Table 1.

Search strategy in all databases

Databases	Searching strategy
Google Scholar	Diabetes "Type 2 diabetes" "Type 2 diabetes mellitus" prevalence outbreak urinary tract infection "cross sectional"
SID, MagIran, IranMedex, IranDoc	prevalence of UTI in type-2 diabetes patients
Cochrane, Embase	((((((((Type 2 diabetes [Title/Abstract]) OR Type 2 diabetes mellitus [Title/Abstract]) OR diabetes mellitus [Title/Abstract]) AND urinary tract infection [Title/Abstract]) OR UTI [Title/Abstract]) OR infection AND prevalence OR Period Prevalence OR Point Prevalence)))))))
PubMed	(Type 2 diabetes [MeSH]) AND urinary tract infection) [Title/Abstract] OR diabetes [Title/Abstract] OR Type 2 diabetes [Title/Abstract] OR Type 2 diabetes mellitus [Title/Abstract] OR diabetes mellitus [Title/Abstract] AND urinary tract infection [Title/Abstract] OR UTI [Title/Abstract] OR water infection [Title/Abstract]
Science Direct	diabetes OR Type 2 diabetes OR Type 2 diabetes mellitus OR diabetes mellitus AND urinary tract infection OR UTI OR Infection
Scopus	Type 2 diabetes mellitus "AND" urinary tract infection "OR "Type 2 diabetes" OR "Type 2 diabetes mellitus "OR" diabetes mellitus" AND "urinary tract infection" OR "UTA"
WOS	TI = (Type 2 diabetes OR Type 2 diabetes mellitus OR diabetes mellitus) AND TI = (prevalence OR outbreak) AND TI = (urinary tract infection OR UTI)