Table 1.

Search terms and initial strategy for identifying relevant studies

Search number	Search strings
1	(once OR twice OR thrice OR one OR two OR three) NEAR/1 (daily* OR per*day) OR ‘OD’:ab,ti OR ‘BID’:ab,ti OR ‘TID’:ab,ti OR ‘QID’:ab,ti
2	adhere*:ab,ti OR nonadhere*:ab,ti OR (non NEAR/1 adhere*):ab,ti OR complian*:ab,ti OR noncomplian*:ab,ti OR (non NEAR/1 complian*):ab,ti OR ‘medication possession’:ab,ti OR mpr:ab,ti OR ‘persistence’:ab,ti OR (non NEAR/1 persist*):ab,ti OR nonpersisten*:ab,ti OR ‘medication possession ratio’ OR ‘treatment refusal’ OR ‘medication compliance’/exp OR medication NEAR/1 complian* OR medication NEAR/1 persisten* OR medication NEAR/1 adhere*
3	patient NEAR/1 (monitoring OR care OR counselling)
4	#2 OR #3
5	#1 AND #4