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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for community‐dwelling, high‐risk, frail, older people

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Appendices

Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy

MEDLINE (OVID)

Epub Ahead of Print, In‐Process & Other Non‐Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE Daily and Ovid MEDLINE 1946 to Present

No.

Search terms

1

geriatric assessment/

2

health services for the aged/

3

((geriatric? or elder* or old age or old* adult? or senior? or old* patient?) adj5 (assess* or evaluat* or consult*)).ti,ab.

4

health status/

5

exp aged/

6

4 and 5

7

or/1‐3,6

8

primary health care/

9

physicians, family/

10

physicians, primary care/

11

general practice/

12

general practitioners/

13

family practice/

14

practice patterns, physicians'/

15

ambulatory care/

16

outpatient clinics, hospital/

17

community health centers/

18

exp community health services/

19

community health planning/

20

community‐based participatory research/

21

independent living/

22

day care, medical/

23

residential facilities/

24

assisted living facilities/

25

group homes/

26

halfway houses/

27

homes for the aged/

28

exp nursing homes/

29

(communit* adj3 (care or healthcare or service? or network? or based or initiative* or intervention* or schem* or participat* or project* or program* or activit* or partnership* or action or strategy*)).ti,ab.

30

(primary adj2 (care or healthcare)).ti,ab.

31

(family practi* or family doctor* or family physician* or gp* or general practi*).ti,ab.

32

(group? adj (home? or living)).ti,ab.

33

((home or domicil*) adj3 (care or healthcare or nurs* or rehabilit* or service or services or treatment? or therapy or therapies or therapist? or visiting or visit?)).ti,ab.

34

(residential adj3 (care or healthcare or facilit*)).ti,ab.

35

(day hospital? or ((adult? or elder* or geriatric?) adj2 (day care or daycare))).ti,ab.

36

halfway hous*.ti,ab.

37

respite care.ti,ab.

38

or/8‐37

39

7 and 38

40

exp randomized controlled trial/

41

controlled clinical trial.pt.

42

randomi#ed.ti,ab.

43

placebo.ab.

44

randomly.ti,ab.

45

clinical trials as topic.sh.

46

trial.ti.

47

or/40‐46

48

exp animals/ not humans/

49

47 not 48

50

39 and 49