Full electronic search strings for search strategy 3: studies which have examined indicators of alcohol or cannabis use or related harms by gender and birth cohort or gender and age groups (as a proxy for birth cohorts) but did not explicitly conduct age-period-cohort analysis or focus on gender convergence
| Database | Search group | Search terms |
|---|---|---|
| EMBASE | Alcohol | SH: exp *alcohol consumption/ OR exp *alcoholism/ OR exp *alcohol abuse/ OR exp *drinking behavior/ OR exp *alcohol intoxication/ |
| Cannabis† | SH: exp *cannabis/ OR *substance abuse/ OR *drug abuse/ OR *drug dependence/ OR *drug abuse pattern/ OR *cannabis addiction/ | |
| Gold Standard Epidemiology | SH: exp *population/OR exp *health survey/OR exp *health care survey/ OR (general population OR general community OR survey OR representative).mp | |
| Indicator | SH: exp *prevalence/OR exp *help seeking behaviour/OR exp *health care utilization/ OR (prevalence OR health care utilization OR health care utilisation OR help seeking behaviour OR help seeking behaviour OR treatment seeking or service utilisation or service utilization).mp | |
| PsychINFO | Alcohol | SH: exp *Alcohol Drinking Patterns/ |
| Cannabis† | SH: exp *cannabis/ OR exp *marijuana usage/ OR *drug abuse/ OR *drug dependency/ | |
| Gold Standard Epidemiology | SH: exp *surveys/ OR (general population OR general community OR survey OR representative).mp | |
| Indicator | SH: exp *help seeking behavior/OR exp *health care utilization/ OR (prevalence OR health care utilization OR health care utilisation OR help seeking behaviour OR help seeking behaviour OR treatment seeking).mp | |
| MEDLINE | Alcohol | SH: exp *alcohol drinking/ OR exp *alcohol-related disorders/ |
| Cannabis† | SH: exp *cannabis/ OR exp *marijuana abuse/ OR exp *substance-related disorders | |
| Gold Standard Epidemiology | SH: exp *health surveys/ OR exp *health care surveys/ OR (general population OR general community OR survey OR representative).mp | |
| Indicator | SH: exp *prevalence/ OR (prevalence OR health care utilization OR health care utilisation OR help seeking behaviour OR help seeking behaviour OR treatment seeking).mp | |
| EMBASE, PsychINFO, MEDLINE | Age | (younger or older).mp |
Search groups were combined as follows: [Alcohol OR Cannabis] AND [Gold Standard Epidemiology] AND [Indicator] AND [age].
†Cannabis indicators were analysed separately and are reported elsewhere (Chapman et al, under review).