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. 2023 Jul 12;9:27. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-23-10

Table 3. Detailed search strategy by database.

Database Search strategy
PubMed (“Mobile Applications”[Mesh] OR “Smartphone”[Mesh] OR (mobile AND (app OR apps OR application)) OR smartphone OR smartphone OR “smart phone” OR “smart phones” OR iphone OR iphones) AND (“Intensive Care Units, Neonatal” [Mesh] OR “Neonatology” [Mesh] OR neonatal intensive care unit OR NICU OR neonatolog*)
   Database vendor: U.S. National Library of Medicine
   Database coverage: 1946–present
   Date last searched: November 17, 2022
   Limits: ("2012/11/17"[Date - Entry]: "2022/11/17"[Date - Entry])
Embase (‘mobile application’/exp OR ‘smartphone’/exp OR (mobile AND (app OR apps OR application)) OR smartphone OR smartphone OR “smart phone” OR “smart phones” OR iphone OR iphones) AND (‘neonatal intensive care unit’/exp OR ‘neonatology’/exp OR neonatal intensive care unit OR NICU OR neonatolog*)
   Database vendor: Elsevier
   Database coverage: 1947–present
   Date last searched: November 17, 2022
   Limits: [17-11-2012]/sd
CINAHL Complete (MH “Mobile Applications” OR MH “Smartphone” OR (mobile AND (app OR apps OR application)) OR smartphone OR smartphone OR “smart phone” OR “smart phones” OR iphone OR iphones) AND (MH “Intensive Care Units, Neonatal” OR MH “Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing” OR MH “Neonatology” OR neonatal intensive care unit OR NICU OR neonatolog*)
   Database vendor: EBSCO
   Database coverage: 1937–present
   Date last searched: November 17, 2022
   Limits: published date: 2012-11-17 to 2022-11-17