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Table 2.

Free text search terms for nature- and animal-based interventions with long-term conditions. These were combined with the Boolean operator AND.

Search Terms
Nature-based interventions	((garden* OR green OR horticultur* OR “nature-based” OR “nature based”) N2 (therap* OR intervention* OR proximity)) OR ((healing OR restorative OR wander) N2 garden) OR “green prescri” OR “social prescri” OR “nature prescri” OR “nature play” OR “park prescri” OR “garden prescri” OR “green space” OR greenspace* OR “green exercise” OR “green infrastructure” OR “community garden” OR “community allotment” OR allotment* OR “outdoor exercise” OR “blue space” OR “blue gym” OR “green gym” OR “park prescri” OR “eco therapy” OR “eco-therapy” OR “wilderness therapy” OR “wilderness-therapy” OR “care-farming” OR “care farming” OR “farm therapy” OR “farm-therapy” OR “forest bathing” OR “forest-bathing” OR “environmental volunteering” OR “wild play” OR “nature play” OR “animal assisted therap” or “animal-assisted therap” OR “animal therap” OR “pet therap” or “pet-assisted therapy” OR “equine assisted therap” OR “equine-assisted therap” OR “canine assisted therap” OR “canine-assisted therap”
Long-term conditions	Cardiovascular or “cardiovascular disease” or Hypertension or “high blood pressure” or “Coronary Heart Disease” or “heart disease” or CHD or “Coronary Disease” or “vascular disease” or “Heart failure” or “Pulmonary Heart Disease” OR “Pulmonary disease” or “Respiratory disease” or Asthma or “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” or COPD OR “Liver disease” or “Chronic liver disease” or “liver cirrhosis” or “Fatty Liver” or Hepatitis or “hepatic disease” OR “type II diabetes” or “type two diabetes” or “type 2 diabetes” or Diabetes or T2DM or “diabetes mellitus” OR “Kidney disease” or “Chronic kidney disease” or CKD or “renal insufficiency” or “chronic renal insufficiency” or “renal disease” or “chronic renal disease” or “kidney failure” or “renal failure” or AKI or “acute kidney injury”

Search Terms

Nature-based interventions

((garden* OR green OR horticultur* OR “nature-based” OR “nature based”) N2 (therap* OR intervention* OR proximity)) OR ((healing OR restorative OR wander) N2 garden) OR “green prescri*” OR “social prescri*” OR “nature prescri*” OR “nature play” OR “park prescri*” OR “garden prescri*” OR “green space*” OR greenspace* OR “green exercise” OR “green infrastructure” OR “community garden*” OR “community allotment*” OR allotment* OR “outdoor exercise” OR “blue space*” OR “blue gym*” OR “green gym*” OR “park prescri*” OR “eco therapy” OR “eco-therapy” OR “wilderness therapy” OR “wilderness-therapy” OR “care-farming” OR “care farming” OR “farm therapy” OR “farm-therapy” OR “forest bathing” OR “forest-bathing” OR “environmental volunteering” OR “wild play” OR “nature play” OR “animal assisted therap*” or “animal-assisted therap*” OR “animal therap*” OR “pet therap*” or “pet-assisted therapy” OR “equine assisted therap*” OR “equine-assisted therap*” OR “canine assisted therap*” OR “canine-assisted therap*”

Long-term conditions

Cardiovascular or “cardiovascular disease” or Hypertension or “high blood pressure” or “Coronary Heart Disease” or “heart disease” or CHD or “Coronary Disease” or “vascular disease” or “Heart failure” or “Pulmonary Heart Disease” OR “Pulmonary disease” or “Respiratory disease” or Asthma or “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” or COPD OR “Liver disease” or “Chronic liver disease” or “liver cirrhosis” or “Fatty Liver” or Hepatitis or “hepatic disease” OR “type II diabetes” or “type two diabetes” or “type 2 diabetes” or Diabetes or T2DM or “diabetes mellitus” OR “Kidney disease” or “Chronic kidney disease” or CKD or “renal insufficiency” or “chronic renal insufficiency” or “renal disease” or “chronic renal disease” or “kidney failure” or “renal failure” or AKI or “acute kidney injury”

* Truncation symbol which when used at the end of search terms finds any string of characters in that position; for example, therap* would identify therapist, therapies, therapy etc.