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Table 4 Search strategy used in Cochrane Library

From: Cognitive improvement effects of electro-acupuncture for the treatment of MCI compared with Western medications: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

No

Search items

1

MeSH descriptor: [Cognition Disorders] explode all trees

2

MeSH descriptor: [Amnesia] explode all trees

3

MCI:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

4

‘cognit* impair*’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

5

‘cognit* declin*’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

6

‘cognit* deficit*’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

7

‘cognit* disturb*’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

8

‘cognit* defect*’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

9

‘memory impairment’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

10

“CDR 0.5” or “clinical dementia rating scale 0.5”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

11

dement*:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

12

“mild neurocognit* disorder*”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

13

SMC or ‘subjective memory complaints’:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

14

#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13

15

electroacupunct*:ti,ab,kw or electro-acupunct*:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

16

#14 and #15