DOI: 10.5683/sp3/ibk97x
title: Search strategies for telehealth / telemedicine, supporting surgery and related care, in rural areas
title: Strategies adapted to Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid) and Web of Science

description: This dataset contains search strategies adapted to Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid) and Web of Science. When executed in their respective databases, these strategies retrieve articles on telemedicine supporting surgery and surgery-related practices in rural areas. The date indicated in this description is the date the searches were performed (search date). The notes field contains the full MEDLINE (Ovid) search strategy, with result numbers removed. Queries peer-reviewed by Genevieve Gore.
description: 1 [Telemedicine]
2 digital-health*.tw,kf.
3 (distan* adj2 consult*).tw,kf.
4 (distan* adj2 counsel*).tw,kf.
5 (distan* adj2 nurs*).tw,kf.
6 (distan* adj2 rehab*).tw,kf.
7 econsult*.tw,kf.
8 e-consult*.tw,kf.
9 ehealth.tw,kf.
10 e-health.tw,kf.
11 mhealth.tw,kf.
12 m-health.tw,kf.
13 mobile health*.tw,kf.
14 (remote* adj2 consult*).tw,kf.
15 (remote* adj2 health*).tw,kf.
16 (remote* adj2 rehab*).tw,kf.
17 (remote* adj2 surg*).tw,kf.
18 teleburn*.tw,kf.
19 tele-burn*.tw,kf.
20 telecar*.tw,kf.
21 tele-car*.tw,kf.
22 teleconsult*.tw,kf.
23 tele-consult*.tw,kf.
24 telediagnos*.tw,kf.
25 tele-diagnos*.tw,kf.
26 telehealth.tw,kf.
27 tele-health*.tw,kf.
28 telehomecare*.tw,kf.
29 tele-homecare*.tw,kf.
30 telemed*.tw,kf.
31 tele-med*.tw,kf.
32 telementor*.tw,kf.
33 tele-mentor*.tw,kf.
34 telemonitor*.tw,kf.
35 tele-monitor*.tw,kf.
36 teleneuro*.tw,kf.
37 tele-neuro*.tw,kf.
38 telenurs*.tw,kf.
39 tele-nurs*.tw,kf.
40 telepresen*.tw,kf.
41 tele-presen*.tw,kf.
42 telerehab*.tw,kf.
43 tele-rehab*.tw,kf.
44 telerobot*.tw,kf.
45 tele-robot*.tw,kf.
46 telestroke*.tw,kf.
47 tele-stroke*.tw,kf.
48 telesurg*.tw,kf.
49 tele-surg*.tw,kf.
50 televisit*.tw,kf.
51 tele-visit*.tw,kf.
52 (video* adj2 consult*).tw,kf.
53 videoconfer*.tw,kf.
54 video-confer*.tw,kf.
55 videoconsult*.tw,kf.
56 virtual-care.tw,kf.
57 (virtual* adj2 health*).tw,kf.
58 (virtual* adj2 rehab*).tw,kf.
59 Internet Access/
60 "Internet Use"/
61 Internet/
62 Internet-Based Intervention/
63 Patient Portals/
64 Remote Consultation/
65 Satellite Communications/
66 Telemedicine/
67 Telepathology/
68 Teleradiology/
69 Telerehabilitation/
70 Videoconferencing/
71 Wireless Technology/
72 or/2-71
73 [Medical fields relating to surgery]
74 exp burns/
75 Colorectal Surgery/
76 exp surgical procedures, operative/
77 General Surgery/
78 Gynecology/
79 Neurosurgery/
80 Neurotology/
81 Obstetrics/
82 Ophthalmology/
83 Orthognathic Surgery/
84 Orthopedics/
85 Otolaryngology/
86 su.fs.
87 Surgery, Plastic/
88 Surgical Oncology/
89 surgical specialties/
90 Thoracic Surgery/
91 Traumatology/
92 Urology/
93 burn*.tw,kf.
94 neurosurg*.tw,kf.
95 surgeon*.tw,kf.
96 surger*.tw,kf.
97 surgic*.tw,kf.
98 Intraoperative Period/
99 Perioperative Period/
100 Postoperative Period/
101 Preoperative Care/
102 Preoperative Period/
103 intraop*.tw,kf.
104 intra-op*.tw,kf.
105 periop*.tw,kf.
106 peri-op*.tw,kf.
107 postop*.tw,kf.
108 post-op*.tw,kf.
109 preop*.tw,kf.
110 pre-op*.tw,kf.
111 or/74-110
112 [Rural]
113 Arctic Regions/
114 Medically Underserved Area/
115 Rural Population/
116 Rural Nursing/
117 Rural Health Services/
118 Rural Health/
119 Hospitals, Rural/
120 Poverty Areas/
121 (isolat* adj2 (communit* or populat)).tw,kf.
122 geograph* remot*.tw,kf.
123 (remot* adj2 (communit* or populat*)).tw,kf.
124 remot* hospital*.tw,kf.
125 (remot* adj2 (livi* or live*)).tw,kf.
126 rural*.tw,kf,jw.
127 village*.tw.
128 ((less* developed or under-developed or underdeveloped or low* income or low* resource* or underserv* or under-serv* or understaff* or under-staff* or depriv* or poor* or impoverish* or under-resourced or underresourced or poverty) adj4 area?).ti,ab.
129 ((less* developed or under-developed or underdeveloped or low* income or low* resource* or underserv* or under-serv* or understaff* or under-staff* or depriv* or poor* or impoverish* or under-resourced or underresourced or poverty) adj4 district?).ti,ab.
130 ((less* developed or under-developed or underdeveloped or low* income or low* resource* or underserv* or under-serv* or understaff* or under-staff* or depriv* or poor* or impoverish* or under-resourced or underresourced or poverty) adj4 communit*).ti,ab.
131 ((less* developed or under-developed or underdeveloped or low* income or low* resource* or underserv* or under-serv* or understaff* or under-staff* or depriv* or poor* or impoverish* or under-resourced or underresourced or poverty) adj4 region*).ti,ab.
132 ((less* developed or under-developed or underdeveloped or low* income or low* resource* or underserv* or under-serv* or understaff* or under-staff* or depriv* or poor* or impoverish* or under-resourced or underresourced or poverty) adj4 setting?).ti,ab.
133 ((less* developed or under-developed or underdeveloped or low* income or low* resource* or underserv* or under-serv* or understaff* or under-staff* or depriv* or poor* or impoverish* or under-resourced or underresourced or poverty) adj4 population?).ti,ab.
134 or/113-132
135 72 and 111 and 134