Thesaurus terms						Keywords free text
	EMBASE	MEDLINE	CINAHL	PsycINFO	ASSIA
S	'rheumatoid arthritis'/exp	"Arthritis, Rheumatoid"[Mesh]	(MH "Arthritis, Rheumatoid+") OR (“Rheumatoid Arthritis” OR “arthritis, rheumatoid”)	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Rheumatoid Arthritis") OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis” OR “arthritis, rheumatoid”	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Rheumatoid arthritis") OR “Rheumatoid Arthritis” OR “arthritis, rheumatoid”	“Rheumatoid Arthritis” OR “arthritis, rheumatoid”
PI	'self care'/exp OR 'self medication'/exp OR 'disease management'/exp OR 'coping behavior'/exp OR 'self concept'/exp OR 'lifestyle and related phenomena'/exp OR 'quality of life'/exp OR 'cost of illness'/exp OR 'disease burden'/exp	"Self‐Management"[Mesh:noexp] OR "Self Care"[Mesh] OR "Disease Management"[Mesh] OR "Adaptation, Psychological"[Mesh] OR "Self Concept"[Mesh] OR "Self Efficacy"[Mesh] OR "Internal‐External Control"[Mesh] OR "Self‐Control"[Mesh] OR "Resilience, Psychological"[Mesh]	(MM "Self Care") OR (MH "Self Concept+") OR (MH "Support Groups") OR (MH "Self Administration") OR (MH "Self Care Agency") OR (MH "Coping+") OR (MH "Disease Management+") OR (MH "Adaptation, Psychological+") OR (MH "Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms+") OR (MH "Control (Psychology)+")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Management") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Care Skills") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Help Techniques") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Concept") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Medication") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Coping Behavior") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Efficacy") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Actualization") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Empowerment") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Control")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfmanagement") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfcare") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfmedication") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfhelp") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfconcept") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Disease management") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Adaptation") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfefficacy") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfactualization") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfempowerment") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Locus of control") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Selfregulation") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Resilience") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Coping skills") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Coping style") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Coping") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Coping strategies")	“Self Management” OR Self‐management OR Selfmanagement OR “Self treatment” OR self‐treatment OR selftreatment OR “self care” OR self‐care OR selfcare OR “self help” OR self‐help OR “self medication” OR self‐medication OR “Disease management” OR “Disease Managements” OR impact* OR adapt* OR cope* OR coping OR behaviour* OR behavior* OR actualiz* OR self‐efficacy OR selfefficacy OR “self efficacy” OR empower* OR control OR regulat* OR resilience OR perspective OR perception OR attitude OR cost OR “treatment burden” OR “Disease burden”
D	'semi structured interview'/exp OR 'focus group'/exp OR 'participant observation'/exp OR 'non participant observation'/exp OR 'case study'/exp OR 'field study'/exp OR 'audio recording'/exp OR 'grounded theory'/exp OR 'phenomenology'/exp OR 'ethnography'/exp OR 'participatory research'/exp OR 'action research'/exp OR 'photovoice'/exp OR 'thematic analysis'/exp OR 'content analysis'/exp OR 'life history'/exp	"Focus Groups"[Mesh] OR "Grounded Theory"[Mesh] OR "Anthropology, Cultural"[Mesh] OR "Community‐Based Participatory Research"[Mesh] OR "Life Change Events"[Mesh]	(MH "Interviews+") OR (MH "Observational Methods+") OR (MH "Self Report+") OR (MH "Narratives") OR (MH "Delphi Technique") OR (MH "Focus Groups") OR (MH "Audiorecording") OR (MH "Case Studies") OR (MH "Ethnographic Research") OR (MH "Grounded Theory") OR (MH "Phenomenological Research") OR (MH "Grounded Theory") OR (MH "Action Research") OR (MH "Thematic Analysis") OR (MH "Content Analysis") OR (MH "Life Histories")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Observation Methods") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Self‐Report") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Content Analysis") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Grounded Theory") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Phenomenology") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Ethnography") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Action Research")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Interviews") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Focus groups") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Participant observation") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT("Tape recordings") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Ethnography") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Phenomenology") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Participatory action research") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Content analysis") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Grounded theory") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Life histories")	semistructured OR semi‐structured OR "semi structured" OR “unstructured interview” OR “unstructured interviews” OR “focus group” OR “participant observation” OR “non‐participant observation” OR “case study” OR “case studies” OR “field study” OR “field studies” OR “audio recording” OR audiorecording OR “grounded theory” OR phenomenolog* OR ethnograph* OR metaethnography OR meta‐ethnography OR “participatory research” OR “community‐based participatory research” OR “action research” OR “participatory action research” OR photovoice OR “photo voice” OR “thematic analysis” OR “content analysis” OR “life history” OR “Life histories”
E	'personal experience'/exp OR 'patient experience'/exp	"Personal Narratives as Topic"[Mesh] OR "Personal Satisfaction"[Mesh]	(MH "Life Experiences+")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Life Experiences")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Life experiences") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Personal experiences") OR	“Lived experience” OR “Personal experience” OR “patient experience” OR “life experience” OR experience
R	'qualitative research'/exp OR 'mixed methods'/exp	"Qualitative Research"[Mesh]	(MH "Qualitative Studies")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Qualitative Research")	MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Qualitative data") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Qualitative methods") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Qualitative research") OR MAINSUBJECT.EXACT.EXPLODE("Qualitative analysis")	“qualitative research” OR “qualitative studies” OR “qualitative study” OR “mixed method” OR “mixed methods”