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Table 1 Search terms used to identify influences on consulting behaviours in OA

From: What influences patients with Osteoarthritis to consult their GP about their symptoms? A narrative review

Setting: primary care

Population: patients with OA

Consulting

Primary health care

Osteoarthritis

Consult* AND behavio*

GP OR general practitioners

Osteoarthritis, knee

Consult* AND frequency

Family physicians

Osteoarthritis, hip

Consult* and prevalence

Family practice

Arthritis

Seek

General practice

 

Visit

  

Utili*ation

  1. Notes
  2. 1. Setting and Population terms searched as MeSH headings.
  3. 2. Consulting terms searched as keywords.
  4. 3. Results within columns combined with OR operator, results across columns combined with AND operator.