Table 1.
Database Search Construction.
| Search | Search term construction | Articles located |
|---|---|---|
| 1. PubMed (MEDLINE) | “United States”[Mesh] AND (elderly OR geriatric*) AND “health literacy” Filter: 2010/01/01 to 2015/12/31 | 260 |
| 2. CINAHL | “health literacy” AND (elderly OR geriatric*) | 97 |
| **Variant search | ((“health literacy” AND (elderly OR geriatric*)) AND United States **US as keyword addition** | 22 |
| 3. ERIC | health literacy AND (elderly OR geriatric*) | 35 |
| **Variant search | health literacy AND (elderly OR geriatric) AND United States **US as keyword addition** | 5 |
| 4. Cochrane Library | MeSH descriptor: [United States] combined with health literacy AND (elderly OR geriatric*) | 36 |
| **Variant search | MeSH descriptor: [United States] combined with “health literacy” | 238 |
| 5. PsycINFO | “health literacy” AND (elderly OR geriatric*) AND lo.Exact(“US”) | 61 |
| **Variant search | health literacy AND (elderly OR geriatric*) AND lo.Exact(“US”) | 86 |
Note. CINAHL = Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; ERIC = Educational Resources Information Center.