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. 2023 Mar 13;2023(3):CD009812. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009812.pub3
Source Search strategy Hits retrieved
1. CDCIG Register (https://crsweb.cochrane.org/login.html)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022 ]		 #1 "personally tailored" OR individualized OR individualised OR individual OR person‐centred OR meaningful OR personhood
#2 involvement OR engagement OR engaging OR identity
#3 #1 OR #2		 May 2012: 149
April 2013: 0
March 2014: 6
January 2015: 1
January 2016: 2
October 2016: 2
June 2017: 3
June 2020: 41
Oct 2021: 43
June 2022: 35
2. MEDLINE In‐process and other non‐indexed citations and MEDLINE 1946 to present (Ovid SP)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022 ]		 1. exp Dementia/
2. Delirium/
3. Wernicke Encephalopathy/
4. Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders/
5. dement*.mp.
6. alzheimer*.mp.
7. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp.
8. deliri*.mp.
9. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp.
10. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp.
11. ("normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*").mp.
12. "benign senescent forgetfulness".mp.
13. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp.
14. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp.
15. (pick* adj2 disease).mp.
16. (creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd).mp.
17. huntington*.mp.
18. binswanger*.mp.
19. korsako*.mp.
20. or/1‐19
21. activity.ti,ab.
22. activities.ti,ab.
23. psychosocial.ti,ab.
24. non‐pharmacological.ti,ab.
25. individually‐tailor*.ti,ab.
26. personally‐tailor*.ti,ab.
27. (individual or individuals or individually‐cent*).ti,ab.
28. meaning*.ti,ab.
29. involvement.ti,ab.
30. (engagement or engaging).ti,ab.
31. occupational*.ti,ab.
32. personhood.ti,ab.
33. person‐centred.ti,ab.
34. identity.ti,ab.
35. or/21‐34
36. 20 and 35
37. long‐term care.ti,ab.
38. "care home*".ti,ab.
39. "residential care".ti,ab.
40. "nursing home*".ti,ab.
41. "residential facilit*".ti,ab.
42. Residential Facilities/
43. Nursing Homes/
44. "old people* home*".ti,ab.
45. or/37‐44
46. 36 and 45		 May 2012: 1656
April 2013: 205
March 2014: 177
January 2015: 182
January 2016: 185
October 2016: 367
June 2017: 358
June 2020: 913
Oct 2021: 643
June 2022: 590
3. Embase
1974 to present (Ovid SP)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 1. exp dementia/
2. Lewy body/
3. delirium/
4. Wernicke encephalopathy/
5. cognitive defect/
6. dement*.mp.
7. alzheimer*.mp.
8. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp.
9. deliri*.mp.
10. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp.
11. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp.
12. "supranuclear palsy".mp.
13. ("normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*").mp.
14. "benign senescent forgetfulness".mp.
15. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp.
16. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp.
17. (pick* adj2 disease).mp.
18. (creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd).mp.
19. huntington*.mp.
20. binswanger*.mp.
21. korsako*.mp.
22. CADASIL.mp.
23. or/1‐22
24. activity.ti,ab.
25. activities.ti,ab.
26. psychosocial.ti,ab.
27. non‐pharmacological.ti,ab.
28. individually‐tailor*.ti,ab.
29. personally‐tailor*.ti,ab.
30. (individual or individuals or individually‐cent*).ti,ab.
31. meaning*.ti,ab.
32. involvement.ti,ab.
33. (engagement or engaging).ti,ab.
34. occupational*.ti,ab.
35. personhood.ti,ab.
36. person‐centred.ti,ab.
37. identity.ti,ab.
38. or/24‐37
39. 23 and 38
40. long‐term care.ti,ab.
41. "care home*".ti,ab.
42. "residential care".ti,ab.
43. "nursing home*".ti,ab.
44. "residential facilit*".ti,ab.
45. residential home/
46. nursing home/
47. "old people* home*".ti,ab.
48. or/40‐47
49. 39 and 48
50. 39 and 48		 May 2012:2400
April 2013: 382
March 2014: 452
January 2015: 492
January 2016: 463
October 2016: 777
June 2017: 691
June 2020: 1827
Oct 2021: 1116
June 2022: 1026
4. PsycINFO
1806 to May present (Ovid SP);
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 1. exp Dementia/
2. exp Delirium/
3. exp Huntingtons Disease/
4. exp Kluver Bucy Syndrome/
5. exp Wernickes Syndrome/
6. exp Cognitive Impairment/
7. dement*.mp.
8. alzheimer*.mp.
9. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp.
10. deliri*.mp.
11. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp.
12. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp.
13. "supranuclear palsy".mp.
14. ("normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*").mp.
15. "benign senescent forgetfulness".mp.
16. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp.
17. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp.
18. (pick* adj2 disease).mp.
19. (creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd).mp.
20. huntington*.mp.
21. binswanger*.mp.
22. korsako*.mp.
23. ("parkinson* disease dementia" or PDD or "parkinson* dementia").mp.
24. or/1‐23
25. activity.ti,ab.
26. activities.ti,ab.
27. psychosocial.ti,ab.
28. non‐pharmacological.ti,ab.
29. individually‐tailor*.ti,ab.
30. personally‐tailor*.ti,ab.
31. (individual or individuals or individually‐cent*).ti,ab.
32. meaning*.ti,ab.
33. involvement.ti,ab.
34. (engagement or engaging).ti,ab.
35. occupational*.ti,ab.
36. personhood.ti,ab.
37. person‐centred.ti,ab.
38. identity.ti,ab.
39. or/25‐38
40. 24 and 39
41. long‐term care.ti,ab.
42. "care home*".ti,ab.
43. "residential care".ti,ab.
44. "nursing home*".ti,ab.
45. "residential facilit*".ti,ab.
46. exp Nursing Homes/ or exp Residential Care Institutions/
47. "old people* home*".ti,ab.
48. institutionali?ed.ti,ab.
49. or/41‐48
50. 40 and 49		 May 2012: 1633
April 2012: 191
March 2014: 202
January 2015: 207
January 2016: 228
October 2016: 356
June 2017: 268
June 2020: 610
Oct 2021: 387
June 2022: 316
5. CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 S60 S46 AND S59
S59 S47 OR S48 OR S49 OR S50 OR S51 OR S52 OR S53 OR S54 OR S55 OR S56 OR S57 OR S58
S58 MH "Random Assignment"
S57 MH "Single‐Blind Studies" or MH "Double‐Blind Studies" or MH "Triple‐Blind Studies"
S56 MH "Crossover Design"
S55 MH "Factorial Design"
S54 MH "Placebos"
S53 MH "Clinical Trials"
S52 TX "multi‐centre study" OR "multi‐center study" OR "multicentre study" OR "multicenter study" OR "multi‐site study"
S51 TX crossover OR "cross‐over"
S50 AB placebo*
S49 TX random*
S48 TX trial*
S47 TX "latin square"
S46 S19 and S34 and S45
S45 S35 or S36 or S37 or S38 or S39 or S40 or S41 or S42 or S43 or S44
S44 TX institutionalised OR institutionalized
S43 TX institutional
S42 TX "old people* home*"
S41 MH "Nursing Homes"
S40 MH "Residential Facilities"
S39 TX "residential facilit*"
S38 TX "nursing home*"
S37 TX "residential care"
S36 TX "care home*"
S35 TX "long‐term care"
S34 S20 or S21 or S22 or S23 or S24 or S25 or S26 or S27 or S28 or S29 or S30 or S31 or S32 or S33
S33 TX identity
S32 TX person‐centred
S31 TX personhood
S30 TX occupational*
S29 TX engagement or engaging
S28 TX non‐pharmacological
S27 TX psychosocial
S26 AB activities
S25 AB involvement
S24 AB meaningful
S23 AB individual OR individuals OR individually‐cent*
S22 TX personally‐tailor*
S21 TX individually‐tailor*
S20 AB activity
S19 S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16 OR S17 OR S18
S18 TX korsako*
S17 TX binswanger*
S16 TX huntington*
S15 TX creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd
S14 TX pick* N2 disease
S13 TX cerebral* N2 insufficient*
S12 TX cerebr* N2 deteriorat*
S11 TX "benign senescent forgetfulness"
S10 TX "normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*"
S9 TX "organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome"
S8 TX chronic N2 cerebrovascular
S7 TX deliri*
S6 TX lewy* N2 bod*
S5 TX alzheimer*
S4 TX dement*
S3 MH "Wernicke's Encephalopathy"
S2 (MH "Delirium") or (MH "Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders")
S1 MH "Dementia+"		 May 2012: 2367
April 2013: 275
March 2014: 221
January 2015: 158
January 2016: 121
October 2016: 245
June 2017: 274
June 2020: 277
Oct 2021: 129
June 2022: 115
6. Web of Science and conference proceedings: Clarivate
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 TOPIC: (dementia OR alzheimer* OR lewy OR CJD OR JCD OR creutzfeldt OR binswanger OR korsako*) AND TOPIC: (activity OR activities OR psychosocial OR non‐pharmacological OR "individually tailor*" OR "personally tailor*" OR individual OR meaningful* OR occupational OR personhood OR "person cent*" OR identity) AND TOPIC: ("long term care" OR "longterm care" OR "residential care" OR "nursing home*" OR "residential facilit*" OR "old people* home*" OR institutionalised OR institutionalized) AND TOPIC: (randomly OR randomised OR randomized OR "random allocat*" OR RCT OR CCT OR "double blind*" OR "single blind*" OR "double blind*" OR "single blind*" OR trial) May 2012: 2153
April 2013: 311
March 2014: 104
January 2015: 216
January 2016: 391
October 2016: 773
June 2017: 766
June 2020: 420
Oct 2021: 254
June 2022: 170
7. LILACS (BIREME)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 dementia OR demencia OR demência OR alzheimer OR alzheimers OR alzheimer’s [Words] and "personally tailored" OR "pessoalmente adaptado" OR "personal a medida" OR individual OR individualised OR individualized OR individualmente OR individualmente OR activity OR activites OR atividades OR "las actividades" OR occupational [Words] May 2012: 313
April 2013: 21
March 2014: 0
January 2015: 3
January 2016: 52
October 2016: 52
June 2017: 67
June 2020: 201
Oct 2021: 67
June 2022: 46
8. CENTRAL (CRSO)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 #1 MeSH descriptor Dementia explode all trees
#2 MeSH descriptor Delirium, this term only
#3 MeSH descriptor Wernicke Encephalopathy, this term only
#4 MeSH descriptor Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders, this term only
#5 dement*
#6 alzheimer*
#7 "lewy* bod*"
#8 deliri*
#9 "chronic cerebrovascular"
#10 "organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome"
#11 "normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*"
#12 "benign senescent forgetfulness"
#13 "cerebr* deteriorat*"
#14 "cerebral* insufficient*"
#15 "pick* disease"
#16 creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd
#17 huntington*
#18 binswanger*
#19 korsako*
#20 (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19)
#21 activity
#22 activities
#23 psychosocial
#24 non‐pharmacological
#25 individually‐tailor*
#26 personally‐tailor*
#27 individual OR individuals OR individually‐cent*
#28 meaning*
#29 involvement
#30 engagement or engaging
#31 occupational*
#32 personhood
#33 person‐centred
#34 identity
#35 (#22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34)
#36 "long‐term care" OT "longterm care" OR "long term care"
#37 "care home*"
#38 "residential care"
#39 "nursing home*"
#40 "residential facilit*"
#41 MeSH descriptor Residential Facilities explode all trees
#42 MeSH descriptor Nursing Homes explode all trees
#43 "old people* home*"
#44 institutionalised OR institutionalized
#45 (#36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43 OR #44)
#46 (#20 AND #35 AND #45)		 May 2012: 280
April 2013: 3
March 2014: 10
January 2015: 18
January 2016: 13
October 2016: 50
June 2017: 17
June 2020: 210
Oct 2021: 46
June 2022: 68
9. Clinicaltrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov)
[most recent search date: 15 June 2022]		 (personally tailored OR individual OR person‐centred OR meaningful OR personhood) | Interventional Studies | dementia OR VCI OR vascular dementia OR VaD OR vascular cognitive impairment OR cadasil OR multi‐infarct OR binswanger | Senior May 2012: 271
April 2013: 47
March 2014: 88
January 2015: 14
January 2016: 13
October 2016: 58
June 2017: 94
June 2020: 46
Oct 2021: 35
June 2022: 13
10. ICTRP Search Portal (apps.who.int/trialsearch)
[most recent search date: 28 October 2021. Database not available 15 June 2022]		 personally tailored OR individual OR person‐centred OR meaningful OR personhood) | Interventional Studies | dementia OR VCI OR vascular dementia OR VaD OR vascular cognitive impairment OR cadasil OR multi‐infarct OR binswanger May 2012: 127
April 2013: 12
March 2014: 13
January 2015: 8
January 2016: 16
October 2016: 4
June 2017: 11
June 2020: unavailable
Oct 2021: 3
June 2022: 0
TOTAL before de‐duplication May 2012: 11349
April 2012: 1455
March 2014: 1273
January 2015: 1296
January 2016: 1435
October 2016: 2682
June 2017: 2549
June 2020: 4545
Oct 2021: 2723
June 2022: 2379
TOTAL after de‐duplication and first assessment by CDCIG Information Specialists May 2012: 532
April 2013: 50
March 2014: 52
January 2015: 54
January 2016: 61
October 2016: 105
June 2017: 180
June 2020: 2975
Oct 2021: 1767
June 2022: 1590