Medline search terms | | |
frail or elderly or “frail elderly” or seniors or “senior citizen*” or elder* or older |
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“advance* care plan*” or “advance* directive*” or exp patient care planning/ or“anticipatory care” or “preferred place of care” | | “end of life” or “end-of-life” or palliative or terminal |
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| | discuss or discussions or conversation* or exp decision making/ or exp treatment refusal/ |
CINAHL search terms | | |
frail OR elderly OR “frail elderly” OR seniors OR “senior citizen*” OR elder* or older |
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“advance* care plan*” or “advance* directive*” or exp patient care plans/ or “anticipatory care” or “preferred place of care” | | “end of life” or “end-of-life” or palliative or terminal |
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| | AND |
PsychINFO search terms | | discuss or discussions or conversation* or exp decision making/ or exp treatment refusal |
frail OR elderly OR “frail elderly” OR seniors OR “senior citizen*” OR elder* or older |
| AND | |
“advance* care plan*” or “advance* directive*” or exp patient care plans/ or “anticipatory care” or “preferred place of care” | | “end of life” or “end-of-life” or palliative or terminal |
| OR | |
| | AND |
| | discuss or discussions or conversation* or exp decision making/ or exp treatment refusal |
ASSIA search terms | | |
frail OR elderly OR “frail elderly” OR seniors OR “senior citizen*” OR elder* or older |
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“advance* care plan*” or “advance* directive*” or SU.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Care plans”) or “anticipatory care” or “preferred place of care” | | “end of life” or “end-of-life” or death or dying or palliative or terminal |
| OR | |
| | AND |
| | discuss or discussions or conversation* or SU.EXACT.EXPLODE(“Decision making”) or “treatment refusal” |