Part 6: Detection and Prevention of Foot Problems in Type 2 Diabetes

2.6 Diabetes Foot Problem Guideline Search Strategy and YieldElectronic Databases Searched:MedlineCINAHLEMBASECochraneTerms used to search the databases:Detailed within the table below.Search Inclusion Criteria:Where possible the searches were limited by the English language and human research. The databases were searched for the following years of publication: Medline 1966-2004; CINAHL 1982-2004;EMBASE 1988-2004; Cochrane 1993-2004; Unless other year ranges are specified. PsycInfo and Sociological Abstracts were searched for the following years of publication of socioeconomic issues:1994-2004.Other searching:Reference lists at the end of review articles of particular relevance were hand searched.Relevant articles were solicited from expert colleagues and organisations.Local and international clinical practice guidelines were reviewed for relevant references.Abbreviations:The database searched has been indicated next to each set of keywords using the following abbreviations. M = Medline, CI = CINAHL, EM = EMBASE and CO = Cochrane. All EMBASE and Medlinesearches were done using English language (En.La) and human as a limit. The symbol / after a word indicates that it is a MeSH term and any article found by this method has been allocated to this subjectheading used in the database; .mp indicates that that word was searched as a keyword in the database. Other abbreviations used were: NIDDM = non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; RCT =randomised controlled trial; CVD = cardiovascular diseases; PVD = peripheral vascular diseases; IC = intermittent claudication; CBD = cerebrovascular disorders; bl = blood; cl = classification; co =complications; dh = diet therapy; di = diagnosis; dm = disease management; dt = drug therapy; ep = epidemiology; et = etiology; mo = mortality; nu = nursing; pa = pathology; pc = prevention andcontrol; pp = pathophysiology; px = psychology; rh = rehabilitation; si = side effects; th = therapy.Identified = number of articles which matched the MeSH terms listed or contained the text terms in each particular database.Relevant = those articles considered relevant to the questions being asked after viewing titles or abstracts.Articles Identified by Other Strategies = articles identified by hand searching, other searches for other questions, or from colleagues.Total for Review = relevant articles for each question identified through searches or other strategies and met the following criteria.125