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. 2021 Nov 18;2021(11):CD015196. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015196
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MEDLINE In‐process and other non‐indexed citations and MEDLINE (OvidSP) from 1946 1. cholinergic antag*.ti,ab.
2. anticholinergic*.ti,ab.
3. anti‐cholinergic*.ti,ab.
4. cholinergic Antagonists/tu
5. Cholinergic Antagonists/ae
6. AAS.ti,ab.
7. ACB.ti,ab.
8. ADS.ti,ab.
9. DAPs.ti,ab.
10. ARS.ti,ab.
11. DBI‐ACh.ti,ab.
12. SAMS.ti,ab.
13. ("chew* score" or "chew* list").ti,ab.
14. ("han's score" or "han score").ti,ab.
15. or/1‐14
16. Cognition/
17. Cognition Disorders/
18. Dementia/
19. cognit*.ti,ab.
20. dement*.ti,ab.
21. alzheimer*.ti,ab.
22. "lewy bod*".ti,ab.
23. FTLD.ti,ab.
24. PDD.ti,ab.
25. "executive function*".ti,ab.
26. Attention/
27. (speed adj2 processing).ti,ab.
28. memory.ti,ab.
29. Memory Disorders/
30. "episodic memory".ti,ab.
31. Memory, Episodic/
32. MCI.ti,ab.
33. Mild Cognitive Impairment/
34. (nMCI or aMCI or mMCI or MCIa).ti,ab.
35. AAMI.ti,ab.
36. ACMI.ti,ab.
37. ARCD.ti,ab.
38. CIND.ti,ab.
39. VCI.ti,ab.
40. VAD.ti,ab.
41. major neurocognitive disorder*.ti,ab.
42. minor neurocognitive disorder*.ti,ab.
43. neurocognitive dysfunction.ti,ab.
44. Neurocognitive Disorders/
45. or/16‐44
46. 15 and 45
Embase (OvidSP) from 1974 1. cholinergic antag*.ti,ab.
2. anticholinergic*.ti,ab.
3. anti‐cholinergic*.ti,ab.
4. *cholinergic receptor blocking agent/
5. AAS.ti,ab.
6. ACB.ti,ab.
7. ADS.ti,ab.
8. DAPs.ti,ab.
9. ARS.ti,ab.
10. DBI‐ACh.ti,ab.
11. SAMS.ti,ab.
12. ("chew* score" or "chew* list").ti,ab.
13. ("han’s score" or "han score").ti,ab.
14. or/1‐13
15. Cognition/
16. Cognition Disorders/
17. Dementia/
18. cognit*.ti,ab.
19. dement*.ti,ab.
20. alzheimer*.ti,ab.
21. "lewy bod*".ti,ab.
22. FTLD.ti,ab.
23. PDD.ti,ab.
24. "executive function*".ti,ab.
25. Attention/
26. (speed adj2 processing).ti,ab.
27. memory.ti,ab.
28. Memory Disorders/
29. "episodic memory".ti,ab.
30. Memory, Episodic/
31. MCI.ti,ab.
32. Mild Cognitive Impairment/
33. (nMCI or aMCI or mMCI or MCIa).ti,ab.
34. AAMI.ti,ab.
35. ACMI.ti,ab.
36. ARCD.ti,ab.
37. CIND.ti,ab.
38. VCI.ti,ab.
39. VAD.ti,ab.
40. major neurocognitive disorder*.ti,ab.
41. minor neurocognitive disorder*.ti,ab.
42. neurocognitive dysfunction.ti,ab.
43. Neurocognitive Disorders/
44. or/15‐43
45. 14 and 44
PsycINFO (OvidSP) from 1806 1. cholinergic antag*.ti,ab.
2. anticholinergic*.ti,ab.
3. anti‐cholinergic*.ti,ab.
4. exp Cholinergic Receptors/
5. AAS.ti,ab.
6. ACB.ti,ab.
7. ADS.ti,ab.
8. DAPs.ti,ab.
9. ARS.ti,ab.
10. DBI‐ACh.ti,ab.
11. SAMS.ti,ab.
12. ("chew* score" or "chew* list").ti,ab.
13. ("han's score" or "han score").ti,ab.
14. or/1‐13
15. exp Cognition/
16. exp Dementia/
17. cognit*.ti,ab.
18. dement*.ti,ab.
19. alzheimer*.ti,ab.
20. "lewy bod*".ti,ab.
21. FTLD.ti,ab.
22. PDD.ti,ab.
23. "executive function*".ti,ab.
24. exp Attention/
25. (speed adj2 processing).ti,ab.
26. memory.ti,ab.
27. exp Memory Disorders/
28. "episodic memory".ti,ab.
29. exp Episodic Memory/
30. exp Cognitive Impairment/
31. MCI.ti,ab.
32. exp Cognitive Assessment/
33. (nMCI or aMCI or mMCI or MCIa).ti,ab.
34. AAMI.ti,ab.
35. ACMI.ti,ab.
36. ARCD.ti,ab.
37. CIND.ti,ab.
38. VCI.ti,ab.
39. VAD.ti,ab.
40. major neurocognitive disorder*.ti,ab.
41. minor neurocognitive disorder*.ti,ab.
42. neurocognitive dysfunction.ti,ab.
43. exp Neurocognitive Disorders/
44. or/15‐43
45. 14 and 44
CINAHL (EBSCOhost) S1 TX cholinergic antag*
S2 TX anticholinergic*
S3 TX anti‐cholinergic*
S4 (MH "Cholinergic Antagonists+")
S5 TX AAS
S6 TX ACB
S7 TX ADS
S8 TX DAPs
S9 TX ARS
S10 TX DBI‐ACh
S11 TX SAMS
S12 TX "chew* score" or "chew* list"
S13 TX "han's score" or "han score"
S14 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
S15 (MH "Cognition+")
S16 (MH "Cognition Disorders+")
S17 (MH "Dementia+")
S18 TX cognit*
S19 TX dement*
S20 TX alzheimer*
S21 TX "lewy bod*"
S22 TX FTLD
S23 TX PDD
S24 TX "executive function*"
S25 (MH "Attention")
S26 TX speed AND processing
S27 TX memory
S28 (MH "Memory Disorders")
S29 TX "episodic memory"
S30 (MH "Memory Disorders") OR (MH "Memory")
S31 TX MCI
S32 "Mild Cognitive Impairment"
S33 TX nMCI or aMCI or mMCI or MCIa
S34 TX AAMI
S35 TX ACMI
S36 TX ARCD
S37 TX CIND
S38 TX VCI
S39 TX VAD
S40 TX major neurocognitive disorder*
S41 TX minor neurocognitive disorder*
S42 TX neurocognitive dysfunction
S43 "Neurocognitive Disorders"
S44 S15 OR S16 OR S17 OR S18 OR S19 OR S20 OR S21 OR S22 OR S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 OR S28 OR S29 OR S30 OR S31 OR S32 OR S33 OR S34 OR S35 OR S36 OR S37 OR S38 OR S39 OR S40 OR S41 OR S42 OR S43 S45 S14 AND S44
Web of Science core collection TOPIC: ("cholinergic antag*" OR anticholinergic* OR "anti‐cholinergic*" OR AAS OR ACB OR ADS OR DAPs OR ARS OR "DBI‐ACh" OR SAMS OR "chew* score" OR "chew* list" OR "hands score" OR "hans score" OR "han score") AND TOPIC: (cognit* OR dement* OR alzheimer* OR "lewy bod*" OR FTLD OR PDD OR "executive function*" OR attention OR memory OR MCI OR "major neurocognitive disorder*" OR "minor neurocognitive disorder*") Timespan: All years. Indexes: SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, BKCI‐S, BKCI‐SSH, ESCI, CCR‐EXPANDED, IC.