Sample Characteristics n (%) | |
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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 |