatodyn*:ab,ti
#4 #1 OR #2 OR #3
#5 “pelvic pain”/exp
#6 cpp*:ab,ti
#7 (pelvi* NEAR/3 pain):ab,ti
#8 #5 OR #6 OR #7
#9 #4 AND #8
#10 “asymptomatic disease”/exp
#11 asymptom*:ab,ti
#12 nonsymptom*:ab,ti
#13 (non NEAR/3 symptom*):ab,ti
#14 abacterial*:ab,ti
#15 nonbacterial*:ab,ti
#16 (non NEAR/3 bacterial*):ab,ti
#17 aseptic*:ab,ti
#18 nonseptic*:ab,ti
#19 (non NEAR/3 septic*):ab,ti
#20 #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18
OR #19
#21 #4 AND #20
#22 chronic:ab,ti AND (prostatitis NEAR/3 pelvi* NEAR/3 pain):ab,ti
#23 #9 OR #21 OR #22
#24 random*:ab,ti
#25 “clinical trial*”
#26 “health care quality”/exp
#27 #24 OR #25 OR #26
#28 #23 AND #27
Appendix 4. PsycINFO search strategy
1 prostatitis.mp.
2 prostatit*.ab,ti.
3 prostatodyn*.ab,ti
4 1 or 2 or 3
5 pelvic pain.mp.
6 (pelvi* adj3 pain).mp.
7 cpp*.ab,ti.
8 5 or 6 or 7
9 4 and 8
10 asymptom*.ab,ti.
11 nonsymptom*.ab,ti.
12 (non adj3 symptom*).ab,ti.
13 abacterial*.ab,ti.
14 nonbacterial*.ab,ti.
15 (non adj3 bacterial*).ab,ti.
16 aseptic*.ab,ti.
17 nonseptic*.ab,ti.
18 (non adj3 septic*).ab,ti.
19 10 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18
20 4 and 19
21 (chronic prostatitis adj3 pelvi* adj3 pain).ab,ti.
22 9 or 20 or 21
Appendix 5. CINAHL search strategy
S1 MH “Prostatitis”
S2 TI prostatit* OR AB prostatit*
S3 TI prostatodyn* OR AB prostatodyn*
S4 S1 OR S2 OR S3
S5 MH “Pelvic Pain”
S6 TI pelvic pain OR AB pelvic pain
S7 TI cpp* OR AB cpp*
S8 S5 OR S6 OR S7
S9 S4 AND S8
S10 TI asymptom* OR AB asymptom*
S11 TI nonsymptom* OR AB nonsymptom*
S12 TI non N3 symptom* OR AB non N3 symptom*
S13 TI abacterial* OR AB abacterial*
S14 TI nonbacterial* OR AB nonbacterial*
S15 TI non N3 bacterial* OR AB non N3 bacterial*
S16 TI aseptic* OR AB aseptic*
S17 TI nonseptic* OR AB nonseptic*
S18 TI non N3 septic* OR AB non N3 septic*
S19 S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16 OR S17 OR
S18
S20 S4 AND S19
S21 TI chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome OR chronic prostatitis
OR AB chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome OR TI chronic
prostatitis chronic pelvic pain syndrome OR chronic prostatitis OR AB
chronic prostatitis chronic pelvic pain syndrome
S22 S9 OR S20 OR S21
Appendix 6. ClinicalTrials.gov/Controlled Trials/WHO ICTRP search strategy
Prostatitis AND (Pelvic Pain OR CPP OR CP CPPS)
