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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