Table 1.
Medline (OVID) search strategy.
| Search | Query | Records Retrieved * |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | (Child* or adolescen* or teen or youth or young adult or pe?diatric* or preschool or infant*).ti,ab. | 2,231,960 |
| #2 | Child, Preschool/ or Pediatrics/ or Adolescent/ or Child/ or infant/ or young adult/ | 4,006,547 |
| #3 | #1 or #2 | 4,667,012 |
| #4 | (Developmental disability* or intellectual disability* or special need* or mental retardation or disable* or autis* or ADHD or ASD or Cerebral palsy or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or Down Syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome or Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder).ti,ab. |
239,671 |
| #5 | Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/ or Cerebral Palsy/ or Autistic Disorder/ or Disabled Persons/ or Disabled Children/ or child development disorders, pervasive/ or developmental disabilities/ or intellectual disability/ or Down Syndrome/ or Fragile X Syndrome/ or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders/ |
235,101 |
| #6 | #4 or #5 | 355,890 |
| #7 | #3 and #6 | 200,849 |
| #8 | ((Dental adj3 (sensory adapted environment* or Multi-sensory environment*)) or Snoezelen or SADE).ti,ab. |
199 |
| #9 | Health facility environment/ or environment/ or dental offices/ or environmental adaption/ or Environment, Controlled/ | 78,822 |
| #10 | #8 or #9 | 78,997 |
| #11 | (((Oral or dental) adj (health or hygiene or anxiety)) or behaviour or compliance or physiological or pain or arousal or stress or psychological).ti,ab. | 2,606,469 |
| #12 | Stress, Psychological/ or Adaptation, Psychological/ or Psychological Distress/ or Arousal/ or Pain Perception/ or Pain/ or Dental Care/ or Dental Anxiety/ or Sensation/ or Patient Compliance/ or “Treatment Adherence and Compliance”/ or Oral Health/ or Oral hygiene/ |
512,327 |
| #13 | #11 or #12 | 2,832,243 |
| #14 | #7 and #10 and #13 | 161 |
| NO LIMITS | ||
* Medline (OVID) search was conducted on 18 August 2022.