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Table 1 Sample Search Strategy (EMBASE)

From: Physical activity and sedentary time among preschoolers in centre-based childcare: a systematic review

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Search Term

Results

Search Type

1

preschool child/

547180

Advanced

2

“preschoolers”.mp

5836

Advanced

3

toddler.mp.

7394

Advanced

4

toddlers.mp.

7518

Advanced

5

“early years”.mp.

4177

Advanced

6

“early childhood”.mp.

29039

Advanced

7

“preschool-aged child”.mp.

47

Advanced

8

“preschool-aged children”.mp.

1616

Advanced

9

“young child”.mp.

4684

Advanced

10

“young children”.mp.

51507

Advanced

11

1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10

1459133

Advanced

12

childcare.mp OR exp child care/

64155

Advanced

13

“childcare centre”.mp.

31

Advanced

14

“centre based childcare”.mp.

17

Advanced

15

“center based childcare”.mp.

18

Advanced

16

“center-based childcare”.mp.

18

Advanced

17

“centre-based childcare”mp.

17

Advanced

18

“day care”.mp.

14895

Advanced

19

“early learning centre”.mp.

1

Advanced

20

“early learning center”.mp.

2

Advanced

21

physical activity.mp. OR physical activity/

155492

Advanced

22

exercise.mp.

433622

Advanced

23

movement.mp.

361251

Advanced

24

“active play”.mp.

220

Advanced

25

“locomotor activity”.mp.

24357

Advanced

26

“motor activity”.mp.

54511

Advanced

27

“physical exertion”.mp.

2798

Advanced

28

“active movement”.mp.

1274

Advanced

29

“outdoor play”.mp.

217

Advanced

30

outdoor time.mp.

250

Advanced

31

recess.mp.

115

Advanced

32

“sedentary behaviour”.mp.

1547

Advanced

33

sedentary lifestyle/ or sedentary.mp

34250

Advanced

34

Inactive.mp.

106149

Advanced

35

stationary.mp.

57673

Advanced

36

“physical inactivity”.mp.

9087

Advanced

37

“sedentary activity”.mp.

597

Advanced

38

12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20

170150

Advanced

39

21 OR 22 OR 23 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

1593829

Advanced

40

11 AND 38 AND 39

802

Advanced

  1. Note: This table was originally published in a review by Truelove et al. [51] and has been reproduced here