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Table 3 The literature search strategy

From: Development and validation of a guideline on sexual and reproductive health of breast cancer survivors in Iran: a mixed methods study protocol

Category

Term

Guideline

“Practice guidelines as topic” [MeSH]

“Guidelines as topic” [MeSH]

Practice guideline

Guidelin*

Program

Intervention

Sexual and reproductive health

“Sexual health” [MeSH]

“Sexuality” [MeSH]

“Reproductive health” [MeSH]

“Reproductive health services” [MeSH]

“Fertility” [MeSH]

“Fertility preservation” [MeSH]

“Contraception” [MeSH]

“Infertility” [MeSH]

“Reproduction” [MeSH]

“Sexual health”

Sexuality

“Sexual function”

“Sexual health services”

“Sexual dysfunction”

“Reproductive health”

“Reproductive health services”

Fertility

“Fertility preservation”

Breast cancer

“Breast neoplasms” [MeSH]

Cancer

Neoplasm

“Breast cancer”

“Breast neoplasms”

Survivor*

  1. “OR” will be applied between terms within one category, and “AND” will be applied between categories
  2. MeSH terms will be used in PubMed only, and the other terms will be applied in all databases