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. 2019 Sep 13;9(9):e030162. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030162

Table 2.

Search strategy PubMed for randomised controlled trials

Search set Medline
#1 Pregnant
#2 Pregnancy
#3 Gravid
#4 Gestation*
#5 Maternal
#6 Fetus
#7 Neonate
#8 Newborn
#9 Child*
#10 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9
#11 Aerobic
#12 Sport
#13 Exercise
#14 Fitness
#15 ‘Physical exercise’
#16 ‘Physical activity’
#17 ‘Motor activity’
#18 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17
#19 Diabetes
#20 Diabetes mellitus
#21 DM
#22 ‘Gestational diabetes’
#23 ‘Glucose intolerance’
#24 Glucose
#25 Insulin
#26 Hyperglycemia
#27 Toxemia
#28 Preeclampsia
#29 Pre-eclampsia
#30 Eclampsia
#31 ‘Hypertensive disorders’
#32 ‘Blood pressure’
#33 ‘Weight retention’
#34 ‘Body Mass Index’
#35 BMI
#36 Labor
#37 Labour
#38 Delivery
#39 Caesarean
#40 ‘Prenatal depression’
#41 ‘Pre-natal depression’
#42 ‘Pre natal depression’
#43 ‘Postpartum depression’
#44 ‘Post partum depression’
#45 ‘Post-partum depression’
#46 ‘Postnatal depression’
#47 ‘Post natal depression’
#48 ‘Post-natal depression’
#49 ‘Puerperal depression’
#50 ‘Peripartum depression’
#51 ‘Depressive disorder’
#52 Depression
#53 Abortion
#54 Stillbirth
#55 ‘Fetal death’
#56 ‘Gestational age’
#57 Preterm
#58 ‘Preterm delivery’
#59 Prematur*
#60 ‘Birth weight’
#61 Macrosoma
#62 ‘Apgar score’
#63 ‘umbilical cord blood’
#64 ‘pH umbilical cord’
#65 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34 OR 35 OR 36 OR 37 OR 38 OR 39 OR 40 OR 41 OR 42 OR 43 OR 44 OR 45 OR 46 OR 47 OR 48 OR 49 OR 50 OR 51 OR 52 OR 53 OR 54 OR 55 OR 56 OR 57 OR 58 OR 59 OR 60 OR 61 OR 62 OR 63 OR 64
#66 Effectiveness
#67 ‘Program evaluation’
#68 ‘Randomized controlled trial’
#69 RCT
#70 ‘Controlled trial’
#71 Trial
#72 66 OR 67 OR 68 OR 69 OR 70 OR 71
#73 18 AND 18 AND 65 AND 72