Table 1.
Master search strategy. Shown is the strategy designed in Ovid MEDLINE and adapted for other databases. *: indicates truncation to capture multiple suffices of the base search term. Abbreviations: ti: title; ab: abstract.
| Search terms | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (green exercis* or green gym* or blue exercis* or blue gym* or ecotherap*).ti,ab. | Outdoor Exercise |
| 2 | (exercis* or physical activit* or walk* or physical fit* or run* or athlet*).ti,ab. | Exercise |
| 3 | (outdoor* or outside* or park* or greenspace* or green space* or bluespace* or blue space* or natural environment* or nature or forest* or biodivers* or horticultur*).ti,ab | Outdoors |
| 4 | (indoor* or inside* or laboratory or gym* or home* or buil*).ti,ab. | Indoors |
| 5 | 2 and 3 | |
| 6 | 1 or 5 | |
| 7 | 4 and 6 | |
| 8 | limit 7 to English language |