Table 1.

The search strategy.

PubMed	(“Self Medication”[Mesh] OR “Self Medicat*”[tiab] OR “Self-Medicat*”[tiab] OR “SelfMedicat*”[tiab]) AND (“COVID-19”[Mesh] OR “SARS-CoV-2”[Mesh] OR “COVID 19”[tiab] OR “2019-nCoV”[tiab] OR “Coronavirus Disease-19”[tiab] OR “SARS CoV 2”[tiab] OR “2019 Novel Coronavirus”[tiab] OR “Wuhan Coronavirus”[tiab] OR “SARS Coronavirus 2”[tiab] OR “Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus”[tiab] )
Scopus	TITLE-ABS-KEY(“Self Medicat*” OR “Self-Medicat*” OR “SelfMedicat*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (“COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “COVID 19” OR “2019-nCoV” OR “Coronavirus Disease-19” OR “SARS CoV 2” OR “2019 Novel Coronavirus” OR “Wuhan Coronavirus” OR “SARS Coronavirus 2” OR “Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus”)
Web of science	TS=(“Self Medicat*” OR “Self-Medicat*” OR “SelfMedicat*”) AND TS=(“COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “COVID 19” OR “2019-nCoV” OR “Coronavirus Disease-19” OR “SARS CoV 2” OR “2019 Novel Coronavirus” OR “Wuhan Coronavirus” OR “SARS Coronavirus 2” OR “Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus”) Timespan: All years. Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, ESCI.
Embase	('Self Medicat*':ta,ab,kw OR 'Self-Medicat*':ta,ab,kw OR 'SelfMedicat*':ta,ab,kw) AND ('COVID-19':ta,ab,kw OR 'SARS-CoV-2':ta,ab,kw OR 'COVID 19':ta,ab,kw OR '2019-nCoV':ta,ab,kw OR 'Coronavirus Disease-19':ta,ab,kw OR 'SARS CoV 2':ta,ab,kw OR '2019 Novel Coronavirus':ta,ab,kw OR 'Wuhan Coronavirus':ta,ab,kw OR 'SARS Coronavirus 2':ta,ab,kw OR 'Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus':ta,ab,kw)