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Table 1 Demographics and search characteristics

From: The yield and usefulness of PAIN+ and PubMed databases for accessing research evidence on pain management: a randomized crossover trial

Sample Characteristics n (%)

 n

77 (100)

 Physicians

12 (16)

 Nurses

27 (35)

 Physiotherapists

21 (27)

 Occupational Therapists

10 (13)

 Psychologists

7 (10)

Search Characteristics

 Number of professionals who used Boolean searches

27

 Number of unique search terms used

45

 Total number of searches performed

308

Number of original research articles retrieved

 Total

4294

 PubMed – multidisciplinary

1135

 PAIN+ − multidisciplinary

715

 PubMed - discipline-specific

1398

 PAIN+ − discipline-specific

1046

 Preference for electronic database in % (PubMed: PAIN+:No preference) p = 0.02

 For multidisciplinary scenario

48: 39: 13

 For discipline-specific scenario

29: 52: 19