Table C1.

Search string

Search string/key words (for Ovid Medline platform)
Developing Country Free Text
− (developing OR less‐developed OR less* developed OR ‘‘under developed’’ OR underdeveloped OR under‐developed OR middle‐income OR ‘‘middle income’’ OR ‘‘low income’’ OR low‐income OR underserved OR ‘‘under served’’ OR deprived or poor*) adj3 (countr* OR nation OR population OR world OR state OR economy OR economies).mp
− (‘‘third world’’ OR L&MIC OR L&MIC OR LAMIC OR LDC OR LIC OR LMIC* OR lami countr* OR transitional countr*).mp
− (Africa OR “Sub‐Saharan Africa” OR “North Africa” OR “West Africa” OR “East Africa” OR Algeria OR Angola OR Benin OR Botswana OR Burkina Faso OR Burundi OR Cameroon OR “Cape Verde” OR “Central African Republic” OR Chad OR “Democratic Republic of the Congo” OR “Republic of the Congo” OR Congo OR “Cote d'Ivoire” OR “Ivory Coast” OR Djibouti OR Egypt OR “Equatorial Guinea” OR Eritrea OR Ethiopia OR Gabon OR Gambia OR Ghana OR Guinea OR Guinea‐Bissau OR Kenya OR Lesotho OR Liberia OR Libya OR Madagascar OR Malawi OR Mali OR Mauritania OR Morocco OR Mozambique OR Namibia OR Niger OR Nigeria OR Rwanda OR “Sao Tome” OR Principe OR Senegal OR “Sierra Leone” OR Somalia OR Somaliland OR “South Africa” OR “South Sudan” OR Sudan OR Swaziland OR Tanzania OR Togo OR Tunisia OR Uganda OR Zambia OR Zimbabwe).mp
− (“South America” OR “Latin America” OR “Central America” OR Mexico OR Argentina OR Bolivia OR Brazil OR Chile OR Colombia OR Ecuador OR Guyana OR Paraguay OR Peru OR Suriname OR Uruguay OR Venezuela OR Belize OR “Costa Rica” OR “El Salvador” OR Guatemala OR Honduras OR Nicaragua OR Panama).mp
− (“Middle East” OR “South‐East Asia” OR “Indian Ocean Island*” OR “South Asia” OR “Central Asia” OR Caucasus OR Afghanistan OR Azerbaijan OR Bangladesh OR Bhutan OR Burma OR Cambodia OR China OR Georgia OR India OR Iran OR Iraq OR Jordan OR Kazakhstan OR Korea OR “Kyrgyz Republic” OR Kyrgyzstan OR Lao OR Laos OR Lebanon OR Macao OR Mongolia OR Myanmar OR Nepal OR Oman OR Pakistan OR Russia OR “Russian Federation” OR “Saudi Arabia” OR Bahrain OR Indonesia OR Malaysia OR Philippines OR Sri Lanka OR Syria OR “Syrian Arab Republic” OR Tajikistan OR Thailand OR Timor‐Leste OR Timor OR Turkey OR Turkmenistan OR Uzbekistan OR Vietnam OR “West Bank” OR Gaza OR Yemen OR Comoros OR Maldives OR Mauritius OR Seychelles).mp
− (“Pacific Islands” OR “American Samoa” OR Fiji OR Guam OR Kiribati OR “Marshall Islands” OR Micronesia OR New Caledonia OR “Northern Mariana Islands” OR Palau OR “Papua New Guinea” OR Samoa OR “Solomon Islands” OR Tonga OR Tuvalu OR Vanuatu).mp
Systematic review key words
− ((systematic* or synthes*) adj3 (research or evaluation* or finding* or thematic* or report or descriptive or explanatory or narrative or meta* or review* or data or literature or studies or evidence or map or quantitative or study or studies or paper or impact or impacts or effect* or compar*)).ti,ab,sh
OR
(“meta regression” or “meta synth*” or “meta‐synth*” or “meta analy*” or “metaanaly*” or “meta‐analy*” or “metanaly*” or “metaregression” or “metaregression” or “methodologic* overview” or “pool* analys*” or “pool* data” or “quantitative* overview” or “research integration”).ti,ab,sh
OR
(review adj3 (effectiveness or effects or systemat* or synth* or integrat* or map* or methodologic* or quantitative or evidence or literature)).ti,ab,sh
Qualitative review search term
(((“meta ethnography” OR “meta ethnographic”) OR (“meta synthesis”) OR (synthesis AND (“qualitative literature” OR “qualitative research”)) OR (“critical interpretive synthesis”) OR (“systematic review” AND (“qualitative research” OR “qualitative literature” OR “qualitative studies”)) OR (“thematic synthesis” OR “framework synthesis”) OR (“realist review” OR “realist synthesis”) OR (((“qualitative systematic review” OR “qualitative evidence synthesis”)) OR (“qualitative systematic reviews” OR “qualitative evidence syntheses”)) OR ((“quality assessment” OR “critical appraisal”) AND (“qualitative research” OR “qualitative literature” OR “qualitative studies”)) OR ((“literature search” OR “literature searching” OR “literature searches”) AND (“qualitative research” OR “qualitative literature” OR “qualitative studies”)) OR (Noblit AND Hare)) OR (“meta narrative” OR “meta narratives” OR “narrative synthesis”)
Disability key words
− ((Disable* or Disabilit* or Handicapped) adj5 (person* or people or child*or adolescen* or women or mother*or maternal, group)).sh,ti,ab
− ((physical* or intellectual* or learning or psychiatric* or sensory or motor or neuromotor or cognitive or mental* or developmental or communication or learning) adj2 (disabilit* or disabl* or handicap*)).ti,ab
− ((cognitive* or learning or mobility or sensory or visual* or vision or sight or hearing or physical* or mental* or intellectual*) adj2 impair*).ti,ab
− ((mental health or mental disorder* or depress* or anxiety or psychiat* or well‐being or quality of life or self‐esteem or self perception)).ti,ab
− ((mental* or emotional* or psychiatric or neurological or neurologic) adj2 (disorder* or ill or illness*)).ti,ab (deaf or deafness or blind or blindness).ti,ab
− exp Disabled persons/
− (Autis* or Dyslexi* or Down* Syndrome or Mongolism or Trisomy 21).sh,ti,ab
− exp Intellectual disability/or exp Developmental Disabilities/ or exp Child Development Disorders, Pervasive/ or exp Communication Disorders/
− ((Intellectual* or Educational*or Mental* or Psychological* or Developmental) adj5 (impair* or retard* or deficienc* or Deficien* or disable* or disabili* or handicap* or ill*)).sh,ti,ab
− ((Hearing or Acoustic or Ear*) adj5 (loss* or impair* or deficienc* or disable* or disabili* or handicap*)).sh,ti,ab
− ((Visual* or Vision or Eye*) adj5 (loss* or impair* or deficienc* or disable* or disabili* or handicap*)).sh,ti,ab
− (Deaf* or Blind*).sh,ti,ab
− exp Cerebral palsy/or exp Spina Bifida Cystica/or exp Spina Bifida Occulta/or exp Muscular dystrophies/or exp Arthritis/ or exp Osteogenesis Imperfecta/or exp Musculoskeletal Abnormalities/or exp Brain Injuries/ or exp Amputation/or exp Clubfoot/or exp Poliomyelitis/or exp Paraplegia/or exp Hemiplegia/or exp Stroke
− (Cerebral pals* or Spina bifida or Muscular dystroph* or Arthriti* or Osteogenesis imperfecta or Musculoskeletal abnormalit* or Musculo‐skeletal abnormalit* or Muscular abnormalit* or Skeletal abnormalit* or Limb abnormalit* or Brain injur* or Amputation* or Clubfoot or Poliomyeliti* or Paraplegi* or Paralys* or Paralyz* or Hemiplegi* or Stroke* or Cerebrovascular accident*).sh,ti,ab
− (Physical* adj5 (impair* or deficienc* or disable* or disabili* or handicap*)).sh,ti,ab