Table 1.
Provisional search strategy
| 1 | exp Fathers/ | 7877 |
| 2 | father*.mp. | 41857 |
| 3 | dad.mp. | 5999 |
| 4 | dads.mp. | 759 |
| 5 | paternal.mp. | 23160 |
| 6 | or/1-5 | 65155 |
| 7 | exp Education, Nonprofessional/ or exp Prenatal Education/ | 188637 |
| 8 | psychoeducation*.mp. | 4021 |
| 9 | psycho-education*.mp. | 1229 |
| 10 | education*.tw,kf. | 486444 |
| 11 | intervention*.mp. | 847036 |
| 12 | program*.mp. | 877690 |
| 13 | or/7-12 | 2010750 |
| 14 | exp postpartum period/ | 59206 |
| 15 | exp Labor, Obstetric/ | 45665 |
| 16 | exp Labor, Induced/ | 9107 |
| 17 | exp pregnancy/ | 853992 |
| 18 | exp Parturition/ | 14311 |
| 19 | exp infant/ | 1088414 |
| 20 | postpartum.mp. | 61905 |
| 21 | post-partum.mp. | 11505 |
| 22 | postnatal.mp. | 99728 |
| 23 | post-natal.mp. | 6709 |
| 24 | antenatal.mp. | 31014 |
| 25 | ante-natal.mp. | 516 |
| 26 | perinatal.mp. | 67248 |
| 27 | peri-natal.mp. | 184 |
| 28 | pregnan*.mp. | 946625 |
| 29 | birth*.mp. | 334360 |
| 30 | childbirth.mp. | 18779 |
| 31 | infancy.mp. | 59520 |
| 32 | infant.mp. | 1136965 |
| 33 | infants.mp. | 244504 |
| 34 | toddler*.mp. | 9054 |
| 35 | neonat*.mp. | 266522 |
| 36 | baby.mp. | 34818 |
| 37 | babies.mp. | 34051 |
| 38 | prenatal.mp. | 157509 |
| 39 | pre-natal.mp. | 1202 |
| 40 | labor.mp. | 117454 |
| 41 | labour.mp. | 28432 |
| 42 | newborn*.mp. | 724924 |
| 43 | or/14-42 | 2306627 |
| 44 | 6 and 13 and 43 | 4681 |
| 45 | prepartum.mp. | 2024 |
| 46 | pre-partum.mp. | 313 |
| 47 | 43 or 45 or 46 | 2306701 |
| 48 | 6 and 13 and 47 | 4681 |
Database(s): Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to present