Literature review search strategy and results summary.
| Methods terms | |
|---|---|
| 1 | *”Outcome Assessment (Health Care)”/ (20924) |
| 2 | *Clinical Trials as Topic/mt (5031) |
| 3 | Psychometrics/mt (4322) |
| 4 | Validation.tw. (106397) |
| 5 | Validation Studies as Topic/ (1554) |
| 6 | Face validity.tw. (1680) |
| 7 | Content validity.tw. (3520) |
| 8 | Construct validity.tw. (10814) |
| 9 | Concurrent validity.tw. (3908) |
| 10 | Convergent validity.tw. (3441) |
| 11 | Discriminant validity.tw. (3381) |
| 12 | or/1–11 (151626) |
| Questionnaires/Instrument terms | |
| 13 | *Questionnaires/ (29828) |
| 14 | tool.mp. or toolkit.tw. (281574) |
| 15 | Checklist.tw. (17906) |
| 16 | instrument.tw. (78808) |
| 17 | survey.tw. (329220) |
| 18 | *Evaluation Studies as Topic/ (6233) |
| 19 | or/13–18 (704783) |
| Readability/Cultural Adaptation/Literacy terms | |
| 20 | *Information Literacy/ (71) |
| 21 | *Health Literacy/ (1098) |
| 22 | *Cultural Characteristics/ (4999) |
| 23 | Quality of Life/ (120720) |
| 24 | *Cultural Diversity/ (5147) |
| 25 | *Language/ (15378) |
| 26 | Patient Education as Topic/mt [Methods] (13508) |
| 27 | *Reading/ (10294) |
| 28 | *Writing/ (8064) |
| 29 | *Linguistics/ (3192) |
| 30 | (print$ adj2 (question$ or information or instruction$ or advice or advise$ or educat$)).tw. (680) |
| 31 | (written adj2 (information or question$ or instruction$ or advice or advise$ or educat$)).tw. (4444) |
| 32 | *Comprehension/ (3913) |
| 33 | readability.tw. (1566) |
| 34 | (cultur$ adj3 adaptat$).tw. (2033) |
| 35 | or/20–34 (188422) |
| Systematic review filter | |
| 36 | meta analysis.mp,pt. (82839) |
| 37 | review.pt. (1925475) |
| 38 | search:.tw. (257076) |
| 39 | or/36–38 (2125371) |
| All concepts combined (no study design filter): | |
| 40 | 12 and 19 and 35 (5753) |
| With McMaster systematic review filter: | |
| 41 | 39 and 40 (394) |