Table 1 Search strategies and research threads for databases
From: Maternal diet, nutritional status and infant birth weight in Malaysia: a scoping review
Search Strategy | No. of Studies Available |
|---|---|
Key words used: Malaysia, maternal nutrition, diet, pregnancy, birth outcome, birth weight, macrosomia, premature, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, gestational diabetes, plasma glucose, blood pressure, obesity, gestational weight gain, anemia, folic acid deficiencies and iron deficiencies. Example 1: Google Scholar search using Malaysia AND maternal nutrition AND diet AND pregnancy AND birth outcome AND birth weight AND macrosomia AND premature AND low birth weight yielded 794 records. Example 2: PubMed search using Malaysia AND maternal nutrition AND diet AND pregnancy AND low birth weight yielded 12 records. | 893 from the primary sources and 4 from additional databases. |
Duplicate records removed | 728 remained after duplicates removed |
Total number of studies which did not meet the objectives of study were removed (n = 599) | 129 remained |
Studies (n = 99) removed with reasons | 30 studies remained |
Studies having no full text (n = 13) were excluded | 17 studies remained for the final analysis |