Table 1.

Search strategy

Database	Search characteristics record’s section temporal limit document type limit	Search terms combination
Scopus	title, abstract, keywords 2017-2022* review articles
WoS	abstract 2017-2022* review articles	( "child maltreatment" OR "child abuse" OR "child neglect" ) AND ( "incidence" OR "prevalence" OR "epidemiology")
PubMed	title, abstract 2017-2022* review articles

Abbreviation: WoS (Web of Science). Note: ^*= the research has been conducted on March 28^th.