Source (searched August 2015 and February 2016)	Search strategy	Hits retrieved
1. ALOIS (www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/alois)	“simulated presence therapy” OR SPT	August 2015: 3 February 2015: 0
2. MEDLINE In‐process and other non‐indexed citations and MEDLINE 1946‐present (Ovid SP) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	1. exp Dementia/ 2. Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorder/ 3. dement*.mp. 4. alzheimer*.mp. 5. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp. 6. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp. 7. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp. 8. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp. 9. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp. 10. or/1‐9 11. "Simulated presence therapy".ti,ab. 12. SPT.ti,ab. 13. (presence adj2 intervention*).ti,ab. 14. (simulat* adj2 family).ti,ab. 15. ((video* or audio*) adj2 presence).ti,ab. 16. or/11‐15 17. 10 and 16	August 2015: 28 February 2015: 2
3. Embase 1980‐2011 week 30 (Ovid SP) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	1. exp Dementia/ 2. Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders/ 3. dement*.mp. 4. alzheimer*.mp. 5. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp. 6. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp. 7. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp. 8. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp. 9. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp. 10. or/1‐9 11. "Simulated presence therapy".ti,ab. 12. SPT.ti,ab. 13. (presence adj2 intervention*).ti,ab. 14. (simulat* adj2 family).ti,ab. 15. ((video* or audio*) adj2 presence).ti,ab. 16. or/11‐15 17. 10 and 16	August 2015: 63 February 2015: 4
4. PSYCINFO 1806‐July week 4 2011 (Ovid SP) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	1. exp dementia/ 2. dement*.mp. 3. alzheimer*.mp. 4. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp. 5. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp. 6. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp. 7. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp. 8. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp. 9. or/1‐8 10. "Simulated presence therapy".ti,ab. 11. SPT.ti,ab. 12. (presence adj2 intervention*).ti,ab. 13. (simulat* adj2 family).ti,ab. 14. ((video* or audio*) adj2 presence).ti,ab. 15. or/10‐14 16. 9 and 15	August 2015: 66 February 2015: 4
5. CINAHL (EBSCOhost) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	S1 (MH "Dementia+") S2 (MH "Delirium") or (MH "Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders") S3 (MH "Wernicke's Encephalopathy") S4 TX dement* S5 TX alzheimer* S6 TX lewy* N2 bod* S7 TX deliri* S8 TX chronic N2 cerebrovascular S9 TX "organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome" S10 TX "normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*" S11 TX "benign senescent forgetfulness" S12 TX cerebr* N2 deteriorat* S13 TX cerebral* N2 insufficient* S14 TX pick* N2 disease S15 TX creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd S16 TX huntington* S17 TX binswanger* S18 TX korsako* S19 S1 or S2 or S3 or S4 or S5 or S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 or S10 or S11 or S12 or S13 or S14 or S15 or S16 or S17 or S18 S20 TX "Simulated presence therapy" S21 TX SPT S22 TX “presence intervent*” S23 TX “audio presence” S24 S20 or S21 or S22 or S23 S25 S24 and S19	August 2015: 5 February 2015: 0
6. ISI Web of Knowledge – all databases [includes: Web of Science (1945‐present); BIOSIS Previews (1926‐present); MEDLINE (1950‐present); Journal Citation Reports] [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	Topic=(Dement* OR Alzheimer* OR "Lewy body" OR arteriosclerosis OR "Huntington* disease" OR "Kluver Bucy" OR "Pick disease" OR "Wernicke encephalopathy" OR "Korsakoff psychosis") AND Topic=(“simulated presence therapy” OR SPT OR “presence intervention” OR “audio presence”)	August 2015: 63 February 2015: 1
7. LILACS (BIREME) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	“simulated presence therapy” OR SPT	August 2015: 0 February 2015: 0
8. CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library) (Issue 4 of 4, Oct 2010) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	#1 simulated presence therapy #2 SPT #3 simulat* near intervent* #4 #1 or #2 or #3 #5 dementia #6 MeSH descriptor: [Dementia] explode all trees #7 #5 or #6 #8 #4 and #7 in Trials	August 2015: 6 February 2015: 1
9. Clinicaltrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov) [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	Interventional studies: Intervention: simulated presence therapy OR SPT AND condition: dementia OR alzheimer’s Status of trial: ALL	August 2015: 2 February 2015: 0
10. ICTRP Search Portal (http://apps.who.int/trialsearch) [includes: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry; ClinicalTrilas.gov; ISRCTN; Chinese Clinical Trial Registry; Clinical Trials Registry – India; Clinical Research Information Service – Republic of Korea; German Clinical Trials Register; Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials; Japan Primary Registries Network; Pan African Clinical Trial Registry; Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry; The Netherlands National Trial Register] [Latest search: 9 February 2016]	Interventional studies: Intervention: simulated presence therapy OR SPT AND condition: dementia OR alzheimer’s Status of trial: ALL	August 2015: 0 February 2015: 0
TOTAL before de‐duplication		August 2015: 236 February 2015: 12
TOTAL after de‐dupe and first‐assess		August 2015: 10 February 2015: 0