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Table 1 Short medical questions (EN/FR) and queries considered as correct

From: Lost in translation? A multilingual Query Builder improves the quality of PubMed queries: a randomised controlled trial

Low difficulty questions

 Fibroid uterus spontaneous rupture/Rupture spontané d’un fibrome utérin

Leiomyoma AND rupture, spontaneous

 Alopecia areata prevention/Prévention des pelades

Alopecia areata/prevention and control

 Vitamin D determination in blood/Dosage de la vitamine D dans le sang

Vitamin D/blood; vitamin D/analysis OR vitamin D/blood; vitamin D/blood OR (vitamin D AND blood chemical analysis)

 Sarcopenia for over 65 years old patients/Sarcopénie chez les patients de plus de 65 ans

Sarcopenia AND aged

Medium difficulty questions

 Vaccination induced pain in infant/Douleur au cours de la vaccination des nourrissons

Infant AND Pain AND vaccination; infant AND (Pain OR pain measurement OR pain management) AND vaccination

 Guidelines for breast cancer treatment/Recommandations sur le traitement du cancer du sein

Breast neoplasms/therapy AND practice guidelines as topic; breast neoplasms/therapy AND practice guideline

 Asthma epidemiology in USA/Epidémiologie de l’asthme aux Etats-Unis

Asthma/epidemiology AND united states; (asthma/epidemiology OR (asthma AND epidemiology)) AND united states

 Screening for uterine cervical neoplasm/Dépistage du cancer du col de l’utérus

Mass screening AND uterine cervical neoplasms/prevention and control; mass screening AND uterine cervical neoplasms/diagnosis;

High difficulty questions

 Salty taste in the mouth/Goût sale dans la bouche

Sodium chloride AND dysgeusia; sodium chloride AND taste disorders; sodium chloride AND taste perception

 Allopurinol cutaneous side effect/Effets secondaires cutanés de l’allopurinol

Allopurinol/adverse effect AND skin diseases/chemically induced; allopurinol/adverse effect AND (skin diseases/chemically induced OR skin manifestations/chemically induced)

 Glucocorticoids effects on asthmatic patient’s growth/Impact des glucocorticoïdes sur la croissance du patient asthmatique

((Glucocorticoids/adverse effects) AND (growth/drug effects OR growth disorders/chemically induced) AND asthma/drug therapy; ((glucocorticoids/adverse effects) AND (growth/drug effects OR growth disorders/etiology) AND asthma/drug therapy

 Antibiotics dosage for overweight or obese patient/Posologie des antibiotiques chez le patient en surpoids ou obèse

Anti-bacterial agents/administration and dosage AND (Obesity OR overweight); (anti-bacterial agents/administration and dosage OR (drug dosage calculations AND anti-bacterial agents)) AND (Obesity OR overweight)

  1. Questions were presented in French to all the participants. Queries only contain MeSH terms and/or MeSH terms/subheadings, except “practice guideline” which is a publication type