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Counseling: Diet
Appendix. Literature Search Strategy and Search Results
Appendix Table 1. Search Strategy
| Step | Search History | Number of Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | exp counseling | 17,519 |
| 2. | exp diet or exp nutrition | 149,189 |
| 3. | 1 and 2 | 655 |
| 4. | dietary counseling or diet counseling or nutrition counseling |
506 |
| 5. | 3 or 4 | 1,043 |
| 6. | limit 5 to human and English language | 923 |
| 7. | limit 6 to randomized controlled trial | 115 |
| 8. | exp randomized controlled trial or exp single-blind method or exp double-blind method or exp random allocation |
106,493 |
| 9. | 6 and 8 | 30 |
| 10. | 7 or 9 | 129 |
Appendix Table 2. Articles Excluded for Review in This Report, by Author and Reason for Exclusion
| Author, Year | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Aubin et al., 199835 | No control group |
| Bakx et al., 199736 | 17 year follow-up of a one-time intervention in 1977 |
| Barratt et al., 199437 | Nonclinical intervention (worksite) |
| Brannon et al., 199738 | No control group |
| Burr et al., 198939 | Postmyocardial infarction subjects |
| Caggiula et al., 199640 | No diet outcomes |
| Calfas et al., 200041 | No true control group; comparable diet outcomes not presented |
| Campbell et al., 199842 | Patients with known cardiovascular disease |
| Cupples and McKnight, 199443 | Patients with angina |
| Crouch et al., 198644 | No diet outcomes |
| DeBusk et al., 199445 | Postmyocardial infarction subjects |
| De Lorgeril et al., 199446 | Postmyocardial infarction subjects |
| Dyson et al., 199747 | No control group |
| Ershoff et al., 198348 | No diet outcomes |
| Family Heart Study Group, 199449 | No diet outcomes |
| Fletcher, 198750 | Postmyocardial infarction subjects |
| Ford and Sciamanna, 199719 | Not an intervention (editorial) |
| Foreyt et al., 197951 | No control group; no diet outcomes |
| George et al., 199352 | No diet outcomes |
| Gosselin et al., 199653 | No diet outcomes |
| Heller et al., 198954 | No diet outcomes |
| Heller et al., 199455 | Poor quality due to differential loss to follow-up |
| Henkin et al., 200056 | No diet outcomes |
| Hjermann et al., 198157 | No diet outcomes for full study population |
| Howard-Pitney et al., 199758 | Nonclinical intervention |
| Hunt et al., 197659 | Prenatal care patients only |
| Kuehl et al., 199360 | No control group |
| Lee-Han et al., 198861 | Patients with breast dysplasia |
| Luepker et al., 197862 | No diet outcomes |
| Lytle et al., 199663 | Nonclinical intervention |
| Masley et al., 200164 | Patients with known cardiovascular disease |
| Miettinen et al., 198565 | No diet outcomes |
| MRFIT Investigators, 198266 | No diet outcomes |
| Naglak et al., 199867 | No control group |
| Neil et al., 199568 | No diet outcomes |
| Neyses et al., 198569 | No diet outcomes |
| Nikolaus et al., 199170 | Three week inpatient metabolic ward study |
| Ornish 199871 | Control group information not available |
| Ornish et al., 199072 | Patients with known cardiovascular disease |
| OXCHECK Study Group 199473 OXCHECK Study Group 199574 |
No control group |
| Pritchard et al., 199975 | No diet outcomes |
| Ridgeway et al., 199976 | No diet outcomes |
| Shannon et al., 199477 | Non-comparable groups |
| Smith et al., 197678 | No diet outcomes |
| Tershakovec et al., 199879 | Non-comparable groups |
| Tomson et al., 199580 | No diet outcomes |
| Waber et al., 198181 | No diet outcomes |
| Winkleby et al., 199782 | Nonclinical intervention |
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