Specific Measures of Quality of Life in Patients with Multimorbidity in Primary Healthcare: A Systematic Review on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures’ Adequacy of Measurement

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Table 1 Search Terms and Definitions

Search Field	Definition	Search Terms
Multimorbidity	The presence of two or more chronic diseases in one individual	“Comorbidity”[Mesh] Multimorbidities multimorbidity Multi morbidities multimorbidit* multi-morbidit* Comorbidit* comorbidity comorbidities
Primary care	The first level of contact in individuals with the health care system (Alma Ata declaration WHO 1979)	“Primary Health Care”[Mesh] “Family Practice”[Mesh] “General Practice”[Mesh] Primary health care Family medicine General practice Family practice
Quality of life	A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, eg, physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease (Definition in pub med)	Quality of Life”[Mesh] Quality of Life life quality patient reported outcome patient reported outcome measures “patientreported outcome measures” “patient-reported outcome measures” Patient Satisfaction”[Mesh] Patient Satisfaction “Patient Satisfaction”