Database | Generic search | Specific search |
Medline (Ovid interface) | ||
Date: 16 May 2010 | Date: 06 May 2010 | |
(child, preschool or child or adolescent).sh. and (sex factors or sex distribution).sh. and (health status or attitude to health or health surveys or mental health†).sh. | (child, preschool or child or adolescent).sh. and (sex factors or sex distribution).sh. and (asthma or epilepsy or headache disorders, primary or diabetes mellitus).sh. | |
limit to (english language and humans and yr=“1992 -Current”) | limit to (english language and humans and yr=“1992 -Current”) | |
(.sh. = MeSH subject headings) | (.sh. = MeSH subject headings) | |
Results – 3587 | Results – 1426 | |
Embase (Ovid interface) | ||
Date: 19 April 2010 | Date: 06 May 2010 | |
(child or school child or adolescent or preschool child).sh. and (sex difference or gender).sh. and (adolescent health or health survey or health status).sh. | (child or school child or adolescent or preschool child).sh. and (sex difference or gender).sh. and (asthma or primary headache or migraine or diabetes mellitus or epilepsy).sh. | |
limit to (human and English language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | limit to (human and English language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | |
(.sh.= subject headings) | (.sh.= subject headings) | |
Results – 2652 | Results – 1526 | |
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) (EBSCO Host interface) | ||
Date: 19 April 2010 | Date: 07 May 2010 | |
(adolescence or child or child, preschool).sh. and (sex factors).sh. and (health status or health status indicators or attitude to health or symptoms or morbidity or child health or adolescent health).sh. | (adolescence or child or child, preschool).sh. and (sex factors).sh. and (asthma or diabetes mellitus or headache or epilepsy).sh. | |
limit to (english language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | limit to (english language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | |
(.sh.= word in subject heading) | (.sh.= word in subject heading) | |
Results – 1467 | Results – 498 | |
PsycINFO (EBSCO Host interface) | ||
Date 19 April 2010 | Date: 07 May 2010 | |
(child* or adolesc* or young pers* or teenage* or pupil* or school child* or minor*).kw. and (human sex differences or sex).sh. and (health or health attitudes or health complaints or general health questionnaire or well being or self report or morbidity or symptoms).sh. | (child* or adolesc* or young pers* or teenage* or pupil* or school child* or minor*).kw. and (human sex differences or sex).sh. and (asthma or diabetes mellitus or headache or epilepsy).sh. | |
limit to (english language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | limit to (english language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | |
(.kw. – keywords, .sh.= subjects) | (.kw. – keywords, .sh.= exact subjects) | |
Results – 1136 | Results: 38 | |
ERIC (Education from US Department of Education, and Institute of Education Sciences) (Ovid interface) | ||
(19 April 2010) | Date: 07 May 2010 | |
((children or young children or adolescents or early adolescents or late adolescents).sh. or (pupil* or school child* or minor*).ab.) and ((sex or gender differences).sh. or (sex or gender).ab.) and ((health or child health or adolescent health or well being or wellness).sh. or (morbidity or symptom*).ab.) | ((children or young children or adolescents or early adolescents or late adolescents).sh. or (pupil* or school child* or minor*).ab.) and ((sex or gender differences).sh. or (sex or gender).ab.) and ((asthma or headache or migraine).ab. or (diabetes or epilepsy).sh.) | |
limit to (english language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | limit to (english language and yr=“1992 -Current”) | |
(.sh.= ERIC subject headings, .ab. = abstract) | (.sh.= ERIC subject headings, .ab. = abstract) | |
Results: 593 | Results: 22 |
↵† Following this initial search, the decision was made to focus the review on physical rather than mental health.