Table 1.

Description of search strategies and results according to each database

Database	Combined search terms	Boolean operators
	OR/AND	NOT/AND NOT
PubMed	(“spirituality” [Title/Abstract]) OR (“religions” [Title/Abstract]) AND (“quality of life” [Title/Abstract]) OR (“health-related quality of life” [Title/Abstract])	NOT (“patients” [Title/Abstract]) NOT (“disease” [Title/Abstract]) NOT (“caregivers” [Title/Abstract]) NOT (“children” [Title/Abstract]) NOT (“adolescent” [Title/Abstract]), NOT (“elderly” [Title/Abstract])
Web of science	TÓPICO: (“spirituality”) OR TÓPICO; (“religions”) AND TÓPICO: (“quality of life”) OR TÓPICO: (“health-related quality of life”)	NOT TS = “patients”; NOT TS = “disease;” NOT TS = “caregivers”; NOT TS = “children” NOT TS = “adolescent”; NOT TS = “elderly”
Scopus	(TITLE-ABS-KEY (“spirituality”) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“religions”) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“quality of life”) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“health-related quality of life”)	AND NOT “patients”; AND NOT “disease;” AND NOT “caregivers”; AND NOT “children” AND NOT “adolescent”; AND NOT “elderly”
Cochrane	(“spirituality”): ti,ab,kw OR (“religions”): ti,ab,kw AND (“quality of life”): ti,ab,kw OR (“health-related quality of life”): ti,ab,kw	AND NOT “patients”; AND NOT “disease;” AND NOT “caregivers”; AND NOT “children” AND NOT “adolescent”; AND NOT “elderly”
BDTD	“espiritualidade” All fields; “religiosidade” All fields; “qualidade de vida” All fields; “qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde Todos os campos	Not applicable
Open grey	“spirituality” AND “quality of life”	Not applicable