Defining the gap: a systematic review of the difference in rates of diabetes-related foot complications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians

Table 1 Example of search string - Ovid SP Medline

1.	Aborig*
2.	Indigenous
3.	1 or 2
4.	Australia*
5.	3 and 4
6.	Lower limb
7.	Foot
8.	Leg
9.	Ankle
10.	Ulcer
11.	Neuro*
12.	Amputat*
13.	Vascular
14.	Peripheral arterial disease
15.	Ischaemi*
16.	6–15/or
17.	5 and 16

The asterisk (*) truncation symbol was used as a substitute for any string of zero or more characters in a search term. For example, the search diabet* would include diabetes, diabetic etc.

ISSN: 1757-1146