PubMed database search strategy
| Search no | Search detail |
| #1 | “COVID-19”[MeSH Terms] |
| #2 | “mental illness”[Mesh Terms] |
| #3 | “COVID-19”[Title/Abstract]OR COVID-19 infection “[Title/Abstract]OR “SARS Cov-2 infection Title/Abstract] OR “COVID-19 pandemic”[Title/Abstract]OR “new corona virus”[Title/Abstract]AND “health care professionals”[Title/Abstract]OR “health workers”[Title/Abstract]OR “nurses”[Title/Abstract]OR “doctors”[Title/Abstract]OR “pharmacists”[Title/Abstract]OR “health care workers”[Title/Abstract]AND “Ethiopia”[Title/Abstract]OR “Algeria”[Title/Abstract]OR“ Angola” OR “Benin”[Title/Abstract]OR “Botswana”[Title/Abstract]OR“ Burkina Faso”[Title/Abstract]OR “Burundi”[Title/Abstract]OR “Cabo Verde”[Title/Abstract]OR“ Cameroon”[Title/Abstract]OR “Central African Republic [CAR]”[Title/Abstract]OR“ Chad”[Title/Abstract]OR “Comoros”[Title/Abstract]OR “Congo”[Title/Abstract]OR“ Democratic Republic of the Congo”[Title/Abstract]OR “Republic of the Cote d'Ivoire”[Title/Abstract]OR “Djibouti”[Title/Abstract]OR “Egypt”[Title/Abstract], OR“ East Africa”[Title/Abstract]OR“ South Africa”[Title/Abstract]OR “North Africa”[Title/Abstract]“East Africa”[Title/Abstract]OR “Central Africa”[Title/Abstract]OR“ West Africa”[Title/Abstract]OR “Africa”[Title/Abstract] |
| #4 | “mental illness”[Title/Abstract]OR “psychiatric problem”[Title/Abstract]OR “mental disorders”[Title/Abstract]AND “anxiety”[Title/Abstract]OR “depression”[Title/Abstract]OR “insomnia”[Title/Abstract]OR “stress”[Title/Abstract]OR “suicide”[Title/Abstract]OR “suicidal ideation”[Title/Abstract]OR “suicidal behavior”[Title/Abstract]OR “demoralization”[Title/Abstract]OR “psychology problem”[Title/Abstract]OR “mental health effect”[Title/Abstract]OR “psychological disturbance”[Title/Abstract]AND “meta-analysis”[Title/Abstract]OR “systematic review”[Title/Abstract] |
| #5 | #1 AND #2 |
| #6 | #3 AND #5 |
| #7 | #4 AND #6 |