Table 2.
Category | Terms |
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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).