Search Strategies for Avatar Therapy in Mental Health Research

The full search strategies used to query four major academic databases (MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Embase, Scopus) for literature on avatar therapy in mental health. It includes the database downloads resulting from these searches. The author is Jill Boruff, and the dataset was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the structure and keywords of the MEDLINE (Ovid) search strategy to understand systematic review methodology.
• Compare the search strategies across PsycInfo, Embase, and Scopus to identify database-specific query formulations.
• Extract controlled vocabulary terms from the full database downloads to map concepts in avatar therapy research.
• Use the Scopus search strategy as a template for replicating the literature search in other review projects.

Strengths

• Covers search strategies from four major academic databases (MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Embase, Scopus).
• Includes the full database downloads resulting from the executed searches.
• Dataset was updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The dataset's size, row count, and specific file formats are unknown.
• The data consists of search strategies and downloads, not primary research data or analysis results.
• No column structure or sample data is provided, limiting immediate analytical use.

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Contains search strategies and resulting downloads from MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycInfo (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), and Scopus.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-07.