Table 1 Sample Medline search strategy
1 | (eHealth or e-Health).tw. (1900) |
2 | Cellular Phone/(4894) |
3 | Text Messaging/(675)` |
4 | Internet/ (52190) |
5 | ((cell* or mobile or smart) adj phone*).tw. (5330) |
6 | text messag*.tw. (1198) |
7 | (smartphone* or iPhone*).tw. (1420) |
8 | ((mobile or phone or iPhone or smartphone) adj2 (app or apps or application*)).tw. (1096) |
9 | internet.tw. (30384) |
10 | web-based.tw. (15811) |
11 | Computer-Assisted Instruction/(9671) |
12 | computer-tailored.tw. (223) |
13 | (mobile adj (health or tech* or device* or telephone*)).tw. (2114) |
14 | (exergam* or exer-gam*).tw. (112) |
15 | Wii.tw. (427) |
16 | ((fitness or activ* or exercis* or interactive) adj2 (videogam* or “video gam*” or gaming)).tw. (241) |
17 | Accelerometry/(1004) |
18 | acceleromet*.tw. (7922) |
19 | pedomet*.tw. (1671) |
20 | Electronic Mail/(1953) |
21 | (email* or e-mail* or “electronic mail*”).tw. (13868) |
22 | ((wearable* or wear-able*) adj3 (monitor* or sensor* or sensing or device* or tech*)).tw. (1434) |
23 | (activity adj (monitor or monitors or sensor*)).tw. (1458) |
24 | (motion adj (sensor* or monitor or monitors)).tw. (549) |
25 | fitbit.tw. (10) |
26 | activPal*.tw. (112) |
27 | MyFitnessPal.tw. (1) |
28 | NikeFuel.tw. (1) |
29 | Sensewear.tw. (196) |
30 | Omron.tw. (419) |
31 | m-health.tw. (120) |
32 | personal digital assistant*.tw. (941) |
33 | pda.tw. (6319) |
34 | Computers, Handheld/(2495) |
35 | telemedicine/(12203) |
36 | or/1-35 (132265) |
37 | Motor Activity/(83314) |
38 | exp Exercise/(126776) |
39 | Physical Fitness/(22843) |
40 | “Physical Education and Training”/(12094) |
41 | exp Exercise Therapy/(32132) |
42 | Movement/(62312) |
43 | Bicycling/(8022) |
44 | (physical* adj (activit* or exercise* or fitness)).tw. (77935) |
45 | ((fitness or exercise) adj (class* or course* or program* or training)).tw. (18953) |
46 | (“aerobic exercis*” or aerobics).tw. (5957) |
47 | (walk* or run* or bike or bicycl*).tw. (225182) |
48 | yoga.tw. (2202) |
49 | Yoga/(1637) |
50 | ((moderate or high or vigorous) adj “intensity activit*”).tw. (496) |
51 | (moderate-vigorous adj2 activit*).tw. (196) |
52 | (“moderate to vigorous” adj2 activit*).tw. (2113) |
53 | mvpa.tw. (1484) |
54 | exercise.ti. (79752) |
55 | or/37-54 (550499) |
56 | Intervention Studies/(7425) |
57 | intervention*.tw. (597146) |
58 | Program Evaluation/(47941) |
59 | evaluation studies/(204980) |
60 | Multicenter Study/(187025) |
61 | Observational Study/(5743) |
62 | (observational adj (study or studies)).tw. (50399) |
63 | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/(99016) |
64 | randomized controlled trial/(397704) |
65 | randomi?ed.tw. (405610) |
66 | exp Clinical Trials as Topic/(293501) |
67 | clinical trial/(500151) |
68 | controlled clinical trial/(90513) |
69 | (clinical adj trial*).tw. (233882) |
70 | case–control studies/(196739) |
71 | exp Cohort Studies/(1426840) |
72 | Meta-Analysis/(53863) |
73 | (meta-analysis or metaanalysis).tw. (60993) |
74 | “review”/(1969675) |
75 | (systematic adj (review$1 or overview$1)).tw. (61023) |
76 | or/56-75 (4795829) |
77 | 36 and 55 and 76 (5733) |