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Table 1 Search Strategies

From: The prevalence of sleep disturbances among physicians and nurses facing the COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Data base

Search type

Search strategy

Date

number

PubMed

Basic search

in physicians: (health personnel[title/abstract] or “healthcare professionals”[title/abstract] or physicians[title/abstract]) and (covid-19[title/abstract] or “covid-19 pandemic”[title/abstract] or sars-cov-2 infection[title/abstract] or “coronavirus disease”[title/abstract]) and (sleep wake disorder[mesh] OR sleep disorder[title/abstract] or sleep[title/abstract] OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders”[mesh] OR insomnia[title/abstract] OR DIMS[title/abstract])

26.06.2020

31

in Nurses: (health personnel[title/abstract]t or “healthcare workers”[title/abstract] or “medical staff”[title/abstract] or “emergency medical technicians”[title/abstract] or nurse[title/abstract] and (covid-19[title/abstract] or “covid-19 pandemic”[title/abstract] or sars-cov-2 infection[title/abstract] or “coronavirus disease”[title/abstract]) and (sleep wake disorder[mesh] OR sleep disorder[title/abstract] or sleep[title/abstract] OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders”[mesh] OR insomnia[title/abstract] OR DIMS[title/abstract])

Web of Science

Advanced search

In physicians: title/abstract = (“medical staff” or “emergency medical technicians” or physicians) and title/abstract = (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and title/abstract = (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR DIMS OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

26.06.2020

12

In nurses: title/abstract = (health personnel or “healthcare workers” or “healthcare professionals” or “emergency medical technicians” or nurse) and title/abstract = (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and title/abstract = (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR DIMS OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

Scopus

Advanced search

In physicians: title/abstract -Keyword (health personal or “healthcare professionals” or “emergency medical technicians” or physicians) and title/abstract -Keyword (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and title/abstract -Keyword (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

26.06.2020

41

In nurses: title/abstract -Keyword (“healthcare workers” or “medical staff” or “healthcare professionals” or “emergency medical technicians” or nurse) and title/abstract -Keyword (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and title/abstract -Keyword (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

Pro Quest

Basic search

In physicians: title/abstract (“medical staff” or “healthcare professionals” or “emergency medical technicians” or physicians) and title/abstract (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and title/abstract (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR DIMS OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

26.06.2020

37

In nurses: title/abstract (health personal or “healthcare workers” or “emergency medical technicians” or nurse) and title/abstract (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and title/abstract (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR DIMS OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

CINHAL with EBSCOHOST

Basic search

In physicians: (health personnel “or “medical staff” or “emergency medical technicians” or physicians) and (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

26.06.2020

9

In nurses: (“healthcare workers” or “medical staff” or “healthcare professionals” or “emergency medical technicians” or nurse) and (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

Medline with EBSCOHOST

Basic search

In physicians: (“healthcare workers” or “medical staff” or physicians) and (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

26.06.2020

56

In nurses: (health personnel “or “healthcare professionals” or “emergency medical technicians” or nurse) and (covid-19 or “covid-19 pandemic” or “sars-cov-2 infection” or “coronavirus disease”) and (“sleep wake disorder” OR “sleep disorder” or sleep OR “Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders” OR insomnia OR “sleep quality” OR “sleep hygiene”)

Science direct

Advanced search

In physicians: (“health personnel” OR “healthcare workers” OR physicians) AND (“sars-cov-2 infection” OR “coronavirus disease” OR covid19) AND (“sleep disorder” OR sleep or insomnia)

24.06.2020

43

In nurses: (“health personnel” OR “healthcare workers” OR nurse) AND (“sars-cov-2 infection” OR “coronavirus disease” OR covid19) AND (“sleep disorder” OR sleep or insomnia)

Google scholar

Basic search, search in 2020 regardless of citation and patents

In physicians: (“health personnel” OR “healthcare workers” OR physicians) AND (“sars-cov-2 infection” OR “coronavirus disease” OR covid19) AND (“sleep disorder” OR sleep or insomnia)

24.06.2020

408

In nurses: (“health personnel” OR “healthcare workers” OR nurse) AND (“sars-cov-2 infection” OR “coronavirus disease” OR covid19) AND (“sleep disorder” OR sleep or insomnia)