Search Terms
The following subject headings are to be included for homelessness if present in the database: Transients and Migrants (MEDLINECINAHL)Homeless Youth (MEDLINEEmbase)Homeless Persons (MEDLINECINAHL)Homelessness (EmbaseCINAHL)Homeless Person (Embase)Homeless Woman (Embase)Homeless Man (Embase)Runaways (EmbaseCINAHL)Migrant Worker (Embase). These terms will be combined with a text word search for the following: homeless*. This search was performed in all three databases looking only at the title and abstract of articles
The following subject headings are to be included for HIV/AIDS if present in the database: HIV (MEDLINE), HIV infections (MEDLINE, CINAHL), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Embase, CINAHL), Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (Embase), AIDS Virus (Embase), AIDS Victim (Embase), AIDS Sufferer (Embase), AIDS Related Complex (Embase), AIDS Serodiagnosis (CINAHL). These terms will be combined with text word searches for the following: HIV OR human ADJ1 immun* ADJ1 deficiency OR human ADJ1 immun* deficiency ADJ1 virus OR “acquired immune deficiency syndrome” OR AIDS. Searches will be performed in all three databases looking only at the title and abstract of articles.
The following subject headings are to be included for hepatitis C if present in the databases: Hepatitis C (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL), Hepatitis C Antibodies (MEDLINE, Embase), Hepatitis C Antigens (MEDLINE, Embase), Hepacivirus (MEDLINE), Hepatitis C Antigen (Embase), Hepatitis C Antibody (Embase), Hepatitis C Virus (Embase), Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 (Embase), Hepatitis C Rapid Test (Embase). These terms will be combined with text word searches for the following: “hepatitis C” OR HCV. Searches will be performed in all three databases looking only at the title and abstract of articles.
The following subject headings are to be included for tuberculosis if present in the databases: Tuberculosis (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MEDLINE, CINAHL), Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MEDLINE), Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (Embase). These terms will be combined with text word searches for the following: tuberculosis OR TB OR LTBI. Searches will be performed in all three databases looking only at the title and abstract of articles.
The following subject headings are to be included for treatment if present in the databases: therapeutics (MEDLINE, CINAHL), treatment adherence and compliance (MEDLINE), Anti-retroviral agents (MEDLINE), Anti-HIV agents (MEDLINE), Anti-infective agents (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL), therapy (Embase), drug therapy (Embase), Medication Compliance (Embase, CINAHL), Antiretrovirus Agent (Embase), Antimicrobial therapy (Embase), Antiviral therapy (Embase). These terms will be combined with text word searches for the following: treatment OR “initiation” OR “completion” OR therapeutics or medication OR “viral suppression” OR “viral load”. Searches will be performed in all three databases looking only at the title and abstract or articles.
The homelessness category will then be combined with the AND operator for the treatment category, and the AND operator for each of the three disease categories: HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and tuberculosis. The results of each combination of homelessness plus treatment plus disease will be combined via the OR operator. Limiters based on publication date (from 1990 onwards) and on language (English only) will then be applied at this stage. We will then review the results of all papers together.