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#	Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature	Results
1	(MH ‘Remote Consultation’)	597
2	TI ( e-consult* or econsult* or teleconsult* ) OR AB ( e-consult* or econsult* or teleconsult* )	121
3	TI tele* N5 consult* OR AB tele* N5 consult*	406
4	TI ( ((email* or e-mail) N5 (consult? or consultation?)) ) OR AB ( ((email or e-mail*) N5 (consult? or consultation?)) )	22
5	TI (((online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal?) N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal?) N5 (consult? or consultation?)))	75
6	TI (((video* or skyp) N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((video or skyp*) N5 (consult? or consultation?)))	142
7	TI (((multimedia or multi media) N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((multimedia or multi media) N5 (consult? or consultation?)))	2
8	TI ((remote N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB ((remote N5 (consult? or consultation?)))	20
9	TI (((e-mail* or e-mail) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI (((online or electronic or web or web-based or internet or virtual* or digital or portal?) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI (((video* or skyp*) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI (((multimedia or multi media) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI ((remote and (consult? or consultation?)))	74
10	TI (((telehealth or telemedicine or telemonitor) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((telehealth or telemedicine or telemonitor) and (consult? or consultation?)))	95
11	TI (((tele-health or tele-medicine or tele-monitor) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((tele-health or tele-medicine or tele-monitor) and (consult? or consultation?)))	1
12	TI (((cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?) and (consult? or consultation?)))	0
13	TI ((text messag* or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag) AND (consult? or consultation?)) OR AB ((text messag or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag*) AND (consult? or consultation?))	4
14	((MH ‘Referral and Consultation’) OR (MH ‘Professional-Patient Relations+’)) AND ((MH ‘Telecommunications’) OR (MH ‘Instant Messaging’) OR (MH ‘Internet+’) OR (MH ‘Telehealth’) OR (MH ‘Telemedicine’) OR (MH ‘Telenursing’) OR (MH ‘Telepsychiatry’) OR (MH ‘Telephone’) OR (MH ‘Text Messaging’) OR (MH ‘Videoconferencing’))	2958
15	TI ((patient? and (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps) and (communicat* or relation) and (e-mail or e-mail or online or electronic or web or web-based or internet or virtual* or digital or portal? or video* or skype or multimedia or multi-media))) OR AB ((((patient? N3 (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps)) and (communicat* or relation)) N5 (e-mail or e-mail or online or electronic or web or web-based or internet or virtual* or digital or portal? or video* or skype or multimedia or multi-media)))	118
16	TI ((patient? and (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps) and (communicat* or relation) and (cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?))) OR AB ((((patient? N3 (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps)) and (communicat or relation*)) N5 (cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?)))	1
17	TI ((patient? and (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps) and (communicat* or relation) and (text messag or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag))) OR AB (((patient? N3 (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps)) and ((communicat or relation) N5 (text messag or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag*))))	2
18	1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17	4145
19	(MH ‘Systematic Review’)	20,084
20	(MH ‘Meta Analysis’)	15,132
21	TI ‘systematic review’ OR AB ‘systematic review’	16,924
22	TI medline OR AB medline	16,304
23	TI (Qualitative and synthesis) OR AB (Qualitative and synthesis)	765
24	TI ((meta-synthesis* or meta synthesis* or metasynthesis)) OR AB ((meta-synthesis* or meta synthesis* or metasynthesis))	513
25	TI ((meta-ethnograph* or metaethnograph* or meta ethnograph)) OR AB ((meta-ethnograph or metaethnograph* or meta ethnograph*))	110
26	TI ((meta-study or metastudy or meta study)) OR AB ((meta-study or metastudy or meta study))	950
27	TI (realist review? or mixed review? or mixed method? review?) OR AB (realist review? or mixed review? or mixed method? review?)	88
28	19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27	46,663
29	18 AND 28	48
30	18 AND 28 – Limited to English	47
31	(MH ‘Attitude+’)	211,148
32	(MH ‘Professional-Patient Relations+’)	52,385
33	(MH ‘Consumer Satisfaction’) OR (MH ‘Patient Satisfaction’)	31,099
34	(MH ‘Practice Patterns’)	4882
35	TI (experience? or experiential or attitud* or opinion? or view* or satisf* or dissatis* or perception? or perspective? or perceive? or prefer* or enthus) OR AB (experience? or experiential or attitud or opinion? or view* or satisf* or dissatis* or perception? or perspective? or perceive? or prefer* or enthus*)	271,933
36	31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34 OR 35	431,877
37	(MH ‘Program Evaluation’)	19,035
38	TI (((program* or process) N5 (evaluat or analy))) OR AB (((program or process) N5 (evaluat or analy*)))	21,128
39	TI ((barrier? or obstacle? or objection? or challeng* or difficult)) OR AB ((barrier? or obstacle? or objection? or challeng or difficult*))	157,274
40	TI ((facilitat* or encourag* or empower* or embed* or engag* or benefit* or attract* or integrat)) OR AB ((facilitat or encourag* or empower* or embed* or engag* or benefit* or attract* or integrat*))	211,725
41	TI ((implement* or adopt* or utiliz* or utilis* or access)) OR AB ((implement or adopt* or utiliz* or utilis* or access*))	166,978
42	37 OR 38 OR 39 OR 40 OR 41	460,045
43	(MH ‘Qualitative Studies+’)	71,654
44	(MH ‘Interviews+’) OR (MH ‘Focus Groups’)	134,811
45	(MH ‘Questionnaires+’)	184,448
46	TI (observation or interview) OR AB (qualitative or focus group? or story or stories or narration or narrative* or discourse or discursive or grounded theory or ethnogra* or phenomenolog)) OR TI (qualitative or focus group? or story or stories or narration or narrative or discourse or discursive or grounded theory or ethnogra* or phenomenolog*)) OR AB (questionnaire? or survey? or feedback) OR TI (questionnaire? or survey? or feedback)	134,736
47	43 OR 44 OR 45 OR 46	354,135
48	36 OR 42 OR 47	884,801
49	18 AND 48	3288
50	18 AND 48 – limited to English	3261

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

Results

(MH ‘Remote Consultation’)

597

TI ( e-consult* or econsult* or teleconsult* ) OR AB ( e-consult* or econsult* or teleconsult* )

121

TI tele* N5 consult* OR AB tele* N5 consult*

406

TI ( ((email* or e-mail*) N5 (consult? or consultation?)) ) OR AB ( ((email* or e-mail*) N5 (consult? or consultation?)) )

TI (((online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal?) N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal?) N5 (consult? or consultation?)))

TI (((video* or skyp*) N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((video* or skyp*) N5 (consult? or consultation?)))

142

TI (((multimedia or multi media) N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((multimedia or multi media) N5 (consult? or consultation?)))

TI ((remote N5 (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB ((remote N5 (consult? or consultation?)))

TI (((e-mail* or e-mail*) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI (((online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal?) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI (((video* or skyp*) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI (((multimedia or multi media) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR TI ((remote and (consult? or consultation?)))

TI (((telehealth or telemedicine or telemonitor*) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((telehealth or telemedicine or telemonitor*) and (consult? or consultation?)))

TI (((tele-health or tele-medicine or tele-monitor*) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((tele-health or tele-medicine or tele-monitor*) and (consult? or consultation?)))

TI (((cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?) and (consult? or consultation?))) OR AB (((cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?) and (consult? or consultation?)))

TI ((text messag* or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag*) AND (consult? or consultation?)) OR AB ((text messag* or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag*) AND (consult? or consultation?))

((MH ‘Referral and Consultation’) OR (MH ‘Professional-Patient Relations+’)) AND ((MH ‘Telecommunications’) OR (MH ‘Instant Messaging’) OR (MH ‘Internet+’) OR (MH ‘Telehealth’) OR (MH ‘Telemedicine’) OR (MH ‘Telenursing’) OR (MH ‘Telepsychiatry’) OR (MH ‘Telephone’) OR (MH ‘Text Messaging’) OR (MH ‘Videoconferencing’))

2958

TI ((patient? and (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps) and (communicat* or relation*) and (e-mail or e-mail or online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal? or video* or skype or multimedia or multi-media))) OR AB ((((patient? N3 (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps)) and (communicat* or relation*)) N5 (e-mail or e-mail or online or electronic or web or web-based or internet* or virtual* or digital or portal? or video* or skype or multimedia or multi-media)))

118

TI ((patient? and (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps) and (communicat* or relation*) and (cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?))) OR AB ((((patient? N3 (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps)) and (communicat* or relation*)) N5 (cell phone? or cellular phone? or cellular telephone? or mobile phone? or mobile telephone? or smart phone? or smartphone? or iphone? or android phone? or ipad? or tablet computer? or mobile computer? or mobile device?)))

TI ((patient? and (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps) and (communicat* or relation*) and (text messag* or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag*))) OR AB (((patient? N3 (doctor? or physician? or clinician? or nurse? or general practitioner? or gp or gps)) and ((communicat* or relation*) N5 (text messag* or short messag* or brief messag* or mobile messag*))))

1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17

4145

(MH ‘Systematic Review’)

20,084

(MH ‘Meta Analysis’)

15,132

TI ‘systematic review’ OR AB ‘systematic review’

16,924

TI medline OR AB medline

16,304

TI (Qualitative and synthesis) OR AB (Qualitative and synthesis)

765

TI ((meta-synthesis* or meta synthesis* or metasynthesis)) OR AB ((meta-synthesis* or meta synthesis* or metasynthesis))

513

TI ((meta-ethnograph* or metaethnograph* or meta ethnograph*)) OR AB ((meta-ethnograph* or metaethnograph* or meta ethnograph*))

110

TI ((meta-study or metastudy or meta study)) OR AB ((meta-study or metastudy or meta study))

950

TI (realist review? or mixed review? or mixed method? review?) OR AB (realist review? or mixed review? or mixed method? review?)

19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27

46,663

18 AND 28

18 AND 28 – Limited to English

(MH ‘Attitude+’)

211,148

(MH ‘Professional-Patient Relations+’)

52,385

(MH ‘Consumer Satisfaction’) OR (MH ‘Patient Satisfaction’)

31,099

(MH ‘Practice Patterns’)

4882

TI (experience? or experiential or attitud* or opinion? or view* or satisf* or dissatis* or perception? or perspective? or perceive? or prefer* or enthus*) OR AB (experience? or experiential or attitud* or opinion? or view* or satisf* or dissatis* or perception? or perspective? or perceive? or prefer* or enthus*)

271,933

31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34 OR 35

431,877

(MH ‘Program Evaluation’)

19,035

TI (((program* or process*) N5 (evaluat* or analy*))) OR AB (((program* or process*) N5 (evaluat* or analy*)))

21,128

TI ((barrier? or obstacle? or objection? or challeng* or difficult*)) OR AB ((barrier? or obstacle? or objection? or challeng* or difficult*))

157,274

TI ((facilitat* or encourag* or empower* or embed* or engag* or benefit* or attract* or integrat*)) OR AB ((facilitat* or encourag* or empower* or embed* or engag* or benefit* or attract* or integrat*))

211,725

TI ((implement* or adopt* or utiliz* or utilis* or access*)) OR AB ((implement* or adopt* or utiliz* or utilis* or access*))

166,978

37 OR 38 OR 39 OR 40 OR 41

460,045

(MH ‘Qualitative Studies+’)

71,654

(MH ‘Interviews+’) OR (MH ‘Focus Groups’)

134,811

(MH ‘Questionnaires+’)

184,448

TI (observation or interview) OR AB (qualitative or focus group? or story or stories or narration or narrative* or discourse or discursive or grounded theory or ethnogra* or phenomenolog*)) OR TI (qualitative or focus group? or story or stories or narration or narrative* or discourse or discursive or grounded theory or ethnogra* or phenomenolog*)) OR AB (questionnaire? or survey? or feedback) OR TI (questionnaire? or survey? or feedback)

134,736

43 OR 44 OR 45 OR 46

354,135

36 OR 42 OR 47

884,801

18 AND 48

3288

18 AND 48 – limited to English

3261

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The potential of alternatives to face-to-face consultation in general practice, and the impact on different patient groups: a mixed-methods case study.

Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 6.20.

Atherton H, Brant H, Ziebland S, et al.

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