Source	Search strategy
Medline (Ovid SP)	1. physical restraint*.mp. 2. (bedrail* or "bed rail*").mp. 3. (bedchair* or "bed chair*").mp. 4. "containment measure*".mp. 5. exp Restraint, Physical/ 6. Education, Nursing/ 7. 6 or 4 or 1 or 3 or 2 or 5 8. elderly.mp. 9. ("old people" or "old person*").mp. 10. geriatric*.mp. 11. aged.mp. 12. ("nursing home*" or nursinghome).mp. 13. "care home*".mp. 14. ("residential home*" or "residential facilit*").mp. 15. Aged/ 16. Residential Facilities/ 17. 11 or 9 or 12 or 15 or 14 or 8 or 16 or 10 or 13 18. 7 and 17 19. randomized controlled trial.pt. 20. controlled clinical trial.pt. 21. randomi?ed.ab. 22. randomly.ab. 23. trial.ab. 24. groups.ab. 25. 22 or 21 or 24 or 23 or 19 or 20 26. (animals not (humans and animals)).sh. 27. 25 not 26 28. 27 and 18 29. (200809* or 200810* or 200811* or 200812*).ed. 30. 2009*.ed. 31. 30 or 29 32. 28 and 31
Embase (Ovid SP)	1. (Physical restraint*).mp. 2. bedrail*.mp. 3. bedchair*.mp. 4. (Containment measure*).mp. 5. 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 6. elderly.mp. 7. (old people).mp. 8. geriatric*.mp. 9. aged.mp. 10. (nursing home).mp. 11. (care home).mp. 12. (geriatric care).mp. 13. (residential facility*).mp. 14. 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 15. (randomized controlled trial).mp. 16. (controlled clinical trial).mp. 17. randomized.mp. 18. groups.mp. 19. 200809*.em. OR 200810*.em. OR 200811*.em. OR 200812*.em. 20. 2009*.em. 21. 19 OR 20 22. 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 23. 22 AND 14 AND 5 24. 23 AND 21
Psycinfo (Ovid SP)	1. Physical restraint*.mp. 2. bedrail*.mp. 3. "bed rail*".mp. 4. (bedchair* or "bed chair*").mp. 5. Containment measure*.mp. 6. 4 or 1 or 3 or 2 or 5 7. exp Physical Restraint/ 8. 6 or 7 9. elderly.mp. 10. ("old people" or "old person*").mp. 11. geriatric*.mp. 12. aged.mp. 13. ("nursing home*" or nursinghome).mp. 14. "care home*".mp. 15. ("residential home*" or "residential facilit*").mp. 16. exp Residential Care Institutions/ 17. 11 or 9 or 12 or 15 or 14 or 10 or 13 or 16 18. exp Clinical Trials/ 19. randomized controlled trial.mp. 20. controlled clinical trial.mp. 21. randomized.mp. 22. groups.mp. 23. (sep or oct or nov or dec).mo. and "2008".mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, table of contents, key concepts] 24. "2009".yr. 25. (sep or oct or nov or dec).mo. and "2008".yr. 26. 25 or 24 27. 22 or 21 or 18 or 19 or 20 28. 27 and 8 and 17 29. 28 and 26
Cinahl (Ebsco host)	S1  TX physical restraint* S2  TX bedrail* S3  TX bedchair* S4  TX “containment measure*” S5  S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 S6  TX elderly S7  TX “old people” or “old person*” S8  TX geriatric* S9  TX aged S10  TX “nursing home*” or nursinghome S11  TX “care home*” S12  TX “residential home*” or “residential facility*” S13  S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 or S10 or S11 or S12 S14  S5 and S13 S15  TX “randomized controlled trial” S16  TX “controlled clinical trial” S17  AB random* S18  AB trial S19  AB groups S20  S15 or S16 or S17 or S18 or S19 S21 S14 and S20 S22  EM 2008 S23  EM 2009 S24  S22 or S23 S25  S14 and S24
Lilacs (Bireme)	(“physical restraint*” AND (elderly OR geriatr$)) AND (2008 OR 2009)
CDCIG SR	(“physical restraint*” OR “containment measure*”) AND (2008 OR 2009)
Meta Register of Controlled Trials (mRCT): includes ‐ ISRCTN Register; Action Medical Research; Medical Research Council (UK); National Health Service Research and Development Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA); National Institutes of Health (NIH) ‐ randomized trial records held on NIH ClinicalTrials.gov website; The Wellcome Trust; UK Clinical Trials Gateway	“physical restrain%” AND (2008 or 2009)
Umin Japan Trial Register	“physical restraints” OR “physical restraint” OR “bedrail” OR “trunk belts”
WHO Portal: includes ‐ Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry; ClinicalTrials.gov; ISRCTN; Chinese Clinical Trial Register; Clinical Trials Registry ‐ India; German Clinical Trials Register; Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials; Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry; The Netherlands National Trial Register	“physical restraints”
CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library)	#1 “physical restraint*” #2 bedrail* #3 bedchair* #4 “containment measure*” #5  #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 #6 elderly #7 “old people” #8 geriatric* #9 aged #10 “nursing home*” #11 “care home*” #12 “geriatric care” #13 “residential facit*” #14  #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #12 or #13 #15  #5 and #14 #16  #15 [clinical trials] [date: 2008‐2009]
Australasian Digital Theses	“physical restraint*”
ISI Web of Knowledge	1. ((physical restraint*) OR bedrail* OR bedchair* OR containment measure*) AND ((elderly OR (Old people) OR geriatric* OR aged OR (nursing home) Or (care home) OR (geriatric care)  Or (residential facilit*)) AND ((randomized controlled trial) OR (controlled clinical trial) OR randomized OR groups)) 2. #1 AND (2008‐2009) [Year Published]