Table 1

List of search themes and search terms for the search strategy

Search themesSearch terms
(1)Unpaid care work((“Caregivers”[MeSH] OR “Work-Life Balance”[MeSH]) or ((informal OR unpaid OR family OR familial OR spous*) adj3 (care or carer* or caregiver* or caregiving or care-work or “care work” or “care giver*” or care-giver* or care-giving or “care giving”)) or ((unpaid OR unwaged OR domestic OR reproductive OR family OR familial) adj3 (work or worker* or labor or labour or laborer* or labourer*)) or (childcare or “child care” or child-care or elder-care or “elder care” or housework or household or work-life-balance or “work-life balance” or work-family-conflict or “work-family conflict” or work-to-family-conflict or “work-to-family conflict” or “family nursing” or “family-centered nursing” or “family centered nursing”)
(2)COVID-19 containment measures(((“Coronavirus”[MeSH] OR “COVID-19”[MeSH] OR “SARS-CoV-2”[MeSH]) OR (COVID-19 OR COVID-19 OR “COVID-19 19” OR coronavirus* OR corona-virus* OR “corona virus*” OR 2019-nCov OR "2019 nCov” OR sars-cov-2 OR “sars cov 2” OR “pandemic” OR “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2”)) AND (lockdown* OR lock-down* OR “lock down*” OR shutdown* OR shut-down* OR “shut down*” OR quarantine* OR “containment measure*” OR “shelter-in-place order*” OR “stay-at-home order*"))
(3)Mental health outcomes((“Mental Health”[MeSH] OR “Mental Disorders”[MeSH] OR “Psychological Distress”[MeSH] OR “Stress, Psychological”[MeSH] OR “Anxiety”[MeSH] OR “Anxiety Disorders”(MeSH] OR “Caregiver Burden”[MeSH]) OR (“mental health” OR “mental disorder*” OR “psychological distress” OR “psychological stress” OR “anxiety” OR “anxiety disorder*” OR “caregiver burden” OR “psychological burnout” OR burnout OR “mental wellbeing” OR “mental stability” OR “mental balance” OR “mental health problem*” OR “emotional suffering” OR burden OR exhaustion OR stress OR “psychosocial risk factor” OR “psychosocial impact” OR “psychosocial problem” OR wellbeing OR well-being OR “life satisfaction” OR “quality of life” OR depression OR depressive OR psychosocial OR psychological OR mental OR emotional))
  • MeSH, Medical Subject Headings.