Search strategy and evidence selection

Search strategy and evidence selection

Search strategy

For the clinical evidence

Embase 1974 to 2015 November 16

1. exp intraocular pressure/

2. intraocular pressure/ or chronic open angle glaucoma.mp. or glaucoma/ or intraocular hypertension/

3. (chronic open angle glaucoma or glaucoma or intraocular hypertension).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]

4. (intra‑ocular pressure or intra ocular pressure).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]

5. intraocular pressure.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]

6. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5

7. icare.mp.

8. tonometer/ or tonometry/

9. (tonometer or tonometry).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]

10. rebound.mp. or rebound/

11. 8 or 9

12. 10 and 11

13. 7 or 12

14. 6 and 13

15. limit 14 to English language

16. limit 15 to yr="2005‑current"

Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process and Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

1. exp Intraocular Pressure/

2. intraocular pressure.mp.

3. (intraocular pressure or intra‑ocular pressure).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]

4. Intraocular Pressure/ or Glaucoma, Open‑Angle/ or chronic open angle glaucoma.mp. or Ocular Hypertension/

5. (ocular hypertension or glaucoma).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier]

6. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5

7. icare.mp.

8. Tonometry, Ocular/ or tonometer.mp.

9. tonometry.mp.

10. rebound.mp.

11. 8 or 9

12. 10 and 11

13. 7 or 12

14. 6 and 13

15. limit 14 to (English language and yr="2005 ‑Current")

16. remove duplicates from 15

For the economic evidence

Embase 1974 to 2015 December 1, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; Searched on 1 December 2015

1. exp intraocular pressure/

2. intraocular pressure/ or chronic open angle glaucoma.mp. or glaucoma/ or intraocular hypertension/

3. (chronic open angle glaucoma or glaucoma or intraocular hypertension).mp. [mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

4. (intra‑ocular pressure or intra ocular pressure).mp. [mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

5. intraocular pressure.mp. [mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

6. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5

7. icare.mp. [mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

8. tonometer/ or tonometry/

9. (tonometer or tonometry).mp. [mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

10. rebound.mp. or rebound/

11. 8 or 9

12. 10 and 11

13. 7 or 12

14. 6 and 13

15. limit 14 to English language

16. limit 15 to yr="2005‑Current"

17. (cost* or economic*).mp. [mp=ti, ab, hw, tn, ot, dm, mf, dv, kw, nm, kf, px, rx, an, ui]

18. 16 and 17

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Issue 12 of 12, December 2015

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effect: Issue 2 of 4, April 2015

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials: Issue 11 of 12, November 2015

Cochrane Methodology Register: Issue 3 of 4, July 2012

Health Technology Assessment Database: Issue 4 of 4, October 2015

NHS Economic Evaluation Database: Issue 2 of 4, April 2015

#1 intraocular pressure or glaucoma or ocular hypertension

#2 intra‑ocular pressure or intra ocular pressure

#3 #1 or #2

#4 icare

#5 tonometer or tonometry

#6 rebound

#7 #5 and #6

#8 #4 or #7

#9 #8 and #3

#10 cost* or economic*

#11 #9 and #10

Evidence selection

For the clinical evidence

  • Total number of publications reviewed: 493

  • Total number of publications considered relevant: 117 (excluding duplicates, case studies, letters, editorials, non‑English studies, and animal studies)

  • Total number of publications selected for inclusion in this briefing: 6.

For the health economics evidence

  • Total abstracts: 5

  • Duplicates: 2

  • Abstracts reviewed: 3

  • Full papers reviewed: 1

  • Studies for review: 0.

Exclusion criteria: retrospective studies, conference proceedings and abstracts, studies from developing countries, studies conducted outside of the European Union, studies without Goldmann applanation tonometer as the comparator, studies involving fewer than 150 eyes (except Dahlmann‑Noor et al. 2013) and primary studies published before 2010 (see Cook et al. 2012).