Table 1.
All searches run May 8, 2019. Ovid MEDLINE: Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE® Daily and Ovid MEDLINE® <1946-Present>
| # | Searches | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | exp Neoplasms/ | 3163602 |
| 2 | (neoplas* or paraneoplas* or cancer* or tumor or tumour or oncolog* or metast* or malignan*).tw,kf. | 2903078 |
| 3 | 1 or 2 [cancer] | 4001856 |
| 4 | self care/ | 31505 |
| 5 | self administration/ | 10889 |
| 6 | self medication/ | 4550 |
| 7 | Self-Help Groups/ | 8804 |
| 8 | Self-Control/ | 1735 |
| 9 | diagnostic self evaluation/ | 2766 |
| 10 | self-assessment/ | 12034 |
| 11 | self efficacy/ | 18401 |
| 12 | Self-Management/ | 1102 |
| 13 | (psychoeducation* or psycho-education*).tw,kf. | 5668 |
| 14 | ((self or oneself or herself or himself or themsel*) adj3 (administ* or aid or assert* or assess* or assur* or care* or caring or control* or depend* or determin* or diagnos* or direct* or dosag* or dose* or dosing or evaluat* or efficac* or efficienc* or exam* or govern* or guide* or guidance or help* or maintain* or manag* or medicat* or monitor* or motivat* or regulat* or refer* or rely* or relian* or serve* or serving or service* or subsist* or sufficien* or sustain* or support* or triag*)).tw,kf. | 232893 |
| 15 | or/4-14 [self-management] | 280877 |
| 16 | exp Aged/ | 2936291 |
| 17 | Geriatrics/ | 29175 |
| 18 | Aging/ | 220157 |
| 19 | Health Services for the Aged/ | 17113 |
| 20 | (ageing or aging or aged or elder* or geriatric* or old age* or senior* or older).tw,kf. | 1191141 |
| 21 | or/16-20 [older adults] | 3714266 |
| 22 | 3 and 15 and 21 | 9051 |