Table 1.

Search strategies

Database	Search term syntax
MEDLINE	(“Critical Care” [MESH terms] OR Intensive Care Units [MESH Terms]) AND (“Patients” [MESH Terms] or “Family” [MESH Terms] or “Caregivers” [MESH Terms]) AND (involvement or engagement or collaboration or experience or empowerment or interactions or perceptions or presence or needs or visitation or advocacy).mp. AND LIMIT TO (english language and humans and yr=“2000 –Current” and “all adult (19 plus years)”)) AND NOT (“Intensive Care Units, Pediatric [MESH Terms] OR “Intensive Care Units, Neonatal” [MESH Terms])
CINAHL	((MH ‘Intensive care units’ OR MH ‘Critical Care’) AND (MH Patients OR MH Physicians, Family OR MH Patient‐Family Relations OR MH Family OR MH Extended Family OR MH Family Relations) AND (TX involvement OR TX engagement OR TX collaboration OR TX experience OR TX empowerment OR TX interactions OR TX perceptions OR TX presence OR TX needs OR TX visitation OR TX advocacy)
PsychINFO	(critical care OR intensive care unit) AND (patient OR family OR caregiver) AND (involvement OR engagement OR collaboration OR experience OR empowerment OR interactions OR perceptions OR presence OR needs OR visitation OR advocacy)).mp. AND LIMIT TO (full text and peer reviewed journal AND human AND english language AND abstracts AND ‘300 adulthood <age 18 yrs and older>’ AND ‘0110 peer‐reviewed journal’) AND NOT ((pediatric or paediatric.mp. or neonatal.mp.) OR exp Neonatal Intensive Care/OR exp Pediatrics/)
Social Work Abstracts	((critical care or intensive care unit) AND (patient or family or caregiver) and (involvement or engagement or collaboration or experience or empowerment or interactions or perceptions or presence or needs or visitation or advocacy)).mp.