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. 2020 Feb 20;6:2055207620905411. doi: 10.1177/2055207620905411

Table 2.

Search terms used.

Category Terms
General search terms “mHealth,” “mobile health,” “mobile phone,” “mobile tech*”
Hardware search terms “Android,” “blackberry,” “cell phone,” “cellular phone,” “cellphone” “iPad,” “iPhone,” “PDA,” “personal digital assistant,” “smartphone,” “tablet”
SMS search terms “sms,” “text messag*”
App search terms “app,” “mobile app,*” “smartphone app*”

Given the extensive number of mHealth-related studies published in Journal of Medical Internet Research, we qualified the search within this journal by including terms narrowing our search to randomized controlled trials (RCTs).