Table 1 Search strategy in database CINAHL

Date: 28.09.2021

Results: 1733

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Query

Results

S1

(MH “Aged”) OR (MH “Aged, 80 and Over”) OR (MH “Frail Elderly”)

881,663

S2

(MH “Dementia”) OR (MH “Dementia Patients”)

44,371

S3

(MH “Geriatrics”)

5,733

S4

TI ( ((aged or old*) N1 (people or women or person* or men or immigrant* or minorit* or parent*))) OR AB ( ((aged or old*) N1 (people or women or person* or men or immigrant* or minorit* or parent*)))

95,630

S5

TI ( (senior or seniors or geriatric or elder or elders or elderly or dement* or aging or ageing or “old age”)) OR AB ( (senior or seniors or geriatric or elder or elders or elderly or dement* or aging or ageing or “old age”))

250,262

S6

TI old*

103,533

S7

S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6

1,058,844

S8

(MH “Caregivers”) OR (MH “Caregiver Burden”) OR (MH “Caregiver Attitudes”) OR (MH “Caregiver Support”)

48,117

S9

TI ( ( caregiver* or “care giver*” or caretaker* or “care taker*” or carer*)) OR AB ( ( caregiver* or “care giver*” or caretaker* or “care taker*” or carer*))

70,794

S10

(MH “Adult Children”) OR (MH “Family”) OR (MH “Family Relations”) OR (MH “Nuclear Family”) OR (MH “Daughters”) OR (MH “Siblings”) OR (MH “Sons”) OR (MH “Spouses”) OR (MH “Parents”)

119,876

S11

(MH “Patient-Family Relations”) OR (MH “Fathers”) OR (MH “Mothers”) OR (MH “Significant Other”)

40,247

S12

S10 OR S11

153,957

S13

(MH “Caring”)

8,871

S14

AB ( caring or caregiving or (care N1 giving))

40,743

S15

S13 OR S14

46,740

S16

S12 AND S15

7,417

S17

TI ( caring or caregiving or (care N1 giving))

20,213

S18

TI ( ((children* or son or sons or daughter* or offspring* or sibling* or brother* or sister* or wife* or wives or husband* or partner* or spous* or married* or famil* or parent* or father* or mother* or “next of kin*” or kinship* or “significant other*” or relative or relatives or informal or unpaid or old* or elder* or aged or aging or ageing or senior or seniors or geriatric) N2 (care or caring or caregiving))) OR AB ( ((children* or son or sons or daughter* or offspring* or sibling* or brother* or sister* or wife* or wives or husband* or partner* or spous* or married* or famil* or parent* or father* or mother* or “next of kin*” or kinship* or “significant other*” or relative or relatives or informal or unpaid or old* or elder* or aged or aging or ageing or senior or seniors or geriatric) N2 (care or caring or caregiving)))

75,458

S19

S8 OR S9 OR S16 OR S17 OR S18

160,895

S20

(MH “Immigrants”) OR (MH “Immigrants, Illegal”) OR (MH “Emigration and Immigration”)

21,404

S21

(MH “Minority Groups”) OR (MH “Ethnic Groups”) OR (MH “Cultural Diversity”) OR (MH “Cultural Values”)

59,887

S22

(MH “Transients and Migrants”) OR (MH “Undocumented Immigrants”) OR (MH “Refugees”)

13,613

S23

TI ( ( Immigrant* or migrant* or multicultur* or intercultur* or minorit* or ethnic* or multiethnic* or racial* or refugee* or “non western*” or nonwestern* or “asylum seeker*”)) OR AB ( ( Immigrant* or migrant* or multicultur* or intercultur* or minorit* or ethnic* or multiethnic* or racial* or refugee* or “non western*” or nonwestern* or “asylum seeker*”))

127,448

S24

S20 OR S21 OR S22 OR S23

169,809

S25

(MH “Qualitative Studies”) OR (MH “Action Research”) OR (MH “Ethnographic Research”) OR (MH “Ethnological Research”) OR (MH “Ethnonursing Research”) OR (MH “Grounded Theory”) OR (MH “Naturalistic Inquiry”) OR (MH “Phenomenological Research”) OR (MH “Phenomenology”) OR (MH “Focus Groups”) OR (MH “Narratives”) OR (MH “Interviews”) OR (MH “Semi-Structured Interview”) OR (MH “Structured Interview”) OR (MH “Unstructured Interview”)

322,392

S26

(MH “Attitude”) OR (MH “Family Attitudes”) OR (MH “Caregiver Attitudes”) OR (MH “Behavior”) OR (MH “Perception”)

75,106

S27

TI ( ( Qualitative or Narrative or Phenomenolog* or Hermeneutic* or interview* or “Grounded theor*” or Ethnograph* or themes or Attitude* or Behavior* or Behaviour* or Perception* or View* or experience* or “focus group*”)) OR AB ( ( Qualitative or Narrative or Phenomenolog* or Hermeneutic* or interview* or “Grounded theor*” or Ethnograph* or themes or Attitude* or Behavior* or Behaviour* or Perception* or View* or experience* or “focus group*”))

1,125,368

S28

S25 OR S26 OR S27

1,234,025

S29

S7 AND S19 AND S24 AND S28

1,733