Table 3.
Example search strategy.
| # | Searches | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | *Oral Health/ or *Dentin Sensitivity/ or *Dental Caries/ or *Dental Deposits/ or *Dental Plaque/ or *Dental Pulp Diseases/ or exp *Mouth, Edentulous/ or *Periodontal Diseases/ or exp *Periodontitis/ or *Gingival Diseases/ or *Gingival Recession/ or *Gingivitis/ or *Pericoronitis/ or *Tooth Abrasion/ or *Tooth Attrition/ or *Tooth Avulsion/ or *Tooth Demineralization/ or *Tooth Discoloration/ or *Tooth Diseases/ or *Tooth Erosion/ or *Tooth Fractures/ or *Tooth Injuries/ or *Tooth Loss/ or *Tooth Wear/ or *Toothache/ or *Xerostomia/ or ((“Geriatric* Oral Health Assessment Index” or “oral health” or “periodontal disease*” or “tooth ache*” or (“dental pulp” adj3 (disease* or expos* or calcif* or necros*)) or ((dental or tooth or teeth) adj3 (deposits or plaque or calculus)) or ((dentin or dental or tooth or teeth) adj3 (sensitive* or hypersensitiv*)) or ((gingival or gum or gums) adj3 (recession or reced* or atroph* or disease* or inflam*)) or ((tooth or teeth) adj5 (abras* or attrit* or avuls* or cavity or cavities or crack* or decay* or demineralis* or demineraliz* or de-mineralis* or de-mineraliz* or discolo* or disease* or erod* or erosion or fractur* or injur* or lose or losing or loss or lost or wear or worn)) or (dry adj3 mouth) or “dental loss” or caries or edentul* or gingivitis or pericoronitis or periodontitis or pulpitis or toothache* or xerostomia).kf,kw,ti. and (“in data review” or in process or publisher or “pubmed not medline”).st.) | 128680 |
| 2 | “Aged, 80 and Over”/ or Aged/ or Aging/ or Frail Elderly/ or Geriatrics/ or Health Services for the Aged/ or Dental Care for Aged/ or Geriatric Dentistry/ or ((aged.ti. or (elderly or geriatric* or seniors or gerodontolog*).ti,ab,kf,kw. or ((old* or aging or aged) adj3 (adult* or people or person* or patient* or population* or male* or female* or resident* or man or men or woman or women)).ti,ab,kf,kw. or ((“6#” or “7#” or “8#” or “9#” or sixty* or seventy* or eighty* or ninety*) adj1 (age? or “years old” or “years of age?”)).ab,kf,kw,ti.) and (“in data review” or in process or publisher or “pubmed not medline”).st.) | 3252131 |
| 3 | Malnutrition/ or Nutrition Disorders/ or Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/ or Nutritional Status/ or Weight Loss/ or (malnourish* or malnutrition* or (weight adj3 (loss* or lost or lose* or losing)) or nutrition*).kf,kw,ti. or “Mini Nutritional Assessment”.ab,kf,kw,ti. | 207214 |
| 4 | Quality of Life/ or *Activities of Daily Living/ or *Independent Living/ or *Life Style/ or *Personal Satisfaction/ or (“daily life” or “daily living” or “life satisfaction” or “personal satisfaction” or “life style” or “quality of life” or “well being” or ((live or living) adj3 independen*) or lifestyle or QoL or wellbeing or wellness).kf,kw,ti. or (“Geriatric* Oral Health Assessment Index” or “Oral Health Impact Profile”).ab,kf,kw,ti. | 258840 |
| 5 | “Rejection (Psychology)”/ or Interpersonal Relations/ or Loneliness/ or Phobia, Social/ or Reinforcement, Social/ or Shyness/ or Social Adjustment/ or Social Behavior/ or Social Distance/ or Social Identification/ or Social Isolation/ or Social Participation/ or Social Perception/ or Social Skills/ or Social Stigma/ or Social Support/ or (socialis* or socializ* or ((social* or interpersonal*) adj3 (activities or activity or adjust* or behav* or distanc* or engag* or exclud* or exclusion or factor or factors or frail* or identif* or interact* or isolat* or network* or participat* or perceiv* or percep* or phobi* or reinforc* or reject* or relationship* or skills or support*)) or loneliness or lonely or shy* or stigma or stigmati*).kf,kw,ti. | 262381 |
| 6 | Alzheimer Disease/ or Cognition Disorders/ or Cognition/ or Cognitive Aging/ or Cognitive Dysfunction/ or Dementia/ or Executive Function/ or Mental Processes/ or Neurobehavioral Manifestations/ or Neurocognitive Disorders/ or (“executive function*” or ((mental* or cogni*) adj3 (age or aging or declin* or dysfunction* or function*)) or Alzheimer* or cognition or cognitive or dementia).kf,kw,ti. | 361311 |
| 7 | Affect/ or Affective Symptoms/ or Anxiety Disorders/ or Anxiety/ or Depression/ or Depressive Disorder/ or exp Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/ or Irritable Mood/ or Mental Disorders/ or Mental Fatigue/ or Mental Health/ or Mood Disorders/ or Stress, Psychological/ or (“affective disorder*” or “mental disorder*” or “mental health” or “psychological outcome*” or ((mental* or psych*) adj2 (disorder* or disease* or fatigue or ill* or health* or well* or unwell* or status or symptom*)) or anxiety or anxious* or depress* or mood or moods or stress*).kf,kw,ti. | 915234 |
| 8 | Body Image/ or Personal Autonomy/ or Self Care/ or Self Concept/ or Self Efficacy/ or Self-Neglect/ or (“body image” or “personal autonomy” or “self care” or “self concept” or “self confidence” or “self efficacy” or “self esteem” or “self image” or (self adj3 neglect*) or “self perceived” or “self perception” or “self worth” or “self-rated health” or “sense of self”).kf,kw,ti. | 137249 |
| 9 | Diabetes Mellitus/ or Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/ or Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ or Glucose Intolerance/ or Hyperglycemia/ or Prediabetic State/ or (diabet* or hyperglycemi* or (glucose* adj3 intoler*) or prediabet*).kf,kw,ti. | 443836 |
| 10 | Adenoviridae Infections/ or Coronavirus Infections/ or Influenza, Human/ or Paramyxoviridae Infections/ or Pneumonia, Aspiration/ or Pneumonia, Viral/ or Pneumonia/ or Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/ or Respiratory Tract Infections/ or (adenovirus* or (respiratory adj3 (virus* or viral* or infect*)) or bocavirus* or coronavirus* or flu or influenza* or metapneumovirus* or parainfluenza or pneumonia or rhinovirus*).kf,kw,ti. | 245585 |
| 11 | Arthritis/ or Arthritis, Rheumatoid/ or Osteoporosis/ or Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/ or (arthrit* or osteoporos*).kf,kw,ti. | 213784 |
| 12 | Emergency Service, Hospital/ or Hospitalization/ or Hospitals/ or Office Visits/ or Patient Admission/ or Patient Readmission/ or Physicians' Offices/ or (hospitaliz* or hospitalis* or hospital or hospitals or ((doctor* or physician* or clinician* or provider*) adj3 office*) or ((office* or doctor* or physician* or clinician* or provider* or ambulatory or “primary care” or medical or hospital) adj3 visit*) or (emergency adj3 (room* or department* or unit* or ward*)) or “primary care” or “ambulatory care”).kf,kw,ti. | 543117 |
| 13 | Cardiovascular Diseases/ or Cerebrovascular Disorders/ or Cholesterol/bl or Coronary Artery Bypass/ or C-Reactive Protein/ or Endothelium, Vascular/ or exp Coronary Disease/ or exp Endocarditis/ or exp Heart Arrest/ or exp Heart Failure/ or exp Myocardial Infarction/ or exp Myocardial Ischemia/ or exp Stroke/ or Heart Diseases/ or Models, Cardiovascular/ or Myocardial Revascularization/ or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/ or Vascular Diseases/ or Vasodilation/ or (“acute coronary” or “artery bypass*” or “artery disease*” or “cardiovascular disease*” or “cardiovascular event*” or “cerebrovascular disease*” or “coronary disease” or “coronary intervention” or “coronary syndrome” or “c-reactive protein” or “heart attack*” or “heart disease*” or “heart failure” or “myocardial infarction*” or “myocardial ischemia” or “unstable angina” or (cardiovascular adj3 mortality) or (endothel* adj3 (function* or dysfunction*)) or cardiopulmonary or cholesterol or endocarditis or revascularis* or revasculariz* or stroke or strokes).kf,kw,ti. | 1320432 |
| 14 | Economics, Medical/ or Economics/ or exp “Costs and Cost Analysis”/ or exp Economics, Hospital/ or Health Services Accessibility/ or exp Models, Economic/ or Financing, Government/ or Health Services Accessibility/ or “Health Services Needs and Demand”/ or Healthcare Financing/ or Public Expenditures/ or Resource Allocation/ or Utilization Review/ or ec.fs. or (cost* or expenditure* or economic* or burden* or “health resources” or (resource* adj3 allocat*) or ((uptake or “use” or utilis* or utiliz* or access*) adj3 (care or healthcare or service*)) or funding or funded or financ* or fiscal*).kf,kw,ti. | 719350 |
| 15 | Disease/ or Chronic Disease/ or Geriatric Assessment/ or Health Status/ or Health/ or Holistic Health/ or Dentin Sensitivity/ae or Dental Caries/ae or Dental Deposits/ae or Dental Plaque/ae or Dental Pulp Diseases/ae or exp Mouth, Edentulous/ae or Periodontal Diseases/ae or exp Periodontitis/ae or Gingival Diseases/ae or Gingival Recession/ae or Gingivitis/ae or Pericoronitis/ae or Tooth Abrasion/ae or Tooth Attrition/ae or Tooth Avulsion/ae or Tooth Demineralization/ae or Tooth Discoloration/ae or Tooth Diseases/ae or Tooth Erosion/ae or Tooth Fractures/ae or Tooth Injuries/ae or Tooth Loss/ae or Tooth Wear/ae or Toothache/ae or Xerostomia/ae or (effect or effects).ti. or (“general health” or “overall health” or “physical outcome*” or “geriatric assessment” or (health adj3 (effect or effects)) or (health adj3 (outcome or outcomes)) or (health adj3 (impact or impacts)) or (health adj3 (risk or risks)) or (health adj3 (concern or concerns)) or (health adj3 (condition or conditions)) or (health adj3 (benefit or benefits)) or (health adj3 improv*) or (health adj3 (problem or problems)) or ((health or negative* or adverse* or positive*) adj3 (impact* or affect* or effect*)) or ((risk or morbidity) adj3 (increas* or decreas*)) or ((associat* or link* or relationship*) adj3 (risk* or disease* or illness*)) or “chronic disease*” or “health status”).kf,kw,ti. | 2238458 |
| 16 | 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 | 6564777 |
| 17 | 1 and 2 and 16 | 6062 |
| 18 | (exp Africa/ or exp Caribbean Region/ or exp Central America/ or exp Latin America/ or exp South America/ or Asia/ or exp Asia, Central/ or exp Asia, Northern/ or exp Asia, Southeastern/ or exp Asia, Western/ or Far East/ or exp China/ or exp Korea/ or Mongolia/ or Taiwan/ or Mexico/ or Developing Countries/ or exp USSR/ or exp Transcaucasia/ or exp Europe, Eastern/) not (North America/ or exp Canada/ or exp United States/ or exp Australia/ or New Zealand/ or Europe/ or exp United Kingdom/ or exp “Scandinavian and Nordic Countries”/ or Spain/ or Switzerland/ or Netherlands/ or Ireland/ or Italy/ or Germany/ or France/ or Belgium/ or Austria/ or exp Developed Countries/ or exp Japan/) | 1190290 |
| 19 | 17 not 18 | 5257 |
| 20 | exp Animals/ not (exp Animals/ and Humans/) | 4580550 |
| 21 | 19 not 20 | 5243 |
| 22 | (comment or editorial or letter or news or case reports).pt. | 3673940 |
| 23 | 21 not 22 | 5027 |
| 24 | limit 23 to yr = “2000 -Current” | 3707 |
| 25 | remove duplicates from 24 | 3707 |
Ovid MEDLINE(R) ALL <1946 to May 16, 2019>.