Systematic search for qualitative literature can be reinforced

Finding qualitative literature is challenging and time con­suming which may pose problems, as the qualitative re­search constitutes a significant contribution to the under­standing of different aspects of health and disease. The purpose of this article was to describe the challenges of locating qualitative studies and present strategies to over­come these challenges. The cost of retrieving all the relevant literature can be a considerable amount of irrelevant hits, and the searcher must decide at which point the results are satisfying.