Table 1.
Search methods for identification of studies.
| Database | Search terms | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Web of Science | #1: TOPIC: (health literacy) OR TOPIC: (healthy literacy) | |
| #2: TOPIC: (hospital readmission) OR TOPIC: (patient readmission) | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 296 | |
| PubMed | #1: ((health literacy [all field]) OR (healthy literacy [all field])) | |
| #2: ((hospital readmission [MeSH Terms]) OR (patient readmission [MeSH Terms])) | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 144 | |
| Cochrane Library | #1: ((health literacy [Title abstract keyword]) OR (healthy literacy [Title abstract keyword])) | |
| #2: ((hospital readmission [Title abstract keyword]) OR (patient readmission [Title abstract keyword])) | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 84 | |
| CNKI | #1: topic: health literacy | |
| #2: topic: patient readmission | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 22 | |
| VIP | #1: Arbitrary field: health literacy | |
| #2: Arbitrary field: patient readmission | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 10 | |
| WanFang Data | #1: all field: health literacy | |
| #2: all field: patient readmission | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 14 | |
| CBM | #1: All fields: health literacy | |
| #2: All fields: patient readmission | ||
| #3: #1 AND #2 | 7 | |
| Total | 577 |
CBM = stands for Chinese BioMedical Literature Database, CNKI = China National Knowledge Infrastructure, OR = odds ratio, VIP = VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals, WanFang Data = Digital Journal of Wanfang Data.