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Table 1 A sample search strategy utilized for the present review (EMBASE)

From: Screen-viewing among preschoolers in childcare: a systematic review

 #

Searches

 Results

1

preschool child/

514746

2

preschool*.mp.

521258

3

“early years”.mp.

3276

4

“early childhood”.mp.

22013

5

“preschool-aged children”.mp.

1006

6

“inactivity”.mp.

12005

7

“sedentary activity”.mp.

381

8

“sedentary lifestyle”.mp. or exp sedentary lifestyle/

5478

9

“physical inactivity”.mp.

4922

10

“sitting”.mp. or exp sitting/

26772

11

“movement”.mp. or exp “movement (physiology)”/

438846

12

“inaction”.mp.

557

13

“inactiveness”.mp.

19

14

“exercise”.mp. or exp exercise/

339685

15

“physical activity”.mp. or exp physical activity/

258688

16

motor activity.mp. or exp motor activity/

376722

17

“physical fitness”.mp. or exp fitness/

30887

18

“screen-viewing”.mp.

46

19

“screen viewing“.mp.

46

20

“tv“.mp.

11694

21

“television”.mp. or exp television/

21878

22

“video games”.mp. or exp recreation/

41745

23

exp computer/ or “computer”.mp.

1057438

24

“mobile phone”.mp. or exp mobile phone/

7109

25

“cell phone”.mp.

1084

26

“PDA”.mp.

8288

27

“smartboards”.mp.

0

28

“screen-media”.mp.

40

29

“screen media”.mp.

40

30

“computer games”.mp.

572

31

“tablets”.mp.

43489

32

“computer tablets”.mp.

8

33

“iPad”.mp.

505

34

“iPod”.mp.

251

35

“MP3 players”.mp. or exp MP3 player/

148

36

“electronic games”.mp.

94

37

“movies”.mp.

2308

38

“DVD”.mp.

1398

39

“smartphones”.mp.

362

40

“internet”.mp. or exp Internet/

83349

41

“multiscreen viewing”.mp.

2

42

“multi-screen viewing”.mp.

2

43

exp television viewing/

1160

44

“wii”.mp.

506

45

“videocassette”.mp.

76

46

“videotape”.mp. or exp videotape/

6009

47

“screen-based entertainment”.mp.

8

48

“screen based entertainment”.mp.

8

49

“media entertainment”.mp.

9

50

“visual entertainment”.mp.

1

51

“viewing habits”.mp.

88

52

“nintendo DS”.mp.

9

53

“interactive media”.mp.

124

54

“handheld media”.mp.

1

55

“handheld computer”.mp.

224

56

“gameboy”.mp.

5

57

exp technology/ or “technology”.mp.

345294

58

18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 or 49 or 50 or 51 or 52 or 53 or 54 or 55 or 56 or 57

1536268

59

6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17

1193663

60

1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5

539762

61

58 and 59 and 60

2156

62

“active gaming”.mp.

12

63

“active games”.mp.

37

64

“childcare”.mp. or exp child care/

50827

65

“child care”.mp.

33633

66

“daycare”.mp. or exp day care/

10037

67

“day care”.mp.

12935

68

“nursery school”.mp. or exp nursery school/

1982

69

“nurseries”.mp.

2514

70

18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 or 49 or 50 or 51 or 52 or 53 or 54 or 55 or 56 or 62 or 63

1200783

71

64 or 65 or 66 or 67 or 68 or 69

68560

72

59 and 60 and 70 and 71

131

  1. Note. The asterix symbol (*) was used as a Boolean Operator (specially, a wildcard) to search for all variations of a particular word.