Table 1 Search strategy used to generate the concourse
Document type | Source | Search string and limits |
|---|---|---|
Scholarly literature | CINAHL, Google Scholar, Proquest, Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science | Codeine AND (over-the-counter OR OTC OR non-prescription) AND (addiction OR dependence OR abuse OR misuse), limited to 2006-October 2016. Q methodolog* AND (addiction OR dependence OR abuse OR misuse), limited to 2006-January 2017 |
Validated addiction instruments | Substance Use Screening and Assessment Instruments Database | Full manual screen by title |
Theses | Trove, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, EThOs, Proquest Dissertations and Theses | OTC codeine OR over-the-counter codeine OR over the counter codeine OR non-prescription codeine OR nurofen plus OR panadeine OR mersyndol OR dolased |
Newspaper, magazine, radio | Factiva | (OTC codeine OR over-the-counter codeine OR over the counter codeine OR non-prescription codeine OR nurofen plus OR panadeine OR mersyndol OR dolased) AND (addiction OR dependence OR abuse OR misuse), limited to 2006-February 2017 |
Websites of professional organizations - pharmacy, addiction | Manual identification of specialist addiction research centres and pharmacy and addiction professional associations | |
Reports | (OTC codeine OR over-the-counter codeine OR over the counter codeine OR non-prescription codeine) AND report, ordered by relevance and limited to the top 20 | |
Public submissions | Full manual screen, all submissions read and reviewed in full | |
Online forums | (OTC codeine OR over-the-counter codeine OR over the counter codeine OR non-prescription codeine OR nurofen plus OR panadeine OR mersyndol OR dolased) AND (addiction OR dependence OR abuse OR misuse) AND (forum OR blog OR thread OR post), ordered by relevance and limited to the top 20 |