HONEY for Cough?

Brittany Nagas, Coleen Matias, May Krongkamol Aungkulwattanachai, Kelvin Abraham, Juna Adhikari, Nieru Silwal and Rabia Khan

Clinical Question: For children with a persistent / chronic cough is honey an effective treatment compared to over-the counter cough medication?

Key words, search Structured Search Best two data bases

terms
Key Search ID Search Terms Search Options Actions (including results) 1) CLINAHL
S1 Persistent CINAHL - Find all my search 36,749 2) Medline Complete
P Persistent OR OR terms Expanded the search with * for
Chronic Cough, Chronic Cough* truncation. That is (cough* = cough, Best avalianble evidence and resources
coughs or coughing), with the Boolean
Child* used to support each (including
operator OR.
S2 Child* CINAHL - Find all my search 759,556 references)
I Honey
OR terms Expanded the search with * for
Godshall, M. (2016). Fast fact evidence based practice in
Toddler* truncation. That is (child* = child or
nursing: implementing EBP in a nutshell (second edition)
OR children; toddler* = toddler or toddlers; New York, New York: Springer publishing company.
Kid* kid* = kid or kids), with the Boolean Retrieved from https://acu-edu-
C Cough
operator OR. primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-
medication* S3 Honey CINAHL - Find all my search 2012 explore/fulldisplay?docid=61ACU_ALMA51119603380002
terms Narrowed with phrase. That is (Honey). 352&context=L&vid=61ACU&lang=en_US&search_scope=
61ACU_All&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=61a
O Effective Treat* cu_all&query=any,contains,evidence%20based%20practic
e&sortby=rank&facet=searchcreationdate,include,2014%7
S4 Cough medication* CINAHL - Find all my search 922,328 C,%7C2019&offset=0
OR terms Expanded the search with * for
Drug* truncation. That is (medication* = Greenhalgh, T. M., Bidewell, J., Crisp, E., Lambros, A. &
Alternative Or medication or medications; drug = drug
Warland, J. (2017). Understanding research method for
words/terms evidence-based practice in health (1st edition), Milton,
Medicine* or drugs; medicine = medicine or Queensland: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd. Retrieved
Alt medicines), with the Boolean operator from: https://acu-edu-
OR. primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-
P Toddler* OR explore/fulldisplay?docid=61ACU_ALMA51113083050002
Kid* S5 Effective Treat* CINAHL - Find all my search 1,443,110 352&context=L&vid=61ACU&lang=en_US&search_scope=
OR terms Expanded the search with * for 61ACU_All&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=61a
Remed* truncation. That is (treat* = treat, cu_all&query=any,contains,understanding%20evidence%2
0based%20practice&sortby=rank&offset=
I OR treatment or treatments; remed* =
Therap* remedy or remedies; therap* = therapy
or therapies), with the Boolean Henatsch, D., Wesseling, F., Kross, K. W., & Stokroos, R. J.
operator OR. (2016). Honey and beehive products in
S6 S1 AND S2 AND S3 AND S4 AND CINAHL - Find all my search 2 otorhinolaryngology: a narrative review. Clinical
C Drug*, S5 terms Limited with the Boolean operator Otolaryngology: Official Journal Of ENT-UK ; Official
Medicine* AND. Journal Of Netherlands Society For Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
& Cervico-Facial Surgery, 41(5), 519–531. https://doi-
org.ezproxy2.acu.edu.au/10.1111/coa.12557
O Remed*, S7 S1 AND S2 AND S3 AND S4 AND CINAHL - Find all my search 1
S5 terms Limited to academic journals, published Wagner, J. B. C., & Pine, H. S. (2013). Chronic cough in
Therap* within the last five years and English children. Paediatric Clinics Of North America, 60(4), 951–
967. https://doi-
language.
org.ezproxy2.acu.edu.au/10.1016/j.pcl.2013.04.004