Table 2 Proposed search terminologies to be input into each database, separated by key concept

Care homes (titles and abstracts)

OR

“care home*”, “nursing home*”, “residential home*”, “long-term care facilit*”

AND

Research (titles)

OR

“research*”, “study*”, “trial*”, “investig*, “explor*”, “observ*”

AND

Participation (titles and abstracts)

OR

“research subject*”, “research particip*”, “particip* research”, “recruit*”, “involv*”

AND

Barriers and facilitators

(titles and abstracts)

OR

“barrier*”, “challeng*”, “factor*”, “facilitat*”, “perception*”, “perceive*”, “view*”, “attitude*”, “experience*”