Table 1 Search strategy—PICO table and databases

PUBMED

Population (P)

(Adolescent OR adolescence OR peer OR puberty OR school)

P: 7,770,604

Intervention or condition (I)

AND (Menstruation OR menses)

I: 36,389

P + I: 12,788

Control (C)

AND (Education OR programme OR management)

C: 5,674,219

P + I + C: 3,649

Outcome (O)

AND (Hygiene OR sanitation OR hygienically OR Practice) AND (Infection OR abnormalities OR illness OR problem OR diseases OR morbidity) AND (Associated factors OR Modifiable factors OR Non modifiable factors)

O: 105,353

P + I + C + O: 114

Timing (T)

(01/07/2011 to 01/07/2021)

P + I + C + O + T: 59

Setting (S)

AND (India)

S: 646,516

P + I + C + O + S: 11

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Population (P)

(Adolescent OR peer OR puberty OR school)

P: 56,60,000

Intervention or condition (I)

AND (Menstruation OR menses)

I: 4,52,000

P + I: 2,05,000

Control (C)

AND (Education OR programme OR management)

C: 74,50,000

P + I + C: 1,72,000

Outcome (O)

AND (Hygiene OR sanitation OR Practice) AND (Infection OR abnormalities OR diseases OR morbidity) AND (Associated factors)

O: 30,90,000

P + I + C + O: 75,700

Timing (T)

(01/07/2011 to 01/07/2021

T: 17,500

Setting (S)

AND (India)

S: 54,90,000

P + I + C + O + T + S: 16,800

SCIENCE DIRECT

Population (P)

(Adolescent)

P: 417,843

Intervention or condition (I)

AND (Menstruation OR menses)

I: 77,694

P + I: 12,901

Control (C)

AND (Education OR management)

C: 1,000,000 + P + I + C: 8496

Outcome (O)

AND (Hygiene OR morbidity) AND (Associated factors)

O: 627,667

P + I + C + O: 2863

Timing (T)

AND (01/07/2011 to 01/07/2021

T: 1235

Setting (S)

AND (India)

S: 1,000,000 + P + I + C + O + T + S: 238