Table 1

Search strategy

PCCPubMedCinahlPsycINFO
Population: DID(dissociative identity disorder (MeSH) OR ‘multiple personality disorder’)(‘dissociative identity disorder’ OR multiple personality disorder (MH) OR did OR mpd)(dissociative identity disorder (DE) OR ‘multiple personality disorder’)
Concept: psychiatry(psychiatry (MeSH) OR psychiatric OR mental health (MeSH) OR ‘mental illness’ OR mental disorders (MeSH))(psychiatry (MH) OR psychiatric OR mental health OR ‘mental illness’ OR mental disorders (MH))(psychiatry (DE) OR psychiatric OR mental health (DE) or ‘mental illness’ (DE) OR mental disorders (DE))
Context: inpatient care(inpatients (MeSH) OR ward OR hospital* OR ‘acute setting’)(inpatients (MH) OR ward OR hospital* OR ‘acute setting’)(inpatients OR ward OR hospital* OR ‘acute setting’)