Table 1.
Search strategy and number of publications in each electronic database
| Data base | Search strategy | Number of publications |
|---|---|---|
| PubMed | (Diet[Title/Abstract]) OR "Diet"[Mesh]) OR dietary[Title/Abstract]) OR patterns[Title/Abstract]) OR factor analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR principal component analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR diet pattern[Title/Abstract]) OR diet patterns[Title/Abstract]) OR dietary patterns[Title/Abstract]) OR dietary pattern[Title/Abstract]) OR eating pattern[Title/Abstract]) OR eating patterns[Title/Abstract]) OR food pattern[Title/Abstract]) OR food patterns[Title/Abstract])) AND (Life Quality[Title/Abstract]) OR "Quality of Life"[Mesh]) OR Quality of Life[Title/Abstract]) OR Health-Related Quality of Life[Title/Abstract]) OR HRQOL[Title/Abstract]) OR QOL[Title/Abstract]) OR EQ-5D[Title/Abstract]) OR EuroQol 5 Dimensions[Title/Abstract]) OR SF 12[Title/Abstract]) OR SF-36[Title/Abstract]) OR life qualities[Title/Abstract]) OR questionnaire[Title/Abstract]) OR Short-form 36[Title/Abstract]) OR short form 12[Title/Abstract]) | 390 |
| Scopus | ( ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " Diet ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "dietary patterns") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " factor analysis ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (" principal component analysis") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " diet patterns ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " diet pattern ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "dietary pattern") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " eating patterns ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "eating pattern") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "food pattern") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " food patterns ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "food pattern") AND ( ( TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " Life Quality ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " Quality of Life ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " Health-Related Quality of Life ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " HRQOL ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " QOL ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " EQ-5D ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " EuroQol 5 Dimensions ") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " SF 12") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " SF 36") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( " life qualities ") | 406 |
| Web of science | (("dietary patterns" OR "dietary patterns" OR "Diet" OR "diet pattern" OR "diet patterns" OR "eating patterns" OR "eating patterns" OR "food pattern" OR "food pattern" OR "principal component analysis" OR " factor analysis ") AND ( "Life Quality" OR " life qualities " OR "Quality of Life" OR “health related quality of life” OR “HRQOL” OR " QOL " OR " EQ-5D " OR " EuroQol 5 Dimensions " OR " SF 12" OR " SF 36")) | 478 |