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Table 1 Search methods for identification of studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between HL and mortality from 2006 to 2020

From: Association between health literacy and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Database

Search strategy

Results

Web of Science Core Collection

#1: TOPIC: (“health literacy”) OR TOPIC: (“healthy literacy”) OR TOPIC: (literacy)

17411

#2: TOPIC: (mortality) OR TOPIC: (death) OR TOPIC: (fatal)

1397471

#3: #1 AND #2

1170

PubMed

#1: ((health literacy [MeSH Terms]) OR (healthy literacy [MeSH Terms])) OR (literacy [MeSH Terms])

6558

#2: ((mortality [MeSH Terms]) OR (death [MeSH Terms])) OR (fatal [MeSH Terms])

514466

#3: #1 AND #2

65

 

Total

1235

  1. MeSH Medical Subject Headings