Table 2.

Databases searched with search strategy

Electronic database	Search strategies
Medline via EBSCOhost	- palliat*
	- hospice*
	- terminal care
	- terminal care/ (not exploded)
	- palliative care/
	- palliative medicine/
	- randomi*ed. controlled trial*
	- randomised controlled trial/ (publication and topic)
	- limits: human, 01/01/2010 to 08/10/2016,Randomised Controlled Trials
PsycINFO via EBSCOhost	- palliat*
	- hospice*
	- terminal care
	- palliative care/
	- terminally ill patients/ - terminal cancer/
	- clinical trials/
	- randomi*ed. controlled trial*
	- limits 01/01/2010 to 08/10/2016, clinical trial, human.
CINHAL via EBSCOhost	- palliat*
	- hospice*
	- terminal care
	- palliative care/
	- terminal care/ (not exploded),
	- Randomi*ed. Controlled Trial*,
	- Clinical Trials/ (exploded),
	- randomised controlled trial/
	- limits 01/01/2010 to 08/10/2016, human and exclude Medline
Embase via Ovid	- palliat*
	- hospice*
	- terminal care
	- exp. palliative therapy/
	- terminal care/
	- randomi*ed. controlled*
	- randomized controlled trial/
	- limits human, RCTs, 01/01/2010 to 08/10/2016