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Table 5 Search strategies in PubMed

From: Measurement properties of tools measuring mental health knowledge: a systematic review

 

Concept 1

Concept 2

Concept 3

Concept 4

Key mental health disorders and mental health

3 aspects of MHL

Assessment tool

Study type

OR

“Mental Disorders”[Mesh: noexp] OR “mental health”[Mesh: noexp]

“health education”[tiab]

assessment*[tiab]

Reliability[tiab]

 

“Substance-related disorders”[Mesh] OR substance use disorder*[tiab] OR “substance abuse”[tiab] OR “substance misuse”[tiab] OR “substance dependence”[tiab]

“health education”[Mesh]

evaluat*[tiab]

effective*[tiab]

OR

anxiety disorder*[tiab] OR “anxiety disorders”[Mesh] OR “generalized anxiety disorder”[tiab] OR “separation anxiety disorder”[tiab] OR “social phobia”[tiab] OR “specific phobia”[tiab] OR “panic disorder”[tiab] OR “posttraumatic stress disorder”[tiab]

“mental health literacy”[tiab]

measur*[tiab]

efficac*[tiab]

OR

disruptive behavior disorder*[tiab] OR “attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders”[Mesh] OR “conduct disorder”[tiab] OR “oppositional defiant disorder”[tiab]

“health knowledge”[tiab]

test*[tiab]

“program evaluation”[Mesh] OR “program evaluation”[tiab]

OR

“unipolar depression”[tiab] OR “major depressive disorder”[tiab] OR depression[tiab] OR “depressive disorder”[Mesh] OR “depression”[Mesh]

“health curriculum”[tiab]

scale*[tiab]

Validity[tiab]

OR

“attention deficit hyperactivity disorder”[tiab] OR ADHD[tiab]

“mental health awareness”[tiab]

assessment tool*[tiab]

 
  

awareness[Mesh]

psychometrics[Mesh] OR psychometrics[tiab]

 

OR

 

“attitude to health”[Mesh]

questionnaires[Mesh] OR questionnaire*[tiab]

 

OR

  

survey*[tiab]

 

OR

 

stigma[tiab]

  

OR

 

discrimination[tiab]

  
  

“help seeking behavior”[tiab] OR “seeking help”[tiab]

  
  1. * means various types of suffix added at the end of a word to form a derivative, e.g., -ation, -ing, and -fy