Search strategies and methods for identifying how staff and team characteristics relate to ward safety incidents in adult inpatient mental health settings See: ReadMe file for search methodology Search strategies per academic databases Ovid MEDLINE(R) ALL <1946 to September 08, 2025> Search date: 09-09-2025 Records found: 5326 Search lines ending in a ‘/’ are subject heading searches. Search lines beginning ‘exp’ are exploded subject heading searches. Search lines ending in .ab,ti. search in the title and abstract only or/x-y combines search sets in the range x-y with Boolean operator OR * is used for truncation of words. ? is used for an optional wildcard. y adjx z searches for where word y and the word z are within x words apart. “xx xx” searches for the exact phrase that is displayed within the quote marks. 1 *Workforce/ 944 2 *Health Personnel/ 40800 3 workforce.ab,ti. 45168 4 professional*.ab,ti. 451376 5 (Psychiatry or psychiatrist*).ab,ti. 85854 6 nurs*.ab,ti. 576048 7 (Care adj (worker* or assistant* or aide*)).ab,ti. 24165 8 (Support adj (worker* or aide* or assistant*)).ab,ti. 1701 9 Caregiver*.ab,ti. 112177 10 Staff*.ab,ti. 236286 11 (advanc* adj2 practitioner*).ab,ti. 1740 12 "Approved mental health professional*".ab,ti. 10 13 team*.ab,ti. 266510 14 "medical practitioner*".ab,ti. 8201 15 doctor*.ab,ti. 168539 16 psychologist*.ab,ti. 21807 17 therapist*.ab,ti. 54447 18 or/1-17 [staff] 1657741 19 exp hospitals, rehabilitation/ or exp hospitals, psychiatric/ 26672 20 exp Psychiatric Department, Hospital/ 7190 21 exp mental health/ and exp inpatients/ 426 22 (("mental health" or psychiatr*) adj2 (ward* or unit* or hospital* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 41720 23 ((acute or inpatient) adj2 "mental health service*").ab,ti. 353 24 ((psychiatr* adj1 "intensive care unit*") not "paediatric intensive care unit*").ab,ti. 201 25 ("mental health" adj2 "inpatient setting*").ab,ti. 114 26 ("behavio?r* assessment" adj3 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 27 27 (forensic adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 2553 28 ("mental health rehab*" adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 29 29 (secure adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 985 30 "palliative care".ab,ti. 43081 31 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj2 psychiatr*).ab,ti. 13172 32 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj2 inpatient*).ab,ti. 4384 33 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj "mental health").ab,ti. 9197 34 (hospitali?ed adj2 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)).ab,ti. 15120 35 or/30-34 [not in scope setting] 82251 36 or/19-29 65362 37 36 not 35 [setting] 61924 38 exp patient harm/ or exp patient safety/ 28083 39 exp Self-Injurious Behavior/ 91329 40 exp Physical Abuse/ 1303 41 exp Behavior Control/ 14934 42 "patient safety".ab,ti. 44440 43 abus*.ab,ti. 165844 44 harm*.ab,ti. 297097 45 neglect*.ab,ti. 94439 46 "never event".ab,ti. 188 47 death.ab,ti. 975720 48 injur*.ab,ti. 1102886 49 harass*.ab,ti. 6260 50 (violen* or aggress* or assault*).ab,ti. 377806 51 (adverse adj3 (incident* or event*)).ab,ti. 311325 52 (medica* adj1 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)).ab,ti. 14694 53 (suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*).ab,ti. 126739 54 (seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*).ab,ti. 2248499 55 (sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh").ab,ti. 75947 56 ((forc* or involuntary) adj3 medicat*).ab,ti. 398 57 ((psychological* or physical* or sexual) adj1 safe*).ab,ti. 3368 58 (abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave").ab,ti. 473 59 barricade*.ab,ti. 259 60 "delay* discharge".ab,ti. 830 61 or/38-60 [safety incidents] 5342311 62 18 and 37 and 61 6508 63 limit 62 to yr="1999 -Current" 5326 Ovid APA PsycInfo <1806 to September 2025 Week 1> Search date: 09-09-2025 Records found: 5440 Search lines ending in a ‘/’ are subject heading searches. Search lines beginning ‘exp’ are exploded subject heading searches. Search lines ending in .ab,ti. search in the title and abstract only or/x-y combines search sets in the range x-y with Boolean operator OR * is used for truncation of words. ? is used for an optional wildcard. y adjx z searches for where word y and the word z are within x words apart. “xx xx” searches for the exact phrase that is displayed within the quote marks. 1 *Workforce/ 265 2 *Health Personnel/ 18239 3 exp Medical Personnel/ 105563 4 workforce.ab,ti. 22587 5 professional*.ab,ti. 310380 6 (Psychiatry or psychiatrist*).ab,ti. 104776 7 nurs*.ab,ti. 126655 8 (Care adj (worker* or assistant* or aide*)).ab,ti. 6029 9 (Support adj (worker* or aide* or assistant*)).ab,ti. 1336 10 Caregiver*.ab,ti. 69365 11 Staff*.ab,ti. 105968 12 (advanc* adj2 practitioner*).ab,ti. 452 13 "Approved mental health professional*".ab,ti. 50 14 team*.ab,ti. 104182 15 "medical practitioner*".ab,ti. 1996 16 doctor*.ab,ti. 48064 17 psychologist*.ab,ti. 97273 18 therapist*.ab,ti. 99046 19 or/1-18 [staff] 902380 20 exp Psychiatric Hospitals/ 11359 21 exp Psychiatric Hospitalization/ 12274 22 exp Hospitalized Patients/ and exp Mental Health/ 361 23 (("mental health" or psychiatr*) adj2 (ward* or unit* or hospital* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 43720 24 ((acute or inpatient) adj2 "mental health service*").ab,ti. 344 25 ((psychiatr* adj1 "intensive care unit*") not "paediatric intensive care unit*").ab,ti. 356 26 ("mental health" adj2 "inpatient setting*").ab,ti. 95 27 ("behavio?r* assessment" adj3 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 16 28 (forensic adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 1676 29 ("mental health rehab*" adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 33 30 (secure adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 1425 31 "palliative care".ab,ti. 12591 32 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj2 psychiatr*).ab,ti. 16064 33 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj2 inpatient*).ab,ti. 2819 34 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj "mental health").ab,ti. 10352 35 (hospitali?ed adj2 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)).ab,ti. 2558 36 or/31-35 [not in scope setting] 41508 37 or/20-30 55436 38 37 not 36 [setting] 51401 39 exp Patient Safety/ 4747 40 exp Physical Restraint/ 2532 41 exp Injuries/ 34891 42 exp suicidal behavior/ 53757 43 exp "Abuse of Power"/ 635 44 exp Patient Abuse/ 281 45 exp Nonsuicidal Self-Injury/ 9055 46 "patient safety".ab,ti. 4660 47 abus*.ab,ti. 150776 48 harm*.ab,ti. 91234 49 neglect*.ab,ti. 53550 50 "never event".ab,ti. 2 51 death.ab,ti. 99419 52 injur*.ab,ti. 112825 53 harass*.ab,ti. 9032 54 (violen* or aggress* or assault*).ab,ti. 206366 55 (adverse adj3 (incident* or event*)).ab,ti. 18900 56 (medica* adj1 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)).ab,ti. 1838 57 (suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*).ab,ti. 94124 58 (seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*).ab,ti. 182275 59 (sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh").ab,ti. 11854 60 ((forc* or involuntary) adj3 medicat*).ab,ti. 333 61 ((psychological* or physical* or sexual) adj1 safe*).ab,ti. 2981 62 (abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave").ab,ti. 279 63 barricade*.ab,ti. 149 64 "delay* discharge".ab,ti. 72 65 or/39-64 [safety incident] 869416 66 19 and 38 and 65 6797 67 limit 66 to yr="1999 -Current" 5440 Ovid Embase <1996 to 2025 Week 36> Search date: 09-09-2025 Records found: 6234 Search lines ending in a ‘/’ are subject heading searches. Search lines beginning ‘exp’ are exploded subject heading searches. Search lines ending in .ab,ti. search in the title and abstract only or/x-y combines search sets in the range x-y with Boolean operator OR * is used for truncation of words. ? is used for an optional wildcard. y adjx z searches for where word y and the word z are within x words apart. “xx xx” searches for the exact phrase that is displayed within the quote marks. 1 *workforce/ 7152 2 *health care personnel/ 45646 3 workforce.ab,ti. 51686 4 professional*.ab,ti. 534492 5 (Psychiatry or psychiatrist*).ab,ti. 118131 6 nurs*.ab,ti. 542995 7 (Care adj (worker* or assistant* or aide*)).ab,ti. 26616 8 (Support adj (worker* or aide* or assistant*)).ab,ti. 2330 9 Caregiver*.ab,ti. 147693 10 Staff*.ab,ti. 304937 11 (advanc* adj2 practitioner*).ab,ti. 2798 12 "Approved mental health professional*".ab,ti. 14 13 team*.ab,ti. 409203 14 "medical practitioner*".ab,ti. 9242 15 doctor*.ab,ti. 213622 16 psychologist*.ab,ti. 30513 17 therapist*.ab,ti. 71392 18 or/1-17 [staff] 1911576 19 exp mental hospital/ 17757 20 exp psychiatric department/ 8541 21 (("mental health" or psychiatr*) adj2 (ward* or unit* or hospital* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 47908 22 ((acute or inpatient) adj2 "mental health service*").ab,ti. 392 23 ((psychiatr* adj1 "intensive care unit*") not "pe?diatric intensive care unit*").ab,ti. 281 24 ("mental health" adj2 "inpatient setting*").ab,ti. 127 25 ("behavio?r* assessment" adj3 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 40 26 (forensic adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 4046 27 ("mental health rehab*" adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 42 28 (secure adj2 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* or facilit*)).ab,ti. 1442 29 "palliative care".ab,ti. 70560 30 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj2 psychiatr*).ab,ti. 18296 31 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj2 inpatient*).ab,ti. 5753 32 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) adj "mental health").ab,ti. 11902 33 (hospitali?ed adj2 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)).ab,ti. 18180 34 or/29-33 120932 35 or/19-28 62519 36 35 not 34 58169 37 exp Patient Safety/ 190694 38 exp automutilation/ 26995 39 exp patient abuse/ 224 40 exp suicidal behavior/ 127418 41 exp behavior control/ 6209 42 "patient safety".ab,ti. 63460 43 abus*.ab,ti. 187458 44 harm*.ab,ti. 339284 45 neglect*.ab,ti. 100654 46 "never event".ab,ti. 389 47 death.ab,ti. 1297918 48 injur*.ab,ti. 1286978 49 harass*.ab,ti. 6446 50 (violen* or aggress* or assault*).ab,ti. 485672 51 (adverse adj3 (incident* or event*)).ab,ti. 536869 52 (medica* adj1 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)).ab,ti. 22117 53 (suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*).ab,ti. 138637 54 (seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*).ab,ti. 2243565 55 (sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh").ab,ti. 103233 56 ((forc* or involuntary) adj3 medicat*).ab,ti. 462 57 ((psychological* or physical* or sexual) adj1 safe*).ab,ti. 3596 58 (abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave").ab,ti. 563 59 barricade*.ab,ti. 291 60 "delay* discharge".ab,ti. 1420 61 or/37-60 [safety incident] 6214713 62 18 and 36 and 61 9666 63 limit 62 to yr="1999 -Current" 9357 64 limit 63 to (conference abstract or "conference review") 3123 65 63 not 64 6234 EBSCOhost CINAHL Search Date: 9/9/25 Records found: 3114 Search strategy notes: Search lines using an MH+ code search in the subjects field. Search lines using an MM code search in the major concept subjects field. Search lines using a TI code search in the title only. Search lines using an AB code search in the abstract only. * is used for truncation. ? Is used for a compulsory wildcard. y Nx z searches for where there are up to x words in-between word y and the word z. S62 s17 and s35 and s60 Limiters - Publication Date: 19990101- 20251231 3,114 S61 s17 and s35 and s60 3,369 S60 s36 or s37 or s38 or s39 or s40 or s41 or s42 or s43 or s44 or s45 or s46 or s47 or s48 or s49 or s50 or s51 or s52 or s53 or s54 or s55 or s56 or s57 or s58 or s59 1,209,431 S59 TI "delay* discharge" OR AB "delay* discharge" 377 S58 TI barricade* OR AB barricade* 48 S57 TI ( (abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave") ) OR AB ( (abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave") ) 168 S56 TI ( ((psychological* or physical* or sexual) N0 safe*) ) OR AB ( ((psychological* or physical* or sexual) N0 safe*) ) 1850 S55 TI ( ((forc* or involuntary) N2 medicat*) ) OR AB ( ((forc* or involuntary) N2 medicat*) ) 126 S54 TI ( (sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh") ) OR AB ( (sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh") ) 21,620 S53 TI ( (seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*) ) OR AB ( (seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*) ) 221,443 S52 TI ( (suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*) ) OR AB ( (suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*) ) 50,720 S51 TI ( (medica* N0 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)) ) OR AB ( (medica* N0 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)) ) 9,877 S50 TI ( (adverse N2 (incident* or event*)) ) OR AB ( (adverse N2 (incident* or event*)) ) 88,832 S49 TI ( (violen* or aggress* or assault*) ) OR AB ( (violen* or aggress* or assault*) ) 114,005 S48 TI harass* OR AB harass* 3,822 S47 TI injur* OR AB injur* 274,513 S46 TI death OR AB death 228,099 S45 TI "never event" OR AB "never event" 127 S44 TI neglect* OR AB neglect* 23,574 S43 TI harm* OR AB harm* 76,955 S42 TI abus* OR AB abus* 70,368 S41 TI "patient safety" OR AB "patient safety" 28,703 S40 (MM "Self-Injurious Behavior") 3,881 S39 (MH "Aggression+") 103,716 S38 (MH "Suicide+") 41,248 S37 (MM "Restraint, Chemical") OR (MM "Restraint, Physical") 3,218 S36 (MH "Patient Safety+") 170,139 S35 s34 not s33 18,874 S34 s18 or s19 or s20 or s21 or s22 or s23 or s24 or s25 or s26 or s27 20,096 S33 s28 or s29 or s30 or s31 or s32 50,956 S32 TI ( (hospitali?ed N1 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)) ) OR AB ( (hospitali?ed N1 (child* or adolescen* or pe? diatri*)) ) 5,234 S31 TI ( ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) N0 "mental health") ) OR AB ( ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) N0 "mental health") ) 5,847 S30 TI ( ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) N1 inpatient*) ) OR AB ( ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) N1 inpatient*) ) 1,138 S29 TI ( ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) N1 psychiatr*) ) OR AB ( ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) N1 psychiatr*) ) 4,732 S28 TI "palliative care" OR AB "palliative care" 34,963 S27 TI ( ("mental health rehab*" N1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) ) OR AB ( ("mental health rehab*" N1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) ) 36 S26 TI ( (secure N1 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* OR facilit*) ) OR AB ( (secure N1 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* OR facilit*) ) 739 S25 TI( (forensic N1 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* OR facilit*) ) OR AB( (forensic N1 (unit* or ward* or hospital* or department* OR facilit*) ) 885 S24 TI ( ("behavio?r* assessment" N2 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) ) OR AB ( ("behavio?r* assessment" N2 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) ) 5 S23 TI ("mental health" N1 "inpatient setting*") OR AB ("mental health" N1 "inpatient setting*") 113 S22 TI ( (psychiatr* N0 "intensive care unit*") not "paediatric intensive care unit*" ) OR AB ( (psychiatr* N0 "intensive care unit*") not "paediatric intensive care unit*" ) 206 S21 TI ( ((acute or inpatient) N1 "mental health service*") ) OR AB ( ((acute or inpatient) N1 "mental health service*") ) 285 S20 TI ( ("mental health" or psychiatr*) N1 (ward* or unit* or hospital* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*) ) OR AB ( ("mental health" or psychiatr*) N1 (ward* or unit* or hospital* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*) ) 16,331 S19 (MM "Psychiatric Units") 1,829 S18 (MM "Hospitals, Psychiatric") 3,603 S17 (S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16) 1,348,026 S16 TI therapist* OR AB therapist* 46,506 S15 TI psychologist* OR AB psychologist* 10,194 S14 TI doctor* OR AB doctor* 65,725 S13 TI "medical practitioner*" OR AB "medical practitioner*" 2,577 S12 TI team* OR AB team* 137,985 S11 TI "Approved mental health professional*" OR AB "Approved mental health professional*" 44 S10 TI advanc* N1 practitioner* OR AB advanc* N1 practitioner* 1,828 S9 TI Staff* OR AB Staff* 149,338 S8 TI Caregiver* OR AB Caregiver* 72,051 S7 TI ( (Support N0 (worker* or aide* or assistant*)) ) OR AB ( (Support N0 (worker* or aide* or assistant*)) ) 2,306 S6 TI ( (Care N0 (worker* or assistant* or aide*)) ) OR AB ( (Care N0 (worker* or assistant* or aide*)) ) 12,938 S5 TI nurs* OR AB nurs* 599,970 S4 TI ( (Psychiatry or psychiatrist*) ) OR AB ( (Psychiatry or psychiatrist*) ) 26,365 S3 TI professional* OR AB professional* 277,620 S2 TI workforce OR AB workforce 31,977 S1 (MH "Employees+") OR (MH "Administrative Personnel+") OR (MH "Case Managers+") OR (MH "Medical Staff+") OR (MH "Mental Health Personnel+") OR (MH "Nurses+") OR (MH "Personnel, Health Facility+") OR (MH "Physicians+") 438,483 Cochrane Search Date: 9/9/25 Records found: 439 Search strategy notes: Search lines using MeSH descriptor search in the subjects field. Search lines ending in .ab,ti. search in the title and abstract only * is used for truncation. ? Is used for a compulsory wildcard. y NEXT z searches for where y is next to the word z. y NEAR/x z searches for where there are up to x words in-between word y and the word z. or/#x-#y combines search sets in the range x-y with Boolean operator OR ID Search Hits #1 MeSH descriptor: [Health Workforce] explode all trees 35 #2 MeSH descriptor: [Workforce] explode all trees 543 #3 MeSH descriptor: [Nursing] explode all trees 4417 #4 MeSH descriptor: [Nursing Staff, Hospital] explode all trees 622 #5 MeSH descriptor: [Medical Staff, Hospital] explode all trees 394 #6 MeSH descriptor: [Psychiatrists] explode all trees 4 #7 workforce:ti,ab 1017 #8 (professional*):ti,ab 27635 #9 (psychiatry or psychiatrist*):ti,ab 7091 #10 (Care NEXT (worker* or assistant* or aide*)):ab,ti 1586 #11 (Support NEXT (worker* or aide* or assistant*)):ab,ti 243 #12 (Caregiver*):ab,ti 21316 #13 (Staff*):ab,ti 28138 #14 (Advance* NEAR/1 practitioner*):ab,ti 35 #15 ("Approved mental health" NEXT professional*):ab,ti 0 #16 (Team*):ab,ti 36173 #17 (Medical NEXT practitioner*):ab,ti 478 #18 doctor*:ab,ti 18249 #19 psychologist*:ab,ti 4588 #20 therapist*:ab,ti 16879 #21 {OR #1-#20} 139293 #22 MeSH descriptor: [Hospitals, Psychiatric] explode all trees 308 #23 MeSH descriptor: [Psychiatric Rehabilitation] explode all trees 82 #24 MeSH descriptor: [Psychiatric Department, Hospital] explode all trees 134 #25 MeSH descriptor: [Forensic Psychiatry] explode all trees 294 #26 (("mental health" OR psychiatr*) NEXT (ward* or hospital* or unit* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*)):ab,ti 2507 #27 ((acute or inpatient) NEAR/1 ("mental health" NEXT service*)):ab,ti 23 #28 ((psychiatr* NEXT "intensive care" NEXT unit*) not "paediatric intensive care" NEXT unit*):ab,ti 7 #29 ("mental health" NEAR/1 inpatient NEXT setting*):ab,ti 9 #30 (behavio?r* NEXT assessment) NEAR/2 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*):ab,ti 2 #31 ("mental health rehabilitation" NEXT (setting* or unit* or ward* or hospital* or facilit*)):ab,ti 5 #32 (forensic NEAR/1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)):ab,ti 23 #33 (secure NEAR/1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)):ab,ti 51 #34 "palliative care":ab,ti 3767 #35 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/1 psychiatr*):ab,ti 748 #36 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/1 inpatient*):ab,ti 221 #37 ((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEXT "mental health"):ab,ti 977 #38 (hospitali?ed NEAR/1 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)):ab,ti 1305 #39 {or #34-#38} 6910 #40 {OR #22-#33} 3123 #41 #40 NOT #39 2990 #42 MeSH descriptor: [Patient Safety] explode all trees 1052 #43 MeSH descriptor: [Patient Harm] explode all trees 6 #44 MeSH descriptor: [Aggression] explode all trees 1882 #45 MeSH descriptor: [Suicide] explode all trees 2339 #46 MeSH descriptor: [Physical Abuse] explode all trees 41 #47 MeSH descriptor: [Emotional Abuse] explode all trees 2 #48 MeSH descriptor: [Restraint, Physical] explode all trees 316 #49 ("patient safety"):ab,ti 2967 #50 (Abus*):ab,ti 13181 #51 (Harm*):ab,ti 21273 #52 (Neglect*):ab,ti 3024 #53 "never event":ab,ti 5 #54 (death):ab,ti 79966 #55 (injur*):ab,ti 67116 #56 (harass*):ab,ti 195 #57 (violen* or aggress* or assault*):ab,ti 17745 #58 (adverse NEAR/2 (incident* or event*)):ab,ti 173425 #59 (medica* NEXT (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)):ab,ti 858 #60 (suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or (self NEXT injur*) or (self NEXT mutilat*) or ligatur*):ab,ti 9740 #61 (seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*):ab,ti 63733 #62 (sedat* or (rapid NEXT tranquil*) or (medica* NEXT cosh)):ab,ti 30983 #63 ((forc* or involuntary) NEAR/2 medicat*):ab,ti 38 #64 ((psychological* or physical* or sexual) NEXT safe*):ab,ti 138 #65 (abscon* or (unauthori?ed NEXT leave)):ab,ti 45 #66 (barricade*):ab,ti 3 #67 (delay* NEXT discharge):ab,ti 247 #68 {OR #42-#67} 418593 #69 #21 AND #41 AND #68 455 #70 #69 with Cochrane Library publication date Between Jan 1999 and Aug 2025 439 Web of Science Search Date: 9/9/25 Records found: 4659 Search strategy notes: Search lines using a TI code search in the title only. Search lines using an AB code search in the abstract only. * is used for truncation. ? Is used for a compulsory wildcard. y NEAR/x z searches for where there are up to x words in-between word y and the word z. # Search Query Results 1 TI=(workforce) OR AB=(Workforce) 73398 2 TI=(Professional*) OR AB=(Professional*) 735741 3 TI=("psychiatry" or psychiatrist*) OR AB=("psychiatry" or psychiatrist*) 104305 4 TI=(nurs*) OR AB=(nurs*) 457094 5 TI=(Care NEAR/0 (worker* or assistant* or aide*)) OR AB=(Care NEAR/0 (worker* or assistant* or aide*)) 23979 6 TI=(Support NEAR/0 (worker* or aide* or assistant*)) OR AB=(Support NEAR/0 (worker* or aide* or assistant*)) 3696 7 TI=(caregiver*) OR AB=(caregiver*) 130165 8 TI=(staff) OR AB=(staff) 286073 9 TI=(advanc* NEAR/1 practitioner*) OR AB=(advanc* NEAR/1 practitioner*) 1450 10 TI=("Approved mental health professional*") OR AB=("Approved mental health professional*") 36 11 TI=(team*) OR AB=(team*) 421825 12 TI=("Medical practitioner*") OR AB=("Medical practitioner*") 8767 13 TI=(doctor*) OR AB=(doctor*) 192960 14 TI=(psychologist*) OR AB=(psychologist*) 45200 15 TI=(therapist*) OR AB=(therapist*) 67190 16 #15 OR #14 OR #13 OR #12 OR #11 OR #10 OR #9 OR #8 OR #7 OR #6 OR #5 OR #4 OR #3 OR #2 OR #1 2139348 17 TI=(("mental health" or psychiatr*) NEAR/1 (ward* or hospital* or unit* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*)) OR AB=(("mental health" or psychiatr*) NEAR/1 (ward* or hospital* or unit* or inpatient* or department* or facilit*)) 41230 18 TI=((acute or inpatient) NEAR/1 "mental health service*") OR AB=((acute or inpatient) NEAR/1 "mental health service*") 389 19 TI=((psychiatr* NEAR/0 intensive care unit*) not "paediatric intensive care unit*") OR AB=((psychiatr* NEAR/0 intensive care unit*) not "paediatric intensive care unit*") 241 20 TI=("mental health" NEAR/1 "inpatient setting*") OR AB=("mental health" NEAR/1 "inpatient setting*") 127 21 TI=("behavio?r* assessment" NEAR/2 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) OR AB=("behavio?r* assessment" NEAR/2 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) 14 22 TI=("mental health rehab*" NEAR/1 (setting* or unit* or ward* or hospital* or facilit* or department*)) OR AB=("mental health rehab*" NEAR/1 (setting* or unit* or ward* or hospital* or facilit* or department*)) 49 23 TI=(forensic NEAR/1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) OR AB=(forensic NEAR/1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) 2649 24 TI=("secure" NEAR/1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) OR AB=("secure" NEAR/1 (unit* or facilit* or ward* or department* or hospital*)) 2210 25 TI="palliative care" OR AB="palliative care" 46678 26 TI=((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/1 psychiatr*) OR AB=((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/1 psychiatr*) 14286 27 TI=((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/1 inpatient*) OR AB=((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/1 inpatient*) 2660 28 TI=((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/0 "mental health") OR AB=((child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*) NEAR/0 "mental health") 8758 29 TI=(hospitali?ed NEAR/1 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)) OR AB=(hospitali?ed NEAR/1 (child* or adolescen* or pe?diatri*)) 13033 30 #29 OR #28 OR #27 OR #26 OR #25 83320 31 #24 OR #23 OR #22 OR #21 OR #20 OR #19 OR #18 OR #17 45186 32 #31 NOT #30 42271 33 TI=("patient safety") OR AB=("patient safety") 41323 34 TI=(abus*) OR AB=(abus*) 208448 35 TI=(harm*) OR AB=(harm*) 766252 36 TI=(neglect*) OR AB=(neglect*) 251186 37 TI=("never event") OR AB=("never event") 189 38 TI=("death") OR AB=("death") 1075941 39 TI=(injur*) OR AB=(injur*) 1151226 40 TI=(harass*) OR AB=(harass*) 15850 41 TI=(violen* or aggress* or assault*) OR AB=(violen* or aggress* or assault*) 580101 42 TI=(adverse NEAR/2 (incident* or event*)) OR AB=(adverse NEAR/2 (incident* or event*)) 305607 43 TI=(medica* NEAR/0 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)) OR AB=(medica* NEAR/0 (error* or incident* or failure* or mistake*)) 13764 44 TI=(suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*) OR AB=(suicid* or self-harm or "self harm" or "self injur*" or "self mutilat*" or ligatur*) 145815 45 TI=(seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*) OR AB=(seclu* or restrain* or restrict* or isolat*) 3394941 46 TI=(sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh") OR AB=(sedat* or "rapid tranquil*" or "medica* cosh") 74051 47 TI=((forc* or involuntary) NEAR/2 medicat*) OR AB=((forc* or involuntary) NEAR/2 medicat*) 363 48 TI=((psychological* or physical* or sexual*) NEAR/0 safe*) OR AB=((psychological* or physical* or sexual*) NEAR/0 safe*) 5702 49 TI=(abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave") OR AB=(abscon* or "unauthori?ed leave") 898 50 TI=(barricade*) OR AB=(barricade*) 1214 51 TI=("delay* discharge") OR AB=("delay* discharge") 789 52 #33 OR #35 OR #34 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43 OR #44 OR #45 OR #46 OR #47 OR #48 OR #49 OR #50 OR #51 7434764 53 #52 AND #32 AND #16 5332 54 #53 Timespan: 1999-01-01 to 2025-09-09 4802 55 #53 and Proceeding Paper or Meeting Abstract (Exclude – Document Types) Timespan: 1999-01-01 to 2025-09-09 4659