Post-COVID-19 health-related quality of life in India: A systematic review and meta-analytic assessment of recovery outcomes

Table 1 Search terminology: Medical Subject Headings terms and synonyms used for literature retrieval

Concept	Medical Subject Headings terms	Synonyms
COVID-19	COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus	2019-nCoV, novel coronavirus, COVID
Health-Related Quality of Life	Health-related quality of life, HRQoL, quality of life, well-being	Patient-reported outcomes, life quality, wellness, health status
Post-COVID Recovery	Post-recovery, post-acute sequelae, long COVID, post-COVID syndrome	COVID-19 recovery, post-acute COVID, chronic COVID syndrome
India	India, Indian patients, South Asia	Indian population, India-specific
Measurement tools	SF-36, EuroQol 5-Dimensional questionnaire, PROMIS, WHOQOL, HRQoL instruments	Health-related quality of life scales, health surveys, patient-reported outcome measures

COVID: Coronavirus disease; HRQoL: Health-related quality of life; PROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; SARS-CoV-2: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SF-36: Short Form-36 Health Survey; WHOQOL: World Health Organization Quality of Life; 2019-nCoV: 2019 novel coronavirus.