Gender-based Violence on Survivor Bodily Perceptions and Connections Meta-Synthesis Search Strategy

To identify studies to include or consider for this scoping review, the review team worked with a medical librarian (TN) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-S extension was followed for search reporting. The medical librarian (TN) developed the search for PubMed (NLM) and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed (NLM) search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy, and all final searches were peer-reviewed by another medical librarian following the PRESS checklist. The databases included in this search are PubMed (NLM), CINAHL (EbscoHost), Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost), Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts – ASSIA (ProQuest), and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included TRIP Pro medical database (tripdatabase.com) website, OAIster (https://www.oclc.org/en/oaister.html), clinical trials registry (clinicaltrials.gov), and WHO ICTRP (https://trialsearch.who.int/). A qualitative research hedge was used to limit to qualitative studies along with human only studies. All final searches were performed on December 21, 2022 by the librarian and were fully reported (TN). The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in Appendix (___). The PubMed search used a Qualitative Studies filter, modified from Schoonade LJ.