Examples of using Selected databases in English and their translations into Portuguese
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Figure 1 shows the articles extracted from the selected databases.
A total of 2,949 studies were found in the selected databases and by means of cross-reference strategy.
A total of 1,809 articles were found after searching the selected databases.
Of the 933 articles identified in the selected databases, 11 met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review.
All items found with the combination of descriptors and indexed in the selected databases were included.
After searching the selected databases, 1,330 studies were selected for analysis, of which 403 remained after exclusion of duplicate studies.
Relevant references cited in the selected databases were also included.
The inclusion criteria were primary studies, published in English andPortuguese, and available in full for free and online from the selected databases.
The final sample consisted of articles indexed in the selected databases and which met the inclusion criteria for the literature search.
Data collection was carried out in the 1st semester of 2015 by electronic search internet without data restriction,performed on each of the five selected databases.
With the descriptors used for the search in the selected databases, it was found 14 studies that used the MMN to evaluate children and teenagers in the last five years.
Inclusion criteria for this study consisted of articles published in Portuguese, English and Spanish,with abstracts available in the selected databases, for the period of 1980 to 2009.
Based on the descriptors,the search in the selected databases led to the identification of 1,207 potential titles for inclusion in the systematic review, then the selection began.
Of the 37 articles found, only 4 are of Latin American origin,which can be attributed to the lack of reach of the articles from that region to the journals indexed in the selected databases.
The following inclusion criteria were defined:studies electronically available in the selected databases, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, which applied the phases of the Humanistic Theory.
The selected databases were: ASSIA; ERIC; LISA; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts; and Technology Research Database, taking into consideration the period between 2004 and 2014, a ten-year period.
The following inclusion criteria were defined: journal articles published in Portuguese, English and Spanish,with abstracts available in the selected databases, covering the period from 2002 to 2008.
Given the specific characteristics of the selected databases, the search strategies were adapted for each paper based on the guiding question of the review and the inclusion criteria adopted by the researchers.
Articles that approached the studied subject, published in Portuguese, English and Spanish,with abstracts available in the selected databases were included, without delimitation of the period of publication.
Articles in Portuguese and/or English, published between 1990 e 2013, were included to describe the process of cultural adaptation to Portuguese language of Brazil, with abstracts andfull texts available in selected databases.
The criteria for including articles of the integrative review: publications in english, portuguese or spanish,with abstracts available in selected databases and which fitted in with the research question in the period 2003-2013.
To search for articles in the selected databases were used the following Descriptors in Health Sciences- DeCS: in-service training, continuing education, training, development, evaluation studies as topic, patient care staff, educational evaluation and evaluation of programs.
The inclusion criteria were defined as follows: studies published between 1990 and 2010; in Portuguese, English and Spanish;with abstract available in the selected databases, to answer the research questions.
The inclusion criteria for this review were the studies published throughout the period allowed by the selected databases, aiming at including the largest possible number of articles, taking into consideration the contemporaneity of the subject studied.
Another limitation was the inclusion of three studies found only in the group of references organized by the Group for Study and Research on Thirst, andnot located in the selected databases, despite the rationale for the use of the search methodology.
Because of the specific access characteristics of each of the five selected databases, the strategies used to locate the articles were adapted for each, and were guided by the question and the inclusion criteria previously established to maintain consistency in the search for the articles and to avoid possible biases.
The inclusion criteria of definite articles, initially for this integrative review were: articles published in Portuguese, English or Spanish,with abstracts available in selected databases and which fitted the research question in the period 2003-2013.
Because the specific features to access the selected databases, the strategies used to locate the articles were adapted to each, with the axis guiding the question and the inclusion criteria of the integrative review, previously established to maintain consistency in search articles and avoid possible biases.
To select the sample, the following inclusion criteria were used: papers discussing QoL among adult patients with advanced cancer,indexed in the selected databases and published in the period of 2002 to 2012, in English, Portuguese and/or Spanish languages.
Concerning the inclusion criteria, we looked for original studies, performed in Brazil andpublished in journals indexed in the selected databases, containing at least one outcome related to diet and nutrition, such as dietary intake, food and nutritional security and/or nutritional status of the beneficiary population.