Source	Search strategy	Hits retrieved
1. ALOIS (www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/alois) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	art, artistic, artist, artwork, draw, drawing, paint, painting, sketch, sketching, doodle	May 2014: 5 Mar 2015: 0 Jan 2016: 0 Nov 2016: 1 Oct 2017: 1
2. MEDLINE In‐process and other non‐indexed citations and MEDLINE 1946‐present (Ovid SP) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	1. exp Dementia/ 2. Delirium/ 3. Wernicke Encephalopathy/ 4. Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders/ 5. dement*.mp. 6. alzheimer*.mp. 7. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp. 8. deliri*.mp. 9. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp. 10. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp. 11. ("normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*").mp. 12. "benign senescent forgetfulness".mp. 13. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp. 14. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp. 15. (pick* adj2 disease).mp. 16. (creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd).mp. 17. huntington*.mp. 18. binswanger*.mp. 19. korsako*.mp. 20. or/1‐19 21. Art Therapy/ 22. art.ti,ab. 23. draw.ti,ab. 24. (artist or artistic).ti,ab. 25. artwork.ti,ab. 26. (drawing* or sketching or sketches or paint*).ti,ab. 27. (etch* or doodle* or "still life" or tracing).ti,ab. 28. or/21‐27 29. 20 and 28 30. randomized controlled trial.pt. 31. controlled clinical trial.pt. 32. random*.ab. 33. placebo.ab. 34. trial.ab. 35. groups.ab. 36. or/30‐35 37. (animals not (humans and animals)).sh. 38. 36 not 37 39. 29 and 38	May 2014: 25 Mar 2015: 31 Jan 2016: 41 Nov 2016: 45 Oct 2017: 95
3. EMBASE 1974‐January 14 2016 (Ovid SP) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	1. exp dementia/ 2. Lewy body/ 3. delirium/ 4. Wernicke encephalopathy/ 5. cognitive defect/ 6. dement*.mp. 7. alzheimer*.mp. 8. (lewy* adj2 bod*).mp. 9. deliri*.mp. 10. (chronic adj2 cerebrovascular).mp. 11. ("organic brain disease" or "organic brain syndrome").mp. 12. "supranuclear palsy".mp. 13. ("normal pressure hydrocephalus" and "shunt*").mp. 14. "benign senescent forgetfulness".mp. 15. (cerebr* adj2 deteriorat*).mp. 16. (cerebral* adj2 insufficient*).mp. 17. (pick* adj2 disease).mp. 18. (creutzfeldt or jcd or cjd).mp. 19. huntington*.mp. 20. binswanger*.mp. 21. korsako*.mp. 22. CADASIL.mp. 23. or/1‐22 24. exp *art therapy/ 25. art.ti,ab. 26. draw.ti,ab. 27. (artist or artistic).ti,ab. 28. artwork.ti,ab. 29. (drawing* or sketching or sketches or paint*).ti,ab. 30. (etch* or doodle* or "still life" or tracing).ti,ab. 31. or/24‐30 32. 23 and 31 33. randomized controlled trial/ 34. controlled clinical trial/ 35. randomly.ab. 36. placebo.ab. 37. trial.ab. 38. "single‐blind*".ti,ab. 39. "double‐blind*".ti,ab. 40. or/33‐39 41. 32 and 40	May 2014: 21 Mar 2015: 20 Jan 2016: 45 Nov 2016: 45 Oct 2017: 111
4. PSYCINFO 1806‐January week 2 2016 (Ovid SP) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	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. exp Art Therapy/ 26. art.ti,ab. 27. draw.ti,ab. 28. (artist or artistic).ti,ab. 29. artwork.ti,ab. 30. (drawing* or sketching or sketches or paint*).ti,ab. 31. (etch* or doodle* or "still life" or tracing).ti,ab. 32. or/25‐31 33. 24 and 32 34. trial.ab. 35. "single‐blind*".ti,ab. 36. randomly.ab. 37. "double‐blind*".ti,ab. 38. exp Clinical Trials/ 39. rct.ti,ab. 40. or/34‐39 41. 33 and 40 42. 2014*.up. 43. 41 and 42	May 2014: 4 Mar 2015: 5 Jan 2016: 5 Nov 2016: 7 Oct 2017: 8
5. CINAHL (EBSCOhost) [Latest search 04 November 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 (MH "Art Therapy") S21 TX "art* therap*" S22 AB art S23 AB draw S24 AB artist or artistic S25 AB artwork S26 TX drawing* OR sketching OR sketches OR paint* S27 TX etch* OR doodle* OR "still life" OR tracing S28 S20 OR S21 OR S22 OR S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 S29 S19 AND S28 S30 (MH "Clinical Trials") S31 TX trial S32 TX "single‐blind*" S33 TX "double‐blind*" S34 TX "treatment as usual" S35 TX randomly S36 S30 OR S31 OR S32 OR S33 OR S34 OR S35 S37 S29 AND S36	May 2014: 5 Mar 2015: 0 Jan 2016: 5 Nov 2016: 10 Oct 2017: 44
6. ISI Web of Science Core Collection [includes: Web of Science (1945‐present); BIOSIS Previews (1926‐present); MEDLINE (1950‐present); Journal Citation Reports]; BIOSIS Previews [Latest search 04 November 2016]	TOPIC: (dement* OR alzheimer* OR "vascular cognitive impairment" OR "lew* bod*" OR CADASIL OR "cognit* impair*") AND TOPIC: ("art therapy" OR drawing OR sketching OR doodling OR painting OR artist OR "still life" OR "art class" OR "pen and ink") AND TOPIC: (randomly OR placebo OR groups OR trial OR RCT OR randomized OR randomised OR "double‐blind*" OR "single‐blind*" OR CCT OR "cross‐over" OR crossover) Search language=English	May 2014: 143 Mar 2015: 98 Jan 2016: 63 Nov 2016: 81 Oct 2017: 222
7. LILACS (BIREME) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	“art therapy” AND dement$	May 2014: 0 Mar 2015: 0 Jan 2016: 0 Nov 2016: 0 Oct 2017: 0
8. CENTRAL (via CRSO) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	#1 MESH DESCRIPTOR art therapy EXPLODE ALL TREES #2 (artist OR artistic):TI,AB,KY #3 artwork:TI,AB,KY #4 (drawing* OR sketching OR sketches OR paint*):TI,AB,KY #5 (etch* OR doodle* OR "still life" OR tracing):TI,AB,KY #6 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 #7 dementia:MH #8 MESH DESCRIPTOR Dementia EXPLODE ALL TREES #9 dement*:TI,AB,KY #10 alzheimer*:TI,AB,KY #11 #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 #12 #6 AND #11	May 2014: 12 Mar 2015: 5 Jan 2016: 7 Nov 2016: 15 Oct 2017: 42
9. Clinicaltrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov) [Latest search 04 November 2016]	(dementia OR alzheimers OR cognition OR cognitive) AND (art OR paint OR draw OR sketch) Filter by Interventional Studies	May 2014: 36 Mar 2015: 0 Jan 2016: 0 Nov 2016: 0 Oct 2017: 16
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 04 November 2016]	(dementia OR alzheimers) AND (art OR paint OR draw OR sketch) Recruitment status: All	May 2014: 21 Mar 2015: 3 Jan 2016: 0 Nov 2016: 0 Oct 2017: 0
TOTAL before de‐duplication		May 2014: 272 Mar 2015: 162 Jan 2016: 166 Nov 2016: 204 Oct 2017: 539 TOTAL: 1343
TOTAL after de‐duplication and first‐assessment by information specialists based on title and abstract		May 2014: 23 Mar 2015: 0 Jan 2016: 15 Nov 2016: 4 Oct 2017: 22 TOTAL: 64