Original systematic review searches

Olga P Nyssen; Stephanie JC Taylor; Geoff Wong; Elizabeth Steed; Liam Bourke; Joanne Lord; Carol A Ross; Sheila Hayman; Victoria Field; Ailish Higgins; Trisha Greenhalgh; Catherine Meads

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Nyssen OP, Taylor SJC, Wong G, et al. Does therapeutic writing help people with long-term conditions? Systematic review, realist synthesis and economic considerations. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2016 Apr. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 20.27.)

Does therapeutic writing help people with long-term conditions? Systematic review, realist synthesis and economic considerations.

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Appendix 3Original systematic review searches

TABLE 78

Databases and time span of the searches

Database	Time span of the search (mapping search)	Provider (platform)
AMED	From 1985 to March 2013	Ovid
ASSIA	1987–week 12 2013	ProQuest
CAB Abstracts	From 1973 to week 11 2013	Ovid
The Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews	From 2005 to Issue #4, Volume 9 2013	The Campbell Library
CENTRAL	From 1992 to Issue 1 of 12, January 2013	The Cochrane Library
CDSR	From 1992 to Issue 2 of 12, February 2013	The Cochrane Library
CINAHL	1981–week 12 March 2013	EBSCOhost
DARE	From 1994 to Issue 1 of 4, January 2013	The Cochrane Library
EMBASE	From 1974 to 11 March 2013	Ovid
ERIC	1966–18 March 2013	ProQuest
HTA Database	Issue 1 of 4, January 2013	The Cochrane Library
Linguistic and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA)	1973–18 March 2013	ProQuest
MEDLINE	From 1946 to 11 March 2013	Ovid
NHS EED	From 1995 to February 2013	The Cochrane Library
PEDro	1929–4 March 2013	Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy/University of Sydney
Periodicals Index Online (PIO)	1665–95	ProQuest
PILOTS	1871–18 March 2013	ProQuest
PsycINFO	From 1806 to March week 2 2013	Ovid
SSCI	1970–15 March 2013	Web of Knowledge
SCI	1970–15 March 2013	Web of Knowledge
Zetoc	1993–18 March 2013	Mimas

: CAB Abstracts: the monitoring and search service for global research publications; NHS EED, NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
: Zetoc: the monitoring and search service for global research publications.

Search strategy

TABLE 79

MEDLINE (via Ovid) searches

#	Search term
1	chronic*.mp
2	((persistent or (long* adj term) or ongoing or degenerative) adj3 (disease* or disab* or ill* or condition* or (health adj condition) or (medical adj condition) or impairment)).tw.
3	LONG TERM CARE/
4	(long* adj term adj care).tw.
5	exp CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE/
6	((heart adj disease) or (heart adj failure) or (myocardial adj ischemia) or (angina adj pectoris) or (coronary adj disease) or (coronary adj artery adj disease*) or (myocardial adj infarction) or hypertension or (high adj blood adj pressure)).tw.
7	exp LUNG DISEASES OBSTRUCTIVE/
8	((obstructive adj lung adj disease) or (obstructive adj pulmonary adj disease) or copd or asthma or bronchitis).tw.
9	exp EMPHYSEMA/
10	exp PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA/
11	emphysema.tw.
12	exp CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS/
13	((cerebrovascular adj disease) or (cerebrovascular adj disorder) or (brain adj ischemia) or (cerebral adj infarction) or (carotid adj artery adj disease) or stroke or epilep).tw.
14	exp NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES/
15	(neurodegenerative or (Huntington* adj disease) or (Parkinson* adj disease) or (amyotrophic adj lateral adj sclerosis) or (motor adj neuron* adj disease)).tw.
16	exp MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/
17	(multiple adj sclerosis).tw.
18	exp INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES/
19	IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/
20	((inflammatory adj bowel) or (irritable adj bowel)).tw.
21	Kidney disease/
22	((renal adj failure) or (renal adj insufficienc) or (kidney adj failure) or (kidney adj insuffcienc)).tw.
23	DIABETES MELLITUS/
24	(diabetes or diabetic*).tw.
25	exp ARTHRITIS/
26	exp RHEUMATIC DISEASE/
27	(arthritis or osteoarthritis or rheumati* or fibromyalgia).tw.
28	exp low back pain/
29	exp backache/
30	NECK PAIN/
31	((back adj pain) or (neck adj pain)).tw.
32	exp OSTEOPOROSIS/
33	osteoporosis.tw.
34	exp THYROID DISEASE/
35	exp NEOPLASMS/
36	(cancer* or oncolog* or neoplasm* or carcinom* or tumo?r* or malignan*).tw.
37	exp HIV INFECTIONS/
38	((hiv adj infect) or (hiv adj disease)).tw.
39	ENDOMETRIOSIS/
40	endometriosis.tw.
41	exp MENTAL DISORDERS/
42	DEPRESSION/
43	((mental* adj ill) or (mental adj disorder) or (mental adj disease) or (mental adj distress) or (mental adj disab) or (mental adj problem) or (mental adj health) or (mental adj patient) or (mental adj treatment) or (psychiatr* adj ill) or (psychiatr adj disorder) or (psychiatr adj disease) or (psychiatr adj distress) or (psychiatr adj disab) or (psychiatr adj problem) or (psychiatr adj health) or (psychiatr adj patient) or (psychiatr adj treatment) or (psychological* adj ill) or (psychologicalADJ and disorder) or (psychological adj disease) or (psychological adj distress) or (psychological adj disab) or (psychological adj problem) or (psychological adj health) or (psychological adj patient) or (psychological adj treatment)).tw.
44	((personality adj disorder) or (mood adj disorder) or (dysthymic adj disorder) or (cognit adj disorder) or (anxiety adj disorder) or (stress adj disorder) or (eating adj disorder) or (adjustment adj disorder) or (reactive adj disorder) or (somatoform adj disorder) or (conversion adj disorder) or (behavio* adj disorder) or (percept adj disorder) or (psycho adj disorder) or (impulse adj control adj disorder) or (development* adj disorder*)).tw.
45	(psychos#s or psychotic* or paranoi* or schizo* or neuros#s or neurotic* or delusion* or depression or depressive or bipolar or mania or manic or obsessi* or compulsi* or panic or phobic or phobia or anorexia or bulimia or neurastheni* or dissociative or affective or borderline or narcissis* or suicid* or (self adj injur) or (self adj harm) or dementia or Alzheimer).tw.
46	or/1-45
47	((writ* adj therap) or (therapeutic adj writ) or (writ adj cure) or (writ adj heal) or (self adj management adj writ) or (self adj help adj writ) or (self adj conceal adj writ) or (self adj disclosure adj writ) or (creative adj writ) or (expressi adj writ) or (emoti adj writ) or (EMO adj writ) or (sensitiv* adj writ) or (sensor adj writ) or (reactive adj writ) or (reflective adj writ) or (descriptive adj writ) or (biography* adj writ) or (workshop adj writ) or (epistolar* adj writ) or (fiction adj writ) or (paradigm adj writ) or (group adj writ) or (letter adj writ) or (Pennebaker adj writ) or (reminiscence adj review) or (story adj writ) or (stories adj writ) or blog or forum* or (memoir* adj writ) or (journal adj writ) or (narrative adj writ) or (hand adj writ) or (poe* adj writ) or (health adj status adj writ) or “program* writ*”).tw.
48	((emoti* adj disclosure adj tip) or (emoti adj disclosure adj key) or (emotional adj disclosure adj writ) or (emotio* adj disclosure) or catharsis).tw.
49	((express* or creativ* or emoti* or sensitiv* or reflect* or therap* or disclos* or conceal* or manag* or pennebaker or cathar* or “writing paradigm”) adj2 (writ* or “hand writ” or blog or epistol or letter* or story or stories or memoir* or narrat* or diary or diaries or poem or poet* or reminisc* or “life review” or “life writing” or journaling or “Journal Writing” or (“health status” adj2 writ) or “program writ*”)).tw.
50	46 and 49
51	47 and 48
52	Writing/
53	46 and 52
54	50 or 51 or 52

TABLE 80

EMBASE (via Ovid) searches

#	Search term
1	chronic*.mp.
2	((persistent or (long* adj term) or ongoing or degenerative) adj3 (disease* or disab* or ill* or condition* or (health adj condition) or (medical adj condition) or impairment)).tw.
3	LONG TERM CARE/
4	(long* adj term adj care).tw.
5	exp CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE/
6	((heart adj disease) or (heart adj failure) or (myocardial adj ischemia) or (angina adj pectoris) or (coronary adj disease) or (coronary adj artery adj disease*) or (myocardial adj infarction) or hypertension or (high adj blood adj pressure)).tw.
7	exp LUNG DISEASES OBSTRUCTIVE/
8	((obstructive adj lung adj disease) or (obstructive adj pulmonary adj disease) or copd or asthma or bronchitis).tw.
9	exp EMPHYSEMA/
10	exp PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA/
11	emphysema.tw.
12	exp CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS/
13	((cerebrovascular adj disease) or (cerebrovascular adj disorder) or (brain adj ischemia) or (cerebral adj infarction) or (carotid adj artery adj disease) or stroke or epilep).tw.
14	exp NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES/
15	(neurodegenerative or (Huntington* adj disease) or (Parkinson* adj disease) or (amyotrophic adj lateral adj sclerosis) or (motor adj neuron* adj disease)).tw.
16	exp MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/
17	(multiple adj sclerosis).tw.
18	exp INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES/
19	IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/
20	((inflammatory adj bowel) or (irritable adj bowel)).tw.
21	Kidney disease/
22	((renal adj failure) or (renal adj insufficienc) or (kidney adj failure) or (kidney adj insuffcienc)).tw.
23	DIABETES MELLITUS/
24	(diabetes or diabetic*).tw.
25	exp ARTHRITIS/
26	exp RHEUMATIC DISEASE/
27	(arthritis or osteoarthritis or rheumati* or fibromyalgia).tw.
28	exp low back pain/
29	exp backache/
30	NECK PAIN/
31	((back adj pain) or (neck adj pain)).tw.
32	exp OSTEOPOROSIS/
33	osteoporosis.tw.
34	exp THYROID DISEASE/
35	exp NEOPLASMS/
36	(cancer* or oncolog* or neoplasm* or carcinom* or tumo?r* or malignan*).tw.
37	exp HIV INFECTIONS/
38	((hiv adj infect) or (hiv adj disease)).tw.
39	ENDOMETRIOSIS/
40	endometriosis.tw.
41	exp MENTAL DISORDERS/
42	DEPRESSION/
43	((mental* adj ill) or (mental adj disorder) or (mental adj disease) or (mental adj distress) or (mental adj disab) or (mental adj problem) or (mental adj health) or (mental adj patient) or (mental adj treatment) or (psychiatr* adj ill) or (psychiatr adj disorder) or (psychiatr adj disease) or (psychiatr adj distress) or (psychiatr adj disab) or (psychiatr adj problem) or (psychiatr adj health) or (psychiatr adj patient) or (psychiatr adj treatment) or (psychological* adj ill) or (psychologicalADJ and disorder) or (psychological adj disease) or (psychological adj distress) or (psychological adj disab) or (psychological adj problem) or (psychological adj health) or (psychological adj patient) or (psychological adj treatment)).tw.
44	((personality adj disorder) or (mood adj disorder) or (dysthymic adj disorder) or (cognit adj disorder) or (anxiety adj disorder) or (stress adj disorder) or (eating adj disorder) or (adjustment adj disorder) or (reactive adj disorder) or (somatoform adj disorder) or (conversion adj disorder) or (behavio* adj disorder) or (percept adj disorder) or (psycho adj disorder) or (impulse adj control adj disorder) or (development* adj disorder*)).tw.
45	(psychos#s or psychotic* or paranoi* or schizo* or neuros#s or neurotic* or delusion* or depression or depressive or bipolar or mania or manic or obsessi* or compulsi* or panic or phobic or phobia or anorexia or bulimia or neurastheni* or dissociative or affective or borderline or narcissis* or suicid* or (self adj injur) or (self adj harm) or dementia or Alzheimer).tw.
46	or/1-45
47	((writ* adj therap) or (therapeutic adj writ) or (writ adj cure) or (writ adj heal) or (self adj management adj writ) or (self adj help adj writ) or (self adj conceal adj writ) or (self adj disclosure adj writ) or (creative adj writ) or (expressi adj writ) or (emoti adj writ) or (EMO adj writ) or (sensitiv* adj writ) or (sensor adj writ) or (reactive adj writ) or (reflective adj writ) or (descriptive adj writ) or (biography* adj writ) or (workshop adj writ) or (epistolar* adj writ) or (fiction adj writ) or (paradigm adj writ) or (group adj writ) or (letter adj writ) or (Pennebaker adj writ) or (reminiscence adj review) or (story adj writ) or (stories adj writ) or blog or forum* or (memoir* adj writ) or (journal adj writ) or (narrative adj writ) or (hand adj writ) or (poe* adj writ) or (health adj status adj writ) or “program* writ*”).tw.
48	((emoti* adj disclosure adj tip) or (emoti adj disclosure adj key) or (emotional adj disclosure adj writ) or (emotio* adj disclosure) or catharsis).tw.
49	((express* or creativ* or emoti* or sensitiv* or reflect* or therap* or disclos* or conceal* or manag* or pennebaker or cathar* or “writing paradigm”) adj2 (writ* or “hand writ” or blog or epistol or letter* or story or stories or memoir* or narrat* or diary or diaries or poem or poet* or reminisc* or “life review” or “life writing” or journaling or “Journal Writing” or (“health status” adj2 writ) or “program writ*”)).tw.
50	46 and 49
51	47 and 48
52	Writing/
53	46 and 52
53	50 or 51 or 53

TABLE 81

The Cochrane Library: CENTRAL, DARE and NHS EED searches

#	Search term
1	chronic*
2	((persistent or “long* term” or ongoing or degenerative) near/2 (disease* or disab* or ill* or condition* or “health condition” or “medical condition” or impairment))
3	MeSH descriptor: [Long-Term Care] explode all trees
4	long* term care
5	MeSH descriptor: [Cardiovascular Diseases] explode all trees
6	“heart disease” or “heart failure” or “myocardial ischemia” or “angina pectoris” or “coronary disease” or “coronary artery disease” or “myocardial infarction” or hypertension or “high blood pressure”
7	MeSH descriptor: [Lung Diseases, Obstructive] explode all trees
8	“obstructive lung disease” or “obstructive pulmonary disease” or copd or asthma or bronchitis
9	MeSH descriptor: [Emphysema] explode all trees
10	MeSH descriptor: [Pulmonary Emphysema] explode all trees
11	emphysema
12	MeSH descriptor: [Cerebrovascular Disorders] explode all trees
13	“cerebrovascular disease” or “cerebrovascular disorder” or “brain ischemia” or “cerebral infarction” or stroke or epilep*
14	MeSH descriptor: [Neurodegenerative Diseases] explode all trees
15	neurodegenerative or “Huntington* disease” or “Parkinson* disease” or “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” or “motor neuron* disease”
16	MeSH descriptor: [Multiple Sclerosis] explode all trees
17	Multiple Sclerosis
18	MeSH descriptor: [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] explode all trees
19	MeSH descriptor: [Inflammatory Bowel Diseases] explode all trees
20	inflammatory bowel or “irritable bowel”
21	MeSH descriptor: [Kidney Diseases] explode all trees
22	MeSH descriptor: [Renal Insufficiency] explode all trees
23	“renal failure” or “renal insufficienc” or “kidney failure” or “kidney insufficienc”
24	MeSH descriptor: [Diabetes Mellitus] explode all trees
25	diabetes or diabetic*
26	MeSH descriptor: [Arthritis] explode all trees
27	MeSH descriptor: [Arthritis, Rheumatoid] explode all trees
28	arthritis or osteoarthritis or rheumati* or fibromyalgia
29	MeSH descriptor: [Back Pain] explode all trees
30	MeSH descriptor: [Neck Pain] explode all trees
31	“back pain” or “neck pain”
32	MeSH descriptor: [Osteoporosis] explode all trees
33	Osteoporosis
34	MeSH descriptor: [Thyroid Diseases] explode all trees
35	MeSH descriptor: [Neoplasms] explode all trees
36	cancer* or oncolog* or neoplasm* or carcinom* or tumo?r* or malignan*
37	MeSH descriptor: [HIV] explode all trees
38	“hiv infect” or “hiv disease”
39	MeSH descriptor: [Endometriosis] explode all trees
40	endometriosis
41	MeSH descriptor: [Mental Disorders] explode all trees
42	MeSH descriptor: [Depression] explode all trees
43	“mental* ill” or “mental disorder” or “mental disease” or “mental distress” or “mental disab” or “mental problem” or “mental health” or “mental patient” or “mental treatment” or “psych* ill” or “psych disorder” or “psych disease” or “psych distress” or “psych disab” or “psych problem” or “psych health” or “psych patient” or “psych treatment”
44	“personality disorder” or “mood disorder” or “dysthymic disorder” or “cognit disorder” or “anxiety disorder” or “stress disorder” or “eating disorder” or “Nustment disorder” or “reactive disorder” or “somatoform disorder” or “conversion disorder” or “behavio* disorder” or “percept disorder” or “psycho disorder” or “impulse control disorder” or “development* disorder*”
45	psychos?s or psychotic* or paranoi* or schizo* or neuros?s or neurotic* or delusion* or depression or depressive or bipolar or mania or manic or obsessi* or compulsi* or panic or phobic or phobia or anorexia or bulimia or neurastheni* or dissociative or affective or borderline or narcissis* or suicid* or “self injur” or “self harm” or dementia or Alzheimer
46	#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #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 or #22 or #23 or #24 or #25 or #26 or #27 or #28 or #29 or #30 or #31 or #32 or #33 or #34 or #35 or #36 or #37 or #38 or #39 or #40 or #41 or #42 or #43 or #44 or #45
47	((express* or creativ* or emoti* or sensitiv* or reflect* or therap* or disclos* or conceal* or manag* or pennebaker or cathar* or “writing paradigm”) near/2 (writ* or “hand writ” or blog or epistol or letter* or story or stories or memoir* or narrat* or diary or diaries or poem or poet* or reminisc* or “life review” or “life writing” or journaling or “Journal Writing” or (“health status” adj2 writ) or “program writ*”))
48	MeSH descriptor: [Writing] this term only
49	#47 or #48
50	#46 and #49

TABLE 82

PsycINFO (via Ovid) searches

#	Search term
1	chronic*.mp.
2	((persistent or (long* adj term) or ongoing or degenerative) adj3 (disease* or disab* or ill* or condition* or (health adj condition) or (medical adj condition) or impairment)).tw.
3	LONG TERM CARE/
4	(long* adj term adj care).tw.
5	exp cardiovascular disorders/
6	((heart adj disease) or (heart adj failure) or (myocardial adj ischemia) or (angina adj pectoris) or (coronary adj disease) or (coronary adj artery adj disease*) or (myocardial adj infarction) or hypertension or (high adj blood adj pressure)).tw.
7	exp lung disorders/
8	((obstructive adj lung adj disease) or (obstructive adj pulmonary adj disease) or copd or asthma or bronchitis).tw.
9	exp EMPHYSEMA/
10	exp PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA/
11	emphysema.tw.
12	exp CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS/
13	((cerebrovascular adj disease) or (cerebrovascular adj disorder) or (brain adj ischemia) or (cerebral adj infarction) or (carotid adj artery adj disease) or stroke or epilep).tw.
14	exp NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES/
15	(neurodegenerative or (Huntington* adj disease) or (Parkinson* adj disease) or (amyotrophic adj lateral adj sclerosis) or (motor adj neuron* adj disease)).tw.
16	exp MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/
17	(multiple adj sclerosis).tw.
18	exp colon disorders/
19	IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/
20	((inflammatory adj bowel) or (irritable adj bowel)).tw.
21	Kidney disease/
22	((renal adj failure) or (renal adj insufficienc) or (kidney adj failure) or (kidney adj insuffcienc)).tw.
23	DIABETES MELLITUS/
24	(diabetes or diabetic*).tw.
25	exp ARTHRITIS/
26	exp rheumatoid arthritis/
27	exp joint disorders/
28	(arthritis or osteoarthritis or rheumati* or fibromyalgia).tw.
29	exp back pain/
30	chronic pain/
31	((back adj pain) or (neck adj pain)).tw.
32	exp OSTEOPOROSIS/
33	osteoporosis.tw.
34	exp thyroid disorders/
35	exp NEOPLASMS/
36	(cancer* or oncolog* or neoplasm* or carcinom* or tumo?r* or malignan*).tw.
38	((hiv adj infect) or (hiv adj disease)).tw.
39	gynecological disorders/
40	endometriosis.tw.
41	exp MENTAL DISORDERS/
42	DEPRESSION/
43	((mental* adj ill) or (mental adj disorder) or (mental adj disease) or (mental adj distress) or (mental adj disab) or (mental adj problem) or (mental adj health) or (mental adj patient) or (mental adj treatment) or (psychiatr* adj ill) or (psychiatr adj disorder) or (psychiatr adj disease) or (psychiatr adj distress) or (psychiatr adj disab) or (psychiatr adj problem) or (psychiatr adj health) or (psychiatr adj patient) or (psychiatr adj treatment) or (psychological* adj ill) or (psychologicalADJ and disorder) or (psychological adj disease) or (psychological adj distress) or (psychological adj disab) or (psychological adj problem) or (psychological adj health) or (psychological adj patient) or (psychological adj treatment)).tw.
44	((personality adj disorder) or (mood adj disorder) or (dysthymic adj disorder) or (cognit adj disorder) or (anxiety adj disorder) or (stress adj disorder) or (eating adj disorder) or (adjustment adj disorder) or (reactive adj disorder) or (somatoform adj disorder) or (conversion adj disorder) or (behavio* adj disorder) or (percept adj disorder) or (psycho adj disorder) or (impulse adj control adj disorder) or (development* adj disorder*)).tw.
45	(psychos#s or psychotic* or paranoi* or schizo* or neuros#s or neurotic* or delusion* or depression or depressive or bipolar or mania or manic or obsessi* or compulsi* or panic or phobic or phobia or anorexia or bulimia or neurastheni* or dissociative or affective or borderline or narcissis* or suicid* or (self adj injur) or (self adj harm) or dementia or Alzheimer).tw.
46	or/1-45
47	((writ* adj therap) or (therapeutic adj writ) or (writ adj cure) or (writ adj heal) or (self adj management adj writ) or (self adj help adj writ) or (self adj conceal adj writ) or (self adj disclosure adj writ) or (creative adj writ) or (expressi adj writ) or (emoti adj writ) or (EMO adj writ) or (sensitiv* adj writ) or (sensor adj writ) or (reactive adj writ) or (reflective adj writ) or (descriptive adj writ) or (biography* adj writ) or (workshop adj writ) or (epistolar* adj writ) or (fiction adj writ) or (paradigm adj writ) or (group adj writ) or (letter adj writ) or (Pennebaker adj writ) or (reminiscence adj review) or (story adj writ) or (stories adj writ) or blog or forum* or (memoir* adj writ) or (journal adj writ) or (narrative adj writ) or (hand adj writ) or (poe* adj writ) or (health adj status adj writ) or “program* writ*”).tw.
48	((emoti* adj disclosure adj tip) or (emoti adj disclosure adj key) or (emotional adj disclosure adj writ) or (emotio* adj disclosure) or catharsis).tw.
49	((express* or creativ* or emoti* or sensitiv* or reflect* or therap* or disclos* or conceal* or manag* or pennebaker or cathar* or “writing paradigm”) adj2 (writ* or “hand writ” or blog or epistol or letter* or story or stories or memoir* or narrat* or diary or diaries or poem or poet* or reminisc* or “life review” or “life writing” or journaling or “Journal Writing” or (“health status” adj2 writ) or “program writ*”)).tw.
50	46 AND 49
51	47 AND 48
52	exp Creative Writing/
53	exp Journal Writing/
54	46 and (52 OR 53)
55	50 or 51 or 54

TABLE 83

Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (via Ovid) searches

#	Search term
1	chronic*.mp.
2	((persistent or (long* adj term) or ongoing or degenerative) adj3 (disease* or disab* or ill* or condition* or (health adj condition) or (medical adj condition) or impairment)).tw.
3	LONG TERM CARE/
4	(long* adj term adj care).tw.
5	exp CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE/
6	((heart adj disease) or (heart adj failure) or (myocardial adj ischemia) or (angina adj pectoris) or (coronary adj disease) or (coronary adj artery adj disease*) or (myocardial adj infarction) or hypertension or (high adj blood adj pressure)).tw.
7	exp LUNG DISEASES OBSTRUCTIVE/
8	((obstructive adj lung adj disease) or (obstructive adj pulmonary adj disease) or copd or asthma or bronchitis).tw.
9	exp EMPHYSEMA/
10	exp PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA/
11	emphysema.tw.
12	exp CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS/
13	((cerebrovascular adj disease) or (cerebrovascular adj disorder) or (brain adj ischemia) or (cerebral adj infarction) or (carotid adj artery adj disease) or stroke or epilep).tw.
14	exp nervous system disease/
15	(neurodegenerative or (Huntington* adj disease) or (Parkinson* adj disease) or (amyotrophic adj lateral adj sclerosis) or (motor adj neuron* adj disease)).tw.
16	exp MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/
17	(multiple adj sclerosis).tw.
18	exp INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE/
19	IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/
20	((inflammatory adj bowel) or (irritable adj bowel)).tw.
21	Kidney disease/
22	((renal adj failure) or (renal adj insufficienc) or (kidney adj failure) or (kidney adj insuffcienc)).tw.
23	DIABETES MELLITUS/
24	(diabetes or diabetic*).tw.
25	exp ARTHRITIS/
26	exp RHEUMATIC DISEASE/
27	(arthritis or osteoarthritis or rheumati* or fibromyalgia).tw.
28	exp low back pain/
29	exp backache/
30	NECK PAIN/
31	((back adj pain) or (neck adj pain)).tw.
32	exp OSTEOPOROSIS/
33	osteoporosis.tw.
34	exp THYROID DISEASE/
35	exp NEOPLASMS/
36	(cancer* or oncolog* or neoplasm* or carcinom* or tumo?r* or malignan*).tw.
37	exp HIV INFECTIONS/
38	((hiv adj infect) or (hiv adj disease)).tw.
39	ENDOMETRIOSIS/
40	endometriosis.tw.
41	exp MENTAL DISORDERS/
42	DEPRESSION/
43	((mental* adj ill) or (mental adj disorder) or (mental adj disease) or (mental adj distress) or (mental adj disab) or (mental adj problem) or (mental adj health) or (mental adj patient) or (mental adj treatment) or (psychiatr* adj ill) or (psychiatr adj disorder) or (psychiatr adj disease) or (psychiatr adj distress) or (psychiatr adj disab) or (psychiatr adj problem) or (psychiatr adj health) or (psychiatr adj patient) or (psychiatr adj treatment) or (psychological* adj ill) or (psychologicalADJ and disorder) or (psychological adj disease) or (psychological adj distress) or (psychological adj disab) or (psychological adj problem) or (psychological adj health) or (psychological adj patient) or (psychological adj treatment)).tw.
44	((personality adj disorder) or (mood adj disorder) or (dysthymic adj disorder) or (cognit adj disorder) or (anxiety adj disorder) or (stress adj disorder) or (eating adj disorder) or (adjustment adj disorder) or (reactive adj disorder) or (somatoform adj disorder) or (conversion adj disorder) or (behavio* adj disorder) or (percept adj disorder) or (psycho adj disorder) or (impulse adj control adj disorder) or (development* adj disorder*)).tw.
45	(psychos#s or psychotic* or paranoi* or schizo* or neuros#s or neurotic* or delusion* or depression or depressive or bipolar or mania or manic or obsessi* or compulsi* or panic or phobic or phobia or anorexia or bulimia or neurastheni* or dissociative or affective or borderline or narcissis* or suicid* or (self adj injur) or (self adj harm) or dementia or Alzheimer).tw.
46	or/1-45
47	((writ* adj therap) or (therapeutic adj writ) or (writ adj cure) or (writ adj heal) or (self adj management adj writ) or (self adj help adj writ) or (self adj conceal adj writ) or (self adj disclosure adj writ) or (creative adj writ) or (expressi adj writ) or (emoti adj writ) or (EMO adj writ) or (sensitiv* adj writ) or (sensor adj writ) or (reactive adj writ) or (reflective adj writ) or (descriptive adj writ) or (biography* adj writ) or (workshop adj writ) or (epistolar* adj writ) or (fiction adj writ) or (paradigm adj writ) or (group adj writ) or (letter adj writ) or (Pennebaker adj writ) or (reminiscence adj review) or (story adj writ) or (stories adj writ) or blog or forum* or (memoir* adj writ) or (journal adj writ) or (narrative adj writ) or (hand adj writ) or (poe* adj writ) or (health adj status adj writ) or “program* writ*”).tw.
48	((emoti* adj disclosure adj tip) or (emoti adj disclosure adj key) or (emotional adj disclosure adj writ) or (emotio* adj disclosure) or catharsis).tw.
49	((express* or creativ* or emoti* or sensitiv* or reflect* or therap* or disclos* or conceal* or manag* or pennebaker or cathar* or “writing paradigm”) adj2 (writ* or “hand writ” or blog or epistol or letter* or story or stories or memoir* or narrat* or diary or diaries or poem or poet* or reminisc* or “life review” or “life writing” or journaling or “Journal Writing” or (“health status” adj2 writ) or “program writ*”)).tw.
50	46 and 49
51	47 and 48
52	Writing/
53	46 and 52
54	50 or 51 or 52

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Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress (via ProQuest) searches

#	Search term
1	((chronic) OR (persistent) OR (long term) OR (ongoing) OR (degenerative))
2	(catharsis AND (writ* OR typ* OR key)) OR ((emoti disclos* typ) OR (emoti disclos* key) OR (emotion disclos* writ*))
3	((writ* therap) OR (therapeutic writ) OR (“writ cure”) OR (“writ heal”) OR (“self management writ”) OR (“self help writ”) OR (“self conceal writ”) OR (“self disclosure writ”) OR (“creative writ”) OR (“expressi writ”) OR (“emoti writ”) OR (“Emotion writ”) OR (“sensitiv writ”) OR (“sensor writ”) OR (“reactive writ”) OR (“reflective writ”) OR (“descriptive writ”) OR (“biography* writ”) OR (“workshop writ”) OR (“epistolar* writ”) OR (“fiction writ”) OR (“paradigm writ”) OR (“group writ”) OR (“letter writ”) OR (Pennebaker writ) OR (“reminiscence review”) OR (writ reminisc) (“story writ”) OR (“writ* stories”) OR (blog) OR (forum) OR (memoir* writ) OR (“journal writ”) OR (“narrative writ”) OR (“writ narrative”) OR (“hand writ”) OR (poe* writ) OR (“health status writ”) OR (“program* writ”) OR (writ diar*))
4	1 and (2 or 3)

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Education Resource Information Centre (via ProQuest) searches

#	Search term
1	((chronic) OR (persistent) OR (long term) OR (degenerative)) AND ((disease) OR (disab) OR (ill) OR (condition) OR (“health condition”) OR (“medical condition”) OR (impairment))
2	(catharsis AND (writ* OR typ* OR key)) OR ((emoti disclos* typ) OR (emoti disclos* key) OR (emotion disclos* writ*))
3	((“writ* therap”) OR (“therapeutic writ”) OR (“writ cure”) OR (“writ heal”) OR (“self management writ”) OR (“self help writ”) OR (“self conceal writ”) OR (“self disclosure writ”) OR (“creative writ”) OR (“expressi writ”) OR (“emoti writ”) OR (“Emotion writ”) OR (“sensitiv writ”) OR (“sensor writ”) OR (“reactive writ”) OR (“reflective writ”) OR (“descriptive writ”) OR (“biography* writ”) OR (“workshop writ”) OR (“epistolar* writ”) OR (“fiction writ”) OR (“paradigm writ”) OR (“group writ”) OR (“letter writ”) OR (Pennebaker writ) OR (“reminiscence review”) OR (writ reminisc) (“story writ”) OR (“writ* stories”) OR (blog) OR (forum) OR (memoir* writ) OR (“journal writ”) OR (“narrative writ”) OR (“writ narrative”) OR (“hand writ”) OR (poe* writ) OR (“health status writ”) OR (“program* writ”) OR (writ diar*))
4	1 AND (2 OR 3)

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Linguistic and Language Behaviour Abstracts (via ProQuest) searches

#	Search term
1	((chronic) OR (persistent) OR (long term) OR (degenerative)) AND ((disease) OR (disab) OR (ill) OR (condition) OR (“health condition”) OR (“medical condition”))
2	(catharsis AND (writ* OR typ* OR key)) OR ((emoti disclos* typ) OR (emoti disclos* key) OR (emotion disclos* writ*))
3	(“writ* therap”) OR (“therapeutic writ”) OR (“writ cure”) OR (“writ heal”) OR (“self management writ”) OR (“self help writ”) OR (“self conceal writ”) OR (“self disclosure writ”) OR (“creative writ”) OR (“expressi writ”) OR (“emoti writ”) OR (“Emotion writ”) OR (“sensitiv writ”) OR (“sensor writ”) OR (“reactive writ”) OR (“reflective writ”) OR (“descriptive writ”) OR (“biography* writ”) OR (“workshop writ”) OR (“epistolar* writ”) OR (“fiction writ”) OR (“paradigm writ”) OR (“group writ”) OR (“letter writ”) OR (Pennebaker writ) OR (“reminiscence review”) OR (writ reminisc) (“story writ”) OR (“writ* stories”) OR (blog) OR (forum) OR (memoir* writ) OR (“journal writ”) OR (“narrative writ”) OR (“writ narrative”) OR (“hand writ”) OR (poe* writ) OR (“health status writ”) OR (“program* writ*”)
4	1 AND (2 OR 3)

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The British Library’s Electronic Table of Contents (via Mimas) searches

#	Search term
1	therap* writ*
2	written emotional disclosure
3	expressive writing
4	pennebaker writing
5	writing emotion
6	1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 [NB: have to be collated separately, this function cannot be performed by Zetoc]

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The Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews (The Campbell Collaboration) searches

#	Search term
1	Therapeutic writing
2	Written emotional disclosure
3	Expressive writing

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CAB Abstracts, Periodicals Index Online, ASSIA, PEDro and CINAHL searches

#	Search term
1	(writing or written or blog or story) and (disease or disorder) and (chronic or long-term)

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#	Search term
1	((chronic) OR (persistent) OR (long term) OR (ongoing) OR (degenerative))
2	(catharsis AND (writ* OR typ* OR key)) OR ((emoti disclos* typ) OR (emoti disclos* key) OR (emotion disclos* writ*))
3	((writ* therap) OR (therapeutic writ) OR (“writ cure”) OR (“writ heal”) OR (“self management writ”) OR (“self help writ”) OR (“self conceal writ”) OR (“self disclosure writ”) OR (“creative writ”) OR (“expressi writ”) OR (“emoti writ”) OR (“Emotion writ”) OR (“sensitiv writ”) OR (“sensor writ”) OR (“reactive writ”) OR (“reflective writ”) OR (“descriptive writ”) OR (“biography* writ”) OR (“workshop writ”) OR (“epistolar* writ”) OR (“fiction writ”) OR (“paradigm writ”) OR (“group writ”) OR (“letter writ”) OR (Pennebaker writ) OR (“reminiscence review”) OR (writ reminisc) (“story writ”) OR (“writ* stories”) OR (blog) OR (forum) OR (memoir* writ) OR (“journal writ”) OR (“narrative writ”) OR (“writ narrative”) OR (“hand writ”) OR (poe* writ) OR (“health status writ”) OR (“program* writ”) OR (writ diar*))
4	1 and (2 or 3)

#	Search term
1	((chronic) OR (persistent) OR (long term) OR (degenerative)) AND ((disease) OR (disab) OR (ill) OR (condition) OR (“health condition”) OR (“medical condition”) OR (impairment))
2	(catharsis AND (writ* OR typ* OR key)) OR ((emoti disclos* typ) OR (emoti disclos* key) OR (emotion disclos* writ*))
3	((“writ* therap”) OR (“therapeutic writ”) OR (“writ cure”) OR (“writ heal”) OR (“self management writ”) OR (“self help writ”) OR (“self conceal writ”) OR (“self disclosure writ”) OR (“creative writ”) OR (“expressi writ”) OR (“emoti writ”) OR (“Emotion writ”) OR (“sensitiv writ”) OR (“sensor writ”) OR (“reactive writ”) OR (“reflective writ”) OR (“descriptive writ”) OR (“biography* writ”) OR (“workshop writ”) OR (“epistolar* writ”) OR (“fiction writ”) OR (“paradigm writ”) OR (“group writ”) OR (“letter writ”) OR (Pennebaker writ) OR (“reminiscence review”) OR (writ reminisc) (“story writ”) OR (“writ* stories”) OR (blog) OR (forum) OR (memoir* writ) OR (“journal writ”) OR (“narrative writ”) OR (“writ narrative”) OR (“hand writ”) OR (poe* writ) OR (“health status writ”) OR (“program* writ”) OR (writ diar*))
4	1 AND (2 OR 3)

#	Search term
1	((chronic) OR (persistent) OR (long term) OR (degenerative)) AND ((disease) OR (disab) OR (ill) OR (condition) OR (“health condition”) OR (“medical condition”))
2	(catharsis AND (writ* OR typ* OR key)) OR ((emoti disclos* typ) OR (emoti disclos* key) OR (emotion disclos* writ*))
3	(“writ* therap”) OR (“therapeutic writ”) OR (“writ cure”) OR (“writ heal”) OR (“self management writ”) OR (“self help writ”) OR (“self conceal writ”) OR (“self disclosure writ”) OR (“creative writ”) OR (“expressi writ”) OR (“emoti writ”) OR (“Emotion writ”) OR (“sensitiv writ”) OR (“sensor writ”) OR (“reactive writ”) OR (“reflective writ”) OR (“descriptive writ”) OR (“biography* writ”) OR (“workshop writ”) OR (“epistolar* writ”) OR (“fiction writ”) OR (“paradigm writ”) OR (“group writ”) OR (“letter writ”) OR (Pennebaker writ) OR (“reminiscence review”) OR (writ reminisc) (“story writ”) OR (“writ* stories”) OR (blog) OR (forum) OR (memoir* writ) OR (“journal writ”) OR (“narrative writ”) OR (“writ narrative”) OR (“hand writ”) OR (poe* writ) OR (“health status writ”) OR (“program* writ*”)
4	1 AND (2 OR 3)

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