Systematic Review Search Protocol Proposed title of systematic review*Name* First Last Email* Names and contact details of other coauthorsIntroduction*Describe the background to your reviewObjectives*The aim of this review is to conduct a systematic review of the followingMethodsCriteria for considering studies for this reviewTypes of study*To be considered for inclusion, studies will be (list study designs)Participants*Population considered for inclusionTypes of intervention*Types of outcome measures*List primary and secondary outcomes where applicableSearch methodsThe search strategy for your systematic reviewElectronic database searches*We will identify searches for inclusion via systematic searches of the following databases (list databases e.g. Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library)Search terms*List likely keywords to use for searching databasesWe will limit by date* Yes No List date range*We will limit by language* Yes No Select 'yes' if you wish to limit to English-language articles only.We will include unpublished ('grey') literature* Yes No Search strategy - grey literature* Clinical trial registries Web of Science/Scopus searches of the included articles, conducted at the end of the searches to identify any additional potentially relevant studies Dissertations and theses Hand searches of the most recent conference abstracts of key conferences in the field Hand searches of the reference lists of the included articles Please select all methods for finding grey literature you wish to be employed in the systematic reviewPlease list relevant conferences*CAPTCHA Δ
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