Table 5 Search syntax for PubMed

term “dyspnoea” in various notations (in title)

(dyspn* [title] OR (short* [title] AND breath* [title]) OR SOB [title] OR (laboured [title] AND breath* [title]) OR (labored [title] AND breath* [title]) OR (laboured [title] AND respirat* [title]) OR (labored [title] AND respirat* [title]) OR (short* [title] AND wind* [title]) OR breathless* [title] OR (difficult [title] AND respirat* [title])

MESH term “dyspnoea”

dyspnea [Mesh]

term “general practice” in various notations (in title or abstract)

(“general practi*” [TIAB] OR “family practi*” [TIAB] OR “family medicine” [TIAB] OR “family physician” [TIAB] OR “family doctor*” [TIAB] OR “primary care” [TIAB])

journal representing our research area

(“BMC Fam Pract”[TA] OR “Fam Pract”[TA] OR “J Fam Pract”[TA] OR “Fam Pract Res J”[TA] OR “J Am Board Fam Pract”[TA] OR “Br j gen pract”[TA] OR “Can fam physician”[TA] OR “Ann Fam Med”[TA] OR “Aust fam physician”[TA] OR “Scand J Prim Health Care”[TA] OR “Eur J Gen Pract”[TA] OR “Archives of family medicine”[Journal]”)

term “general practice” in various notations (in affiliation to authors)

(“general practice” [AD] OR “family practice*” [AD] OR “family medicine” [AD] OR “primary care” [AD] OR community [AD])

MESH terms “family practice”, “physicians, family” and “primary health care”

(“Family Practice”[Mesh] OR “Physicians, Family”[Mesh] OR “Primary Health Care”[Mesh])