Table 1.

Search string.

Concept	Keywords a	Keywords b
1. Outcome: Medication adherence	“Medication Adherence”[Mesh]) OR medication adherence[Title/Abstract]) OR medication compliance[Title/Abstract]) OR medication persistence[Title/Abstract]) OR medication training[Title/Abstract]) OR medication management[Title/Abstract]) AND	TITLE: (medication adherence) OR TITLE: (medication compliance) OR TITLE: (medication persistence) OR TITLE: (medication training) OR TITLE: (medication management) AND
2. Participant: Patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders	“(schizophreni *) OR bipolar disorder *) OR bipolar mood disorder *) OR schizoaffective disorder *) OR “Schizophrenia”[Mesh]) OR “Bipolar Disorder”[Mesh]) AND	TITLE: (schizophren *) OR TITLE: (bipolar disorder *) AND
3. Exposure	intervention*[Title/Abstract]) NOT protocol[Title]	TOPIC: (intervention *) NOT TITLE: (protocol *)
4. Filters *	Clinical Study, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Controlled Clinical Trial, Pragmatic Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial	psychiatry, medicine general internal or nursing

^a Used in PubMed; ^b Used in Web of Science; * The filters were activated after entering the search terms.