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Table A.1.

Example Search Strategies for Systematic Review Question

Sample From Medline via PubMed^a
((“Dementia”[MeSH] OR dementia[tiab] OR amentia[tiab] OR “Alzheimer Disease”[MeSH] OR alzheimer[tiab] OR ATD[tiab] OR “mild cognitive impair”[tiab] OR MCI[tiab] OR “cognitive decline”[tiab] OR ((“Memory”[MeSH] OR memor[tiab]) AND (declin[tiab] OR impair[tiab] OR change[tiab] OR deficit[tiab] OR complaint[tiab]))) AND ((“Rehabilitation”[Mesh] OR rehab[tiab] OR “Occupational Therapy”[Mesh] OR “Physical Therapy Modalities”[Mesh] OR OT[tiab] OR PT[tiab] OR (Physical[tiab] OR Occupation[tiab] OR recreation[tiab] OR vocation[tiab] OR Neurologic[tiab] OR Psycholog[tiab] OR psychosocial[tiab]) AND (therap[tiab] OR medicine[tiab] OR intervention[tiab]) OR Neurorehab[tiab] OR “Psychosocial Intervention”[Mesh] OR “Recovery of Function”[Mesh] OR (function[tiab] AND recover[tiab]) OR “Exercise Therapy”[Mesh] OR (exercise[tiab] AND (therap[tiab] OR remedial[tiab]))))) AND ((“systematic review”[pt] OR (systematic[ti] AND review[ti]) OR “Systematic Reviews as Topic”[Mesh]) OR (“Meta-Analysis”[pt] OR “Meta-Analysis as Topic”[Mesh] OR “meta analysis”[ti] OR “metaanalysis”[ti])) AND ((“2015/01/01”[Date - Create]: “3000”[Date - Create]))

Sample From Medline via PubMed^a

((“Dementia”[MeSH] OR dementia*[tiab] OR amentia*[tiab] OR “Alzheimer Disease”[MeSH] OR alzheimer*[tiab] OR ATD[tiab] OR “mild cognitive impair*”[tiab] OR MCI[tiab] OR “cognitive decline*”[tiab] OR ((“Memory”[MeSH] OR memor*[tiab]) AND (declin*[tiab] OR impair*[tiab] OR change*[tiab] OR deficit*[tiab] OR complaint*[tiab]))) AND ((“Rehabilitation”[Mesh] OR rehab*[tiab] OR “Occupational Therapy”[Mesh] OR “Physical Therapy Modalities”[Mesh] OR OT[tiab] OR PT[tiab] OR (Physical*[tiab] OR Occupation*[tiab] OR recreation*[tiab] OR vocation*[tiab] OR Neurologic*[tiab] OR Psycholog*[tiab] OR psychosocial[tiab]) AND (therap*[tiab] OR medicine*[tiab] OR intervention*[tiab]) OR Neurorehab*[tiab] OR “Psychosocial Intervention”[Mesh] OR “Recovery of Function”[Mesh] OR (function*[tiab] AND recover*[tiab]) OR “Exercise Therapy”[Mesh] OR (exercise*[tiab] AND (therap*[tiab] OR remedial[tiab]))))) AND ((“systematic review”[pt] OR (systematic[ti] AND review[ti]) OR “Systematic Reviews as Topic”[Mesh]) OR (“Meta-Analysis”[pt] OR “Meta-Analysis as Topic”[Mesh] OR “meta analysis”[ti] OR “metaanalysis”[ti])) AND ((“2015/01/01”[Date - Create]: “3000”[Date - Create]))

^aThe PubMed systematic review filter was used, and meta-analysis terms were added.