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Table 1 Search strategy

From: Antidepressant outcomes of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with F8-coil and deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (DTMS) with H1-coil in major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Search

k studies

Search terms

Databases (time frame)

DTMS studies with H1-coil

24 (with duplicates)

TI (“deep transcranial magnetic stimulation” OR “deep repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation” OR deep rTMS OR deepTMS OR deep TMS OR H-coil) AND TI (depress* OR dysthymi* OR MDD)

PsycInfo, Medline (EBSCO); any date – 24.06.2016

rTMS studies with F8-coil

236 (with duplicates)

TI (“repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation” OR rTMS OR HF-rTMS OR TMS OR “transcranial magnetic stimulation”) AND TI (depress* OR dysthy* OR MDD OR antidepress*) AND TX (“high-frequency” OR “20 Hz”) NOT TI (bilateral OR review OR meta-analysis OR meta-analyses OR case OR bipolar OR “Parkinson’s Disease” OR “posttraumatic stress disorder” OR tinnitus OR “deep transcranial magnetic stimulation” OR “deep TMS” OR H-coil)

PsycInfo, Medline (EBSCO); any date – 24.06.2016

  1. The searches were performed in English (there were no language restrictions or any other limits)
  2. Abbreviations: DTMS deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, F8 figure-of-eight coil (rTMS), H1 H1-coil (DTMS), k number of studies, MDD major depressive disorder, HF-rTMS high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, TI title, TMS transcranial magnetic stimulation, TX text