Source	Search strategy	Hits retrieved
Dementia Register (CRSO) [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	"physical restraint" OR "physical restraints" OR bedrail OR bedrails OR bedchair OR bedchairs OR "containment measure" OR "containment measures"	Feb 2017: 2 Mar 2018: 0 Dec 2018: 0 Nov 2019: 3 Oct 2020: 4 Oct 2021: 11 Aug 2022: 9
1. CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library) http://crso.cochrane.org/SearchSimple.php [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	#1 “physical restraint*” #2 bedrail* #3 bedchair* #4 “containment measure*” #5¬ #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 #6 elderly #7 “old people” #8 geriatric* #9 aged #10 “nursing home*” #11 “care home*” #12 “geriatric care” #13 “residential facit*” #14¬ #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #12 or #13 #15¬ #5 and #14 #16¬ #15 [clinical trials]	Feb 2017: 27 Mar 2018: 7 Dec 2018: 4 Nov 2019: 29 Oct 2020: 18 Oct 2021: 17 Aug 2022: 17
2. MEDLINE (Ovid SP) Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In‐Process & Other Non‐Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily, Ovid MEDLINE and Versions(R) [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	1 physical restraint*.mp. 2 (bedrail* or "bed rail*").mp. 3 (bedchair* or "bed chair*").mp. 4 "containment measure*".mp. 5 exp Restraint, Physical/ 6 Education, Nursing/ 7 6 or 4 or 1 or 3 or 2 or 5 8 elderly.mp. 9 ("old people" or "old person*").mp. 10 geriatric*.mp. 11 aged.mp. 12 ("nursing home*" or nursinghome).mp. 13 "care home*".mp. 14 ("residential home*" or "residential facilit*").mp. 15 Aged/ 16 Residential Facilities/ 17 11 or 9 or 12 or 15 or 14 or 8 or 16 or 10 or 13 18 7 and 17 19 randomized controlled trial.pt. 20 controlled clinical trial.pt. 21 randomi?ed.ab. 22 randomly.ab. 23 trial.ab. 24 groups.ab. 25 22 or 21 or 24 or 23 or 19 or 20 26 (animals not (humans and animals)).sh. 27 25 not 26 28 27 and 18	Feb 2017: 44 Mar 2018: 35 Dec 2018: 31 Nov 2019: 72 Oct 2020: 64 Oct 2021: 79 Aug 2022: 72
3. EMBASE via OVID 1974 to present [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	1 Physical restraint*.mp. 2 bedrail*.mp. 3 bedchair*.mp. 4 Containment measure*.mp. 5 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 6 elderly.mp. 7 old people.mp. 8 geriatric*.mp. 9 aged.mp. 10 nursing home.mp. 11 care home.mp. 12 geriatric care.mp. 13 residential facility*.mp. 14 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 15 randomized controlled trial.mp. 16 controlled clinical trial.mp. 17 randomized.mp. 18 groups.mp. 19 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 20 5 and 14 and 19	Feb 2017: 10 Mar 2018: 19 Dec 2018: 13 Nov 2019: 21 Oct 2020: 26 Oct 2021: 67 Aug 2022: 86
4. PsycINFO via OVID 1806 to present [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	1 Physical restraint*.mp. 2 bedrail*.mp. 3 "bed rail*".mp. 4 (bedchair* or "bed chair*").mp. 5 Containment measure*.mp. 6 4 or 1 or 3 or 2 or 5 7 exp Physical Restraint/ 8 6 or 7 9 elderly.mp. 10 ("old people" or "old person*").mp. 11 geriatric*.mp. 12 aged.mp. 13 ("nursing home*" or nursinghome).mp. 14 "care home*".mp. 15 ("residential home*" or "residential facilit*").mp. 16 exp Residential Care Institutions/ 17 11 or 9 or 12 or 15 or 14 or 10 or 13 or 16 18 exp Clinical Trials/ 19 randomized controlled trial.mp. 20 controlled clinical trial.mp. 21 randomized.mp. 22 groups.mp. 23 22 or 21 or 18 or 19 or 20 24 8 and 17 and 23	Feb 2017: 30 Mar 2018: 3 Dec 2018: 2 Nov 2019: 7 Oct 2020: 13 Oct 2021: 14 Aug 2022: 11
5. CINAHL (EBSCOhost) [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	S1¬ TX physical restraint* S2¬ TX bedrail* S3¬ TX bedchair* S4¬ TX “containment measure*” S5¬ S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 S6¬ TX elderly S7¬ TX “old people” or “old person*” S8¬ TX geriatric* S9¬ TX aged S10¬ TX “nursing home*” or nursinghome S11¬ TX “care home*” S12¬ TX “residential home*” or “residential facility*” S13¬ S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 or S10 or S11 or S12 S14¬ S5 and S13 S15¬ TX “randomized controlled trial” S16¬ TX “controlled clinical trial” S17¬ AB random* S18¬ AB trial S19¬ AB groups S20¬ S15 or S16 or S17 or S18 or S19 S21 S14 and S20	Feb 2017: 67 Mar 2018: 14 Dec 2018: 16 Nov 2019: 26 Oct 2020: 22 Oct 2021: 13 Aug 2022: 10
6. Clarivate Web of Science – all databases [includes: Web of Science (1945‐present); BIOSIS Previews (1926‐present); MEDLINE (1950‐present); Journal Citation Reports] [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	TOPIC: ("physical restraint*" OR bedrail* OR bedchair* OR "containment measure*") AND TOPIC: (elderly OR "Old people" OR geriatric* OR aged OR "nursing home" Or "care home" OR "geriatric care" Or "residential facilit*") AND TOPIC: ("randomized controlled trial" OR "controlled clinical trial" OR randomized OR groups)	Feb 2017: 129 Mar 2018: 23 Dec 2018: 17 Nov 2019: 29 Oct 2020: 30 Oct 2021: 71 Aug 2022: 119
7. LILACS (BIREME) [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	(“physical restraint*” AND (elderly OR geriatr$))	Feb 2017: 0 Mar 2018: 0 Dec 2018: 0 Nov 2019: 10 Oct 2020: 6 Oct 2021: 1 Aug 2022: 1
8. ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov) [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	elderly OR geriatr$ | “physical restraint*” |	Feb 2017: 2 Mar 2018:0 Dec 2018: 6 Nov 2019: 7 Oct 2020: 1 Oct 2021: 1 Aug 2022: 0
9. ICTRP [Date of most recent search: 3 August 2022]	elderly OR geriatr* AND physical restraint*	Feb 2017: 0 Mar 2018: 0 Dec 2018: 0 Nov 2019: 0 Oct 2020: 0 Oct 2021: 0 Aug 2022: 0
TOTAL before de‐duplication		Feb 2017: 307 Mar 2018: 101 Dec 2018: 89 Nov 2019: 204 Oct 2020: 184 Oct 2021: 274 Aug 2022: 325 TOTAL: 1484
TOTAL after de‐duplication		Feb 2017: 258 Mar 2018: 74 Dec 2018: 64 Nov 2019: 150 Oct 2020: 138 Oct 2021: 206 Aug 2022: 233 TOTAL: 1123
TOTAL after first assessment by Cochrane Information Specialist		Feb 2017: 44 Mar 2018: 12 Dec 2018: 20 TOTAL: 76