Table 2.
Search strategy.
| Databases searched • AMED • Medline • Cinhal • PsychINFO • the Cochrane Central Register of Systematic Reviews Search strategy a The search used in PubMed was (older person*(TIAB)) OR (GERIATRIC*(TIAB)) OR (elderly(TIAB)) OR (SENIOR CITIZEN*(TIAB)) AND (PAIN(TIAB)) Inclusion criteria: • Studies in English language • Randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, non-experimental studies and descriptive studies • Studies of community dwelling older people (>65 years) |
a
Each thematic group determined exclusion criteria during appraisal.