Table 1 Library Search Strategy

CINAHL

(TI (Oral* OR dental*) OR AB (Oral* OR dental*)) AND (TI (Health AND Literacy) OR AB (Health AND Literacy)) AND (TI (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire) OR AB (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire)) AND (TI (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability) OR AB (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability))

EMBASE

(‘Oral*’:ab,ti OR ‘dental*’:ab,ti OR ‘Oral ‘/exp. OR ‘dental’/exp) AND ((‘health’:ab,ti AND ‘literacy’:ab,ti OR (‘health ‘/exp. AND ‘literacy’/exp)) AND (‘tool ‘:ab,ti OR ‘instrument’:ab,ti OR ‘questionnaire’:ab,ti OR ‘tool’/exp. OR ‘instrument’/exp. OR ‘questionnaire’/exp) AND (‘Psychometric’:ab,ti OR ‘validity’:ab,ti OR ‘reliability’:ab,ti OR ‘Psychometric’/exp. OR ‘validity’/exp. OR ‘reliability’/exp)

PSYCINFO

(TI (Oral* OR dental*) OR AB (Oral* OR dental*)) AND (TI (health AND literacy) OR AB (health AND literacy)) AND (TI (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire) OR AB (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire)) AND (TI (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability) OR AB (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability))

PUBMED

(((((Oral [MeSH Terms]) OR dental [MeSH Terms])) AND ((Health [MeSH Terms]) AND Literacy [MeSH Terms])) AND (((tool [MeSH Terms]) OR instrument [MeSH Terms]) OR questionnaire [MeSH Terms])) AND (((Psychometric [MeSH Terms]) OR validity [MeSH Terms]) OR reliability [MeSH Terms]) OR (((((((Oral [Title]) OR dental [Title]) OR Oral [Abstract]) OR dental [Abstract])) AND ((((Health [Title]) AND Literacy [Title]) OR Health [Abstract]) AND Literacy [Abstract])) AND ((((((tool [Title]) OR instrument [Title]) OR questionnaire [Title]) OR tool [Abstract]) OR instrument [Abstract]) OR questionnaire [Abstract])) AND ((((((Psychometric [Title]) OR validity [Title]) OR reliability [Title]) OR Psychometric [Abstract]) OR validity [Abstract]) OR reliability [Abstract])

SCOPUS

(TITLE-ABS-KEY (oral* OR dental*)) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“health” AND literacy”)) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire)) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability))

LIVIVO

(TI = (((MESH=Oral OR MESH = dent*) AND MESH=Health AND MESH = Literacy) AND (MESH = tool OR MESH = instrument) OR MESH = questionnaire)) OR (((TI = (Oral* OR dent*)) AND TI = (Health AND Literacy)) AND TI = (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire)) AND (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability)

WEB OF SCIENCE

(((TI = (Oral* OR dent*) AND TI = (Health AND Literacy) AND (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire))) OR ((((TS = (Oral* OR dent*) AND TS = (Health AND Literacy) AND (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire) AND TS = (Psychometric OR validity OR reliability))))

Open Gary

(((oral* OR dental*) AND ((health AND literacy) AND (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire) AND (tool OR instrument OR questionnaire)))

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