Source	Search strategy
1. MEDLINE In‐process and other non‐indexed citations and MEDLINE 1946‐present (OvidSP) up to May 2014	1. MMSE*.ti,ab. 2. sMMSE.ti,ab. 3. Folstein*.ti,ab. 4. MiniMental.ti,ab. 5. "mini mental stat*".ti,ab. 6. or/1‐5
2. EMBASE 1980‐2014 May 16 (OvidSP)	1. MMSE*.ti,ab. 2. sMMSE.ti,ab. 3. Folstein*.ti,ab. 4. MiniMental.ti,ab. 5. "mini mental stat*".ti,ab. 6. 3MS.ti,ab. 7. *mini mental state examination/ 8. or/1‐7 9. dement*.ti,ab. 10. alzheimer*.ti,ab. 11. exp *dementia/ 12. "vascular cognitive impair*".ti,ab. 13. ("lewy bod*" or DLB or LBD).ti,ab. 14. (AD or VaD or FTLD or FTD or DLB or LDB).ti,ab. 15. delirium/ 16. deliri*.ti,ab. 17. or/9‐16 18. exp *mild cognitive impairment/ 19. "cognit* impair*".ti,ab. 20. (forgetful* or confused or confusion).ti,ab. 21. MCI.ti,ab. 22. ACMI.ti,ab. 23. ARCD.ti,ab. 24. SMC.ti,ab. 25. CIND.ti,ab. 26. BSF.ti,ab. 27. AAMI.ti,ab. 28. LCD.ti,ab. 29. QD.ti,ab. 30. AACD.ti,ab. 31. MNCD.ti,ab. 32. MCD.ti,ab. 33. (nMCI or aMCI or mMCI).ti,ab. 34. ("N‐MCI" or "A‐MCI" or "M‐MCI").ti,ab. 35. "Petersen criteria".ab. 36. ((CDR adj2 "0.5") or ("clinical dementia rating" adj3 "0.5")).ab. 37. "cognit* declin*".ti,ab. 38. "cognit* deficit*".ti,ab. 39. or/18‐38 40. 17 or 39 41. 8 and 40
3. PSYCINFO 1806‐May week 3 2014 (OvidSP)	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. "cognit* impair*".mp. 26. exp Cognitive Impairment/ 27. MCI.ti,ab. 28. ACMI.ti,ab. 29. ARCD.ti,ab. 30. SMC.ti,ab. 31. CIND.ti,ab. 32. BSF.ti,ab. 33. AAMI.ti,ab. 34. MD.ti,ab. 35. LCD.ti,ab. 36. QD.ti,ab. 37. AACD.ti,ab. 38. MNCD.ti,ab. 39. MCD.ti,ab. 40. ("N‐MCI" or "A‐MCI" or "M‐MCI").ti,ab. 41. ((cognit* or memory or cerebr* or mental*) adj3 (declin* or impair* or los* or deteriorat* or degenerat* or complain* or disturb* or disorder*)).ti,ab. 42. "preclinical AD".mp. 43. "pre‐clinical AD".mp. 44. ("preclinical alzheimer*" or "pre‐clinical alzheimer*").mp. 45. (aMCI or MCIa).ti,ab. 46. ("CDR 0.5" or "clinical dementia rating scale 0.5").ti,ab. 47. ("GDS 3" or "stage 3 GDS").ti,ab. 48. ("global deterioration scale" and "stage 3").mp. 49. "Benign senescent forgetfulness".ti,ab. 50. "mild neurocognit* disorder*".ti,ab. 51. (prodrom* adj2 dement*).ti,ab. 52. "age‐related symptom*".mp. 53. (episodic adj2 memory).mp. 54. ("pre‐clinical dementia" or "preclinical dementia").mp. 55. or/25‐54 56. 24 or 55 57. mini mental state examination/ 58. "mini mental stat*".ti,ab. 59. MiniMental.ti,ab. 60. Folstein*.ti,ab. 61. sMMSE.ti,ab. 62. MMSE*.ti,ab. 63. or/57‐62 64. 56 and 63
4. Biosis previews 1926 to present (ISI Web of Science) to 20 May 2014	Topic=(MMSE OR sMMSE OR "mini mental stat*" OR folstein* OR MiniMental) AND Year Published=(1975‐2012) AND Topic=(detect* OR diagnos* OR predict* OR identify OR validity OR validation OR validate OR utility OR sensitivity OR specificity OR screen* OR preval* OR incidence) AND Topic=(dement* OR alzheimer* OR cognitive OR cognition OR memory OR MCI OR petersen) Databases=BIOSIS Previews. Lemmatization=On
5. Web of Science and conference proceedings (1945‐present) to 20 May 2014	Topic=(MMSE OR sMMSE OR "mini mental stat*" OR folstein* OR MiniMental) AND Year Published=(1975‐2012) AND Topic=(detect* OR diagnos* OR predict* OR identify OR validity OR validation OR validate OR utility OR sensitivity OR specificity OR screen* OR preval* OR incidence) AND Topic=(dement* OR alzheimer* OR cognitive OR cognition OR memory OR MCI OR petersen) Databases=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH. Lemmatization=On
6. LILACS (BIREME) to 20 May 2014	MMSE OR flostein OR "mini mental stat$" OR sMMSE OR MiniMental [Words]
7. ALOIS (CDCIG Specialized Register) to 20 May 2014 [Search strategy run in Medline (OvidSP) used to populate ALOIS (Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement specialized register)]	1. "word recall".ti,ab. 2. ("7‐minute screen" OR “seven‐minute screen”).ti,ab. 3. ("6 item cognitive impairment test" OR “six‐item cognitive impairment test”).ti,ab. 4. "6 CIT".ti,ab. 5. "AB cognitive screen".ti,ab. 6. "abbreviated mental test".ti,ab. 7. "ADAS‐cog".ti,ab. 8. AD8.ti,ab. 9. "inform* interview".ti,ab. 10. "animal fluency test".ti,ab. 11. "brief alzheimer* screen".ti,ab. 12. "brief cognitive scale".ti,ab. 13. "clinical dementia rating scale".ti,ab. 14. "clinical dementia test".ti,ab. 15. "community screening interview for dementia".ti,ab. 16. "cognitive abilities screening instrument".ti,ab. 17. "cognitive assessment screening test".ti,ab. 18. "cognitive capacity screening examination".ti,ab. 19. "clock drawing test".ti,ab. 20. "deterioration cognitive observee".ti,ab. 21. ("Dem Tect" OR DemTect).ti,ab. 22. "object memory evaluation".ti,ab. 23. "IQCODE".ti,ab. 24. "mattis dementia rating scale".ti,ab. 25. "memory impairment screen".ti,ab. 26. "minnesota cognitive acuity screen".ti,ab. 27. "mini‐cog".ti,ab. 28. "mini‐mental state exam*".ti,ab. 29. "mmse".ti,ab. 30. "modified mini‐mental state exam".ti,ab. 31. "3MS".ti,ab. 32. “neurobehavio?ral cognitive status exam*”.ti,ab. 33. "cognistat".ti,ab. 34. "quick cognitive screening test".ti,ab. 35. "QCST".ti,ab. 36. "rapid dementia screening test".ti,ab. 37. "RDST".ti,ab. 38. "repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status".ti,ab. 39. "RBANS".ti,ab. 40. "rowland universal dementia assessment scale".ti,ab. 41. "rudas".ti,ab. 42. "self‐administered gerocognitive exam*".ti,ab. 43. ("self‐administered" and "SAGE").ti,ab 44. "self‐administered computerized screening test for dementia".ti,ab. 45. "short and sweet screening instrument".ti,ab. 46. "sassi".ti,ab. 47. "short cognitive performance test".ti,ab. 48. "syndrome kurztest".ti,ab. 49. ("six item screener" OR “6‐item screener”).ti,ab. 50. "short memory questionnaire".ti,ab. 51. ("short memory questionnaire" and "SMQ").ti,ab. 52. "short orientation memory concentration test".ti,ab. 53. "s‐omc".ti,ab. 54. "short blessed test".ti,ab. 55. "short portable mental status questionnaire".ti,ab. 56. "spmsq".ti,ab. 57. "short test of mental status".ti,ab. 58. "telephone interview of cognitive status modified".ti,ab. 59. "tics‐m".ti,ab. 60. "trail making test".ti,ab. 61. "verbal fluency categories".ti,ab. 62. "WORLD test".ti,ab. 63. "general practitioner assessment of cognition".ti,ab. 64. "GPCOG".ti,ab. 65. "Hopkins verbal learning test".ti,ab. 66. "HVLT".ti,ab. 67. "time and change test".ti,ab. 68. "modified world test".ti,ab. 69. "symptoms of dementia screener".ti,ab. 70. "dementia questionnaire".ti,ab. 71. "7MS".ti,ab. 72. ("concord informant dementia scale" or CIDS).ti,ab. 73. (SAPH or "dementia screening and perceived harm*").ti,ab. 74. or/1‐73 75. exp Dementia/ 76. Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders/ 77. dement*.ti,ab. 78. alzheimer*.ti,ab. 79. AD.ti,ab. 80. ("lewy bod*" or DLB or LBD or FTD or FTLD or “frontotemporal lobar degeneration” or “frontaltemporal dement*).ti,ab. 81. "cognit* impair*".ti,ab. 82. (cognit* adj4 (disorder* or declin* or fail* or function* or degenerat* or deteriorat*)).ti,ab. 83. (memory adj3 (complain* or declin* or function* or disorder*)).ti,ab. 84. or/75‐83 85. exp "sensitivity and specificity"/ 86. "reproducibility of results"/ 87. (predict* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 88. (identif* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 89. (discriminat* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 90. (distinguish* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 91. (differenti* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 92. diagnos*.ti. 93. di.fs. 94. sensitivit*.ab. 95. specificit*.ab. 96. (ROC or "receiver operat*").ab. 97. Area under curve/ 98. ("Area under curve" or AUC).ab. 99. (detect* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 100. sROC.ab. 101. accura*.ti,ab. 102. (likelihood adj3 (ratio* or function*)).ab. 103. (conver* adj3 (dement* or AD or alzheimer*)).ti,ab. 104. ((true or false) adj3 (positive* or negative*)).ab. 105. ((positive* or negative* or false or true) adj3 rate*).ti,ab. 106. or/85‐105 107. exp dementia/di 108. Cognition Disorders/di [Diagnosis] 109. Memory Disorders/di 110. or/107‐109 111. *Neuropsychological Tests/ 112. *Questionnaires/ 113. Geriatric Assessment/mt 114. *Geriatric Assessment/ 115. Neuropsychological Tests/mt, st 116. "neuropsychological test*".ti,ab. 117. (neuropsychological adj (assess* or evaluat* or test*)).ti,ab. 118. (neuropsychological adj (assess* or evaluat* or test* or exam* or battery)).ti,ab. 119. Self report/ 120. self‐assessment/ or diagnostic self evaluation/ 121. Mass Screening/ 122. early diagnosis/ 123. or/111‐122 124. 74 or 123 125. 110 and 124 126. 74 or 123 127. 84 and 106 and 126 128. 74 and 106 129. 125 or 127 or 128 130. exp Animals/ not Humans.sh. 131. 129 not 130