Search Strategy Single Case Studies and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (PsycInfo, Medline, Embase (all Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), Web of Science and Scopus)

This description contains the PsycInfo (Ovid) search strategy for single case studies and obsessive compulsive disorder. The appendix with the full search strategy includes PsycInfo, Medline, Embase (all Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), Web of Science and Scopus searches. (2026-01-29)PsycINFO (Ovid, APA PsycInfo, 1806 to January 2026 Week 4)1. (case series OR multiple baseline design OR ((n=1 OR n = 1 OR n-of*-1 OR nof1 OR n-of*-one) ADJ (design* OR experimental OR method* OR research OR series OR stud* OR trial*)) OR ((n=1 clinical OR n = 1 clinical OR n-of*-1 clinical OR nof1 clinical OR n-of*-one clinical) ADJ (design* OR experimental OR method* OR research OR series OR stud* OR trial*)) OR single case* exp* OR single case* design* OR single case research OR single case* stud* OR single subject* exp* OR single subject* design* OR single subject research OR single subject* stud* OR single subject trial* OR sced OR sceds OR idiographic OR ((individual patient* OR individual participant* OR individual subject* OR individual level) ADJ6 (data OR report* OR outcome*)) OR IPD).ti,ab,id.2. obsessive compulsive disorder/ OR compulsions/ OR obsessions/ OR (OCD OR (obsessi* ADJ3 (disorder* OR symptom* OR thought* OR thinking OR behavio*)) OR compulsi*).ti,ab,id.3. (infancy 2 23 mo OR preschool age 2 5 yrs OR school age 6 12 yrs or adolescence 13 17 yrs).ag. OR child psychiatry/ OR orthopsychiatry/ OR child psychopathology/ OR child psychology/ OR child psychotherapy/ OR adolescent psychiatry/ OR adolescent psychopathology/ OR adolescent psychology/ OR adolescent psychotherapy/ OR (infan* OR toddler* OR child* OR kid OR kids OR preschool* OR puberty OR pubescen* OR teen* OR young* OR youth* OR minors* OR under ag* OR underag* OR juvenile* OR girl* OR boy* OR preadolesc* OR adolesc* OR early onset OR pediatric* OR paediatric*).ti,ab,id.4. 1 AND 2 AND 3 Key: / = subject heading, ti = title, ab = abstract, id = key concepts (other keywords added by PsycInfo indexers to supplement the subject headings), ag = age group, ADJn = word distance of maximum n words (in any order), ADJ = words next to each other (in that specific order), * = unlimited number of characters, ? = 0-1 number of characters