Table 2.

Search strategy for CINAHL and databases not recognising MeSH headings using equivalent free-text terms operated with ‘wildcards’ and truncations

Cogniti* Disorder*	AND	Shared decision-making	NOT	Paed*	NOT	Advance directives
Dementia*		Deci* Mak*		Child*		Advance* care planning
Alzheimer*		Patient Participat*				Advance* deci*
Neurocogniti* Dis*		Consumer Participat*
Brain Injur*		Cooperat*
Autis*		Decision Support
Learning Dis*
Stroke

*is applied as a truncation mark to the word stem to broaden search terms.