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Table 1 Terms used to search scientific databases

From: Healthy ageing in Europe: prioritizing interventions to improve health literacy

Outcome domains

Activity type

Attributes

Terms for target groups

Health literacy

Strategies

Skills

Older adults

Numeracy

Program*

Awareness

Seniors

Self-management in health

Campaigns

Knowledge

Pensioner

Health-information seeking

Intervent*

 

Aging population

Prevent*

Activities

 

Elderly

Healthy behav*

Examples

 

Aged

Health promot*

Pract*

 

Family

Reading

Innovat*

 

Community

Writing and calculation

Health promot*

 

Geriatric

 

Prevent*

  
  1. One match with at least one term in each column, search in all multi-purpose (mp) fields in the search database
  2. * Wildcard expansion