Table 6 List of MESH terms and Free text search terms used in different databases
From: A review of the implementation and research strategies of advance care planning in nursing homes
Database: | Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present |
Search terms Advance Care Planning: | |
MESH terms | |
Advance Care Planning | |
Advance Directives | |
Free text | |
(advance* adj (care plan* or health care plan* or healthcare plan* or medical plan* or treatment plan* or directiv* or care directiv* or health care directiv* or healthcare directive* or treatment directiv* or care wish* or treatment wish*)). | |
((advance adj3 plan*) or ((living or patient) adj2 (will* or contract* or decision* or participat*)) or (advance adj1 directive*) or (Attorney adj2 Power) or (psychiatric adj1 will*)). | |
(end of life adj (decision* or communicat* or care communicat* or discussion* or plan* or care plan* or wish* or conversation*)). (plan* for the end of life or plan* for end of life). | |
Search terms nursing home: | |
MESH terms | |
Homes for the aged | |
Nursing homes | |
Long-Term Care | |
Hospices | |
Free text | |
(nursing home* or “home* for the aged” or hospice*). | |
(nursing home* or care home* or long-term care or longterm care or old peoples home* or rest* home* or home* for the aged or intermediate care facilit* or skilled nursing facilit*). | |
Search terms patient group – dementia: | |
MESH terms | |
Dementia | |
Alzheimer disease | |
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration | |
Lewy body disease | |
Delirium | |
Amnestic | |
Cognitive Disorders | |
Free text | |
(dement* or alzheimer* or “Frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “Lewy Body disease”). | |
Database: | Embase (Ovid) 1947–2014 |
Search terms Advance Care Planning: | |
MESH terms | |
Living will | |
Patient decision making | |
Free text | |
(advance* adj (care plan* or health care plan* or healthcare plan* or medical plan* or treatment plan* or directiv* or care directiv* or health care directiv* or healthcare directive* or treatment directiv* or care wish* or treatment wish*)). | |
((advance adj3 plan*) or ((living or patient) adj2 (will* or contract* or decision* or participat*)) or (advance adj1 directive*) or (Attorney adj2 Power) or (psychiatric adj1 will*)). | |
(end of life adj (decision* or communicat* or care communicat* or discussion* or plan* or care plan* or wish* or conversation*)). | |
(plan* for the end of life or plan* for end of life). | |
Search terms nursing home: | |
MESH terms | |
Home for the aged | |
Nursing home | |
Long term care | |
Health care facility | |
Hospice | |
Free text | |
(nursing home* or “home* for the aged” or hospice* or care home* or long-term care or longterm care or old peoples home* or rest* home* or intermediate care facilit* or skilled nursing facilit*). | |
Search terms patient group – dementia: | |
MESH terms | |
Dementia | |
Alzheimer disease | |
Diffuse lewy body disease | |
Frontotemporal dementia | |
Mixed depression and dementia | |
Senile dementia | |
Free text | |
(Dement* or alzheimer* or “Frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “Lewy Body disease”). | |
Database: | PsycINFO (Ovid) 1806 to October Week 2 2013 |
Search terms Advance Care Planning: | |
MESH terms | |
Advance directives | |
Free text | |
((advance adj3 plan*) or ((living or patient) adj2 (will* or contract* or decision* or participat*)) or (advance adj1 directive*) or (Attorney adj2 Power) or (psychiatric adj1 will*)). | |
advance* adj (care plan* or health care plan* or healthcare plan* or medical plan* or treatment plan* or directiv* or care directiv* or health care directiv* or healthcare directive* or treatment directiv* or care wish* or treatment wish*)). | |
(end of life adj (decision* or communicat* or care communicat* or discussion* or plan* or care plan* or wish* or conversation*)). | |
(plan* for the end of life or plan* for end of life). | |
Search terms nursing home: | |
MESH terms | |
Residential care institutions | |
Nursing homes | |
Hospice | |
Long term care | |
Free text | |
(nursing home* or care home* or long-term care or longterm care or old peoples home* or rest* home* or home* for the aged or intermediate care facilit* or skilled nursing facilit* or hospice*). | |
Search terms patient group – dementia: | |
MESH terms | |
Dementia | |
Dementia with lewy bodies | |
Senile dementia | |
Vascular dementia | |
Alzheimer’s disease | |
Senile plaques | |
Free text | |
(dement* or alzheimer* or “Frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “Lewy Body disease”). | |
Database: | CINAHL - Search modes - Boolean/Phrase |
Search terms Advance Care Planning: | |
MESH terms | |
Decision Making, Patient | |
Advance Directives | |
Advance Care Planning | |
Free text | |
TI (((advance N3 plan*) or ((living or patient) N2 (will* or contract* or decision* or participat*)) or (advance N1 directive*) or (Attorney N2 Power) or (psychiatric N1 will*))) OR AB (((advance N3 plan*) or ((living or patient) N2 (will* or contract* or decision* or participat*)) or (advance N1 directive*) or (Attorney N2 Power) or (psychiatric N1 will*)). | |
TX advance* N1(care plan* or health care plan* or healthcare plan* or medical plan* or treatment plan* or directiv* or care directiv* or health care directiv* or healthcare directive* or treatment directiv* or care wish* or treatment wish*) | |
TX end of life N1(decision* or communicat* or care communicat* or discussion* or plan* or care plan* or wish* or conversation) | |
TX plan* for the end of life or plan* for end of life | |
Search terms nursing home: | |
MESH terms | |
Long Term Care | |
Nursing Homes | |
Nursing Home Patients | |
Skilled Nursing Facilities | |
Hospices | |
Hospice Patients | |
Free Text | |
Free text | |
TI ((nursing home* or “home* for the aged” or hospice*)) OR AB ((nursing home* or “home* for the aged” or hospice*)) | |
TX nursing home* or care home* or long-term care or longterm care or old peoples home* or rest* home* or home* for the aged or intermediate care facilit* or skilled nursing facilit* | |
Search terms patient group – dementia: | |
MESH terms | |
Delirium | |
Dementia | |
Amnestic | |
Cognitive Disorders | |
Dementia | |
Dementia, Senile+ | |
Lewy Body Disease | |
Dementia, Multi-Infarct | |
Free text | |
TI ((dement* or alzheimer* or “Frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “Lewy Body disease”)) OR AB ((dement* or alzheimer* or “Frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “Lewy Body disease”)) | |
Database: | Cochrane library |
Search terms Advance Care Planning: | |
MESH terms | |
Advance Care Planning | |
Free text | |
advance* near (care plan* or health care plan* or healthcare plan* or medical plan* or treatment plan* or directiv* or care directiv* or health care directiv* or healthcare directive* or treatment directiv* or care wish* or treatment wish*):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) | |
end of life near (decision* or communicat* or care communicat* or discussion* or plan* or care plan* or wish* or conversation) | |
plan* for the end of life or plan* for end of life | |
((advance near/3 plan*) or ((living or patient) near/2 (will* or contract* or decision* or participat*)) or (advance near/1 directive*) or (Attorney near/2 Power) or (psychiatric near/1 will*)) | |
Search terms nursing home: | |
MESH terms | |
Nursing Homes | |
Long-Term Care | |
Free text | |
(nursing home* or care home* or long-term care or longterm care or old peoples home* or rest* home* or home* for the aged or intermediate care facilit* or skilled nursing facilit*) | |
nursing home* or “home* for the aged” or hospice*) | |
Search terms patient group – dementia: | |
Free text | |
(dement* or alzheimer* or “Frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “Lewy Body disease”):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) |