Search strategy
Databases:
MEDLINE In Process (1950 to August 2015) EMBASE (1980–2015)
PUBMED
Key search words:
Glaucoma Quality of life Quality of Life score Quality of life scale Patient satisfaction
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Questionnaire
Glaucoma, Open-Angle/drug therapy*
Ocular Hypertension/drug therapy*
Ophthalmic Solutions
Prostaglandins, Synthetic/adverse
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/adverse effects Visual Acuity/drug effects
Glaucoma/surgery
Trabeculectomy/adverse
postoperative care
EMBASE
1 exp intraocular hypertension/ 8728
2 exp open angle glaucoma/ or exp primary glaucoma/ 12707
3 (open-angle adj3 glaucoma).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 14203
4 (intraocular adj3 hypertension).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 8901
5 exp "quality of life"/ 311112
6 (quality adj3 life adj3 score).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 4735
7 (quality adj3 life adj3 scores).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 6371
8 (quality adj3 life adj3 scale).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 4921
9 (quality adj3 life adj3 scales).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 1117
10 exp patient satisfaction/ 95727
11 (patient adj3 satisfaction).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug
manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 103673
12 (patient adj3 reported adj3 outcome).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device
manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 4384
13 (patient adj3 reported adj3 outcomes).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device
manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword] 7528
14 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 407931
15 questionnaire.mp. or exp questionnaire/ 576132
16 outcome assessment.mp. or exp outcome assessment/ 295167
17 instrument.mp. 147094
18 15 or 16 or 17 972586
19 drug therapy.mp. or exp drug therapy/ 2012493
20 Prostaglandins, Synthetic.mp. or exp prostaglandin derivative/ 4872
21 Adrenergic beta-Antagonists.mp. or exp beta adrenergic receptor blocking agent/ 250081
22 19 or 20 or 21 2193265
23 exp eye surgery/ae, rh [Adverse Drug Reaction, Rehabilitation] 3368
24 Trabeculectomy.mp. or exp trabeculectomy/ 7039
25 postoperative care.mp. or exp postoperative care/ 74473
26 23 or 24 or 25 84357
27 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 21066
28 27 and (22 or 26) 7258
29 (27 or 28) and (14 or 18) 1418
30 limit 29 to (english language and (adult <18 to 64 years> or aged <65+ years>)) 853
MEDLINE
1 ocular hypertension.mp. or exp Ocular Hypertension/ 48707
2 (ocular adj3 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] 7388
3 glaucoma.mp. or exp Glaucoma, Open-Angle/ or exp Glaucoma Drainage Implants/ 57670
4 (open-angle adj3 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] 13839
5 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 59674
6 quality of life.mp. or exp "Quality of Life"/ 221716
7 (quality adj3 life adj3 score).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] 2893 8 (quality adj3 life adj3 scores).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] 4449 9 (quality adj3 life adj3 scale).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] 2964 10 (quality adj3 life adj3 scales).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] 723
11 patient satisfaction.mp. or exp Patient Satisfaction/ 78161
12 (patient adj3 satisfaction).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] 76301
13 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 291115
14 questionnaire.mp. or exp Questionnaires/ 479022
15 instrument.mp. 85528
16 14 or 15 544149
17 exp "Outcome Assessment (Health Care)"/ or outcome assessment.mp. 774772
18 exp Drug Therapy/ 1113003
19 exp Prostaglandins, Synthetic/ or prostaglandin.mp. 96435
20 Adrenergic beta-Antagonists.mp. or exp Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/ 79108
21 (18 or 19 or 20) and 3 7062
22 surgery.mp. or exp General Surgery/ 975999
23 Trabeculectomy.mp. or exp Trabeculectomy/ 6036
24 postoperative care.mp. or exp Postoperative Care/ 57251
25 (22 or 23 or 24) and 3 12029
26 5 or 21 or 25 59674
27 26 and 13 and 16 319
PUBMED
#51 Search #49 OR #47 Filters: English 858
#50 Search #49 OR #47 967
#49 Search #20 AND (#21 OR #22) 967
#48Search #46 OR #47 211
#47Search #45 AND #21 AND #22 54
#46Search #20 AND #21 AND #22 211
#45Search #20 AND (#36 OR #44) 18007
#44Search #39 OR #41 OR #43 63888
#43Search "Postoperative Care"[Mesh] 52931
#41Search "Trabeculectomy/adverse effects"[Mesh] 789
#39Search "Glaucoma/surgery"[Mesh] 11054
#36Search #24 OR #26 OR #28 OR #30 OR #33 OR #35 24814
#35Search "Visual Acuity/drug effects"[Mesh] 2328
#33Search "Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/adverse effects"[Mesh] 4085
#30Search "Prostaglandins, Synthetic/adverse effects"[Mesh] 1983
#28Search "Ophthalmic Solutions"[Mesh] 11650
#26Search "Ocular Hypertension/drug therapy"[Mesh] 7812
#24Search "Glaucoma, Open-Angle/drug therapy"[Mesh] 2362
#22Search #16 OR #19 332374
#21Search #5 OR #6 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #13 OR #14 196678
#20Search #2 OR #3 55837
#19Search "Questionnaires"[Mesh] 331316
#16Search "Patient Outcome Assessment"[Mesh] 1387
#14Search "Patient Satisfaction"[tiab] 23232
#13Search "Patient Satisfaction"[Mesh] 65410
#11Search "Quality of Life scale"[tiab] 1528
#9Search "Quality of Life score"[tiab] 1188
#10Search "Quality of Life scale*"[tiab] 1528
#6Search "Quality of Life score"[Mesh] 0
#5Search "Quality of Life"[Mesh] 127022
#3Search "Glaucoma"[tiab] 45638
#2Search "Glaucoma"[Mesh] 43441