MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and MEDLINE(R): Ovid 1950–present

1. aged/
2. “aged, 80 and over”/
3. frail elderly/
4. aged.tw.
5. aging.tw.
6. geriatric.tw.
7. elder$.tw.
8. senior$.tw.
9. pensioner$.tw.
10. (over 65 or over sixty-five$ or over sixty five$).tw.
11. (old$ adj20 (adult$ or person or people)).tw.
12. or/1–11
13. Health Education/
14. health education.tw.
15. Health Promotion/
16. (health adj (promotion$ or campaign$ or prevention$ or protection)).tw.
17. wellness program$.tw.
18. primary prevention.tw.
19. or/13–18
20. (nurse led or nurse-led or home or community based or community-based).tw.
21. 19 and 20
22. ((home-based or home based or home) adj nursing).tw.
23. Home Care Services/
24. home care service$.tw.
25. Home Nursing/
26. Health Services for the Aged/
27. House Calls/
28. house call$.tw.
29. (home visit$ or house visit$).tw.
30. Geriatric Nursing/
31. geriatric health service$.tw.
32. Community Health Nursing/
33. (community adj (health or nursing)).tw.
34. Public Health Nursing/
35. public health nursing.tw.
36. Specialties, Nursing/
37. specialist nurse$.tw.
38. district nurs$.tw.
39. visiting nurse$.tw.
40. health visitor$.tw.
41. advanced practitioner$.tw.
42. Nurse Practitioners/
43. nurse practitioner$.tw.
44. Nurse Clinicians/
45. clinical nurse specialist$.tw.
46. or/22–42
47. 12 and (21 or 46)

EMBASE: Ovid 1980–present

1. aged/
2. FRAIL ELDERLY/
3. aged.tw.
4. aging.tw.
5. geriatric.tw.
6. elder$.tw.
7. senior$.tw.
8. pensioner$.tw.
9. (over 65 or over sixty-five$ or over sixty five$).tw.
10. (old$ adj20 (adult$ or person or people)).tw.
11. or/1–10
12. health education/
13. health education.tw.
14. health promotion/
15. (health adj (promotion$ or campaign$ or prevention$ or protection)).tw.
16. wellness program$.tw.
17. primary prevention/
18. primary prevention.tw.
19. or/12–18
20. (nurse led or nurse-led or home or community based or community-based).tw.
21. 19 and 20
22. ((home-based or home based or home) adj nursing).tw.
23. home care/
24. home care service$.tw.
25. elderly care/
26. house call$.tw.
27. (home visit$ or house visit$).tw.
28. geriatric nursing/
29. geriatric health service$.tw.
30. community health nursing/
31. (community adj (health or nursing)).tw.
32. public health nursing.tw.
33. nursing discipline/
34. specialist nurse$.tw.
35. district nurs$.tw.
36. visiting nurse$.tw.
37. health visitor$.tw.
38. nurse practitioner/
39. nurse practitioner$.tw.
40. nurse clinician$.tw.
41. clinical nurse specialist$.tw.
42. or/22–41
43. 11 and (21 or 42)

Science Citation Index: Web of Science 1899–present

# 10.

#8 AND #7

Refined by: Publication Years = (2009 OR 2008 OR 2002 OR 2006 OR 2001 OR 2004 OR 2005 OR 2010 OR 2003 OR 2007)

# 9.

#8 AND #7

# 8.

Topic = (“cost–benefit analysis” or “economic value of life” or “quality-adjusted life years” or “economic model*” or “cost utilit*” or “cost benefit*” or “cost minim*” or “cost effect*” or “economic evaluation*”)

# 7.

#6 AND #1

# 6.

#5 OR #4

# 5.

Topic = (“home-based nursing” or “home based nursing” or “home nursing”) OR Topic = (“home care service*” or “health services for the aged” or “house call*” or “home visit*” or “house visit*” or “geriatric nursing” or “geriatric health service*” or “community health” or “community nursing” or “public health nursing” or “specialities nursing”) OR Topic = (“specialist nurse*” or “district nurs*” or “visiting nurse*” or “health visitor*” or “advanced practitioner*” or “nurse practitioner*” or “nurse clinician*” or “clinical nurse specialist*”)

# 4.

#3 AND #2

# 3.

Topic = (“nurse led” or nurse-led or home or “community based” or community-based)

# 2.

Topic = (“health education” or “health promotion*” or “health campaign*” or “health prevention*” or “health protection” or “wellness program*” or “primary prevention”)

# 1.

Topic = (aged or aging or geriatric or elder* or senior* or pensioner*) OR Topic = (“over 65” or “over sixty-five*” or “over sixty five*”) OR Topic = (old* SAME20 (adult* or person or people))

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Wiley InterScience 1996–present; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials: Wiley InterScience 1898–present; NHS Economic Evaluation Database: Wiley InterScience 1995–present; Health Technology Assessment Database: Wiley InterScience 1995–present; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects: Wiley InterScience 1995–present

#1.

MeSH descriptor Aged explode all trees

#2.

(aged):ti,ab

#3.

(aging):ti,ab

#4.

(geriatric):ti,ab

#5.

(elder*):ti,ab

#6.

(senior*):ti,ab

#7.

(pensioner*):ti,ab

#8.

(over 65 or over sixty-five* or over sixty five*):ti,ab

#9.

(old* NEAR/20 (adult* or person or people)):ti,ab

#10.

(#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9)

#11.

MeSH descriptor Health Education, this term only

#12.

(health education):ti,ab

#13.

MeSH descriptor Health Promotion explode all trees

#14.

(health NEXT (promotion* or campaign* or prevention* or protection)):ti,ab

#15.

(wellness program*):ti,ab

#16.

(primary prevention):ti,ab

#17.

(#11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16)

#18.

(nurse led or nurse-led or home or community based or community-based):ti,ab

#19.

(#17 AND #18)

#20.

(home-based or home based or home) NEXT nursing:ti,ab

#21.

MeSH descriptor Home Care Services, this term only

#22.

(home care service*):ti,ab

#23.

MeSH descriptor Home Nursing explode all trees

#24.

MeSH descriptor Health Services for the Aged, this term only

#25.

MeSH descriptor House Calls, this term only

#26.

(house call*):ti,ab

#27.

(home visit* or house visit*):ti,ab

#28.

MeSH descriptor Geriatric Nursing, this term only

#29.

(geriatric health service*):ti,ab

#30.

MeSH descriptor Community Health Nursing, this term only

#31.

(community NEXT (health or nursing)):ti,ab

#32.

MeSH descriptor Public Health Nursing, this term only

#33.

(public health nursing):ti,ab

#34.

MeSH descriptor Specialties, Nursing, this term only

#35.

(specialist nurse*):ti,ab

#36.

(district nurs*):ti,ab

#37.

(visiting nurse*):ti,ab

#38.

(health visitor*):ti,ab

#39.

(advanced practitioner*):ti,ab

#40.

MeSH descriptor Nurse Practitioners, this term only

#41.

(nurse practitioner*):ti,ab

#42.

MeSH descriptor Nurse Clinicians, this term only

#43.

(clinical nurse specialist*):ti,ab

#44.

(#20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34 OR #35 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 OR #41 OR #42 OR #43)

#45.

(#19 OR #44)

#46.

(#10 AND #45)

#47.

(#46), from 2001 to 2011

CINAHL: EBSCO 1982–present

S39.

S5 and S12 and S37 Limiters – Published Date from: 20020101–20111231

S38.

S5 and S12 and S37

S37.

S15 or S16 or S17 or S18 or S19 or S20 or S21 or S22 or S23 or S24 or S25 or S26 or S27 or S28 or S29 or S30 or S31 or S32 or S33 or S34 or S35 or S36

S36.

TI “clinical nurse specialist*” or AB “clinical nurse specialist*”

S35.

(MH “Clinical Nurse Specialists”)

S34.

TI “nurse practitioner*” or AB “nurse practitioner*”

S33.

(MH “Nurse Practitioners”)

S32.

TI “advanced practitioner*” or AB “advanced practitioner*”

S31.

TI “health visitor*” or AB “health visitor*”

S30.

TI “visiting nurse*” or AB “visiting nurse*”

S29.

TI “district nurs*” or AB “district nurs*”

S28.

TI “specialist nurse*” or AB “specialist nurse*”

S27.

(MH “Specialties, Nursing”)

S26.

TI public health nursing or AB public health nursing

S25.

TI ((community N2 health) or (community N2 nursing)) or AB ((community N2 health) or (community N2 nursing))

S24.

(MH “Community Health Nursing”)

S23.

TI geriatric health service* or AB geriatric health service*

S22.

(MH “Gerontologic Nursing”)

S21.

TI (“house call*” or “home visit*” or “house visit*”) or AB (“house call*” or “home visit*” or “house visit*”)

S20.

(MH “Home Visits”)

S19.

(MH “Health Services for the Aged”)

S18.

(MH “Home Nursing”)

S17.

TI “home care service*” or AB “home care service*”

S16.

(MH “Home Health Care”)

S15.

TI (“home-based nursing” or “home based nursing” or “home nursing”) or AB (“homebased nursing” or “home based nursing” or “home nursing”)

S14.

S12 and S13

S13.

TI (“nurse led” or nurse-led or home or “community based” or community-based) or AB (“nurse led” or nurse-led or home or “community based” or community-based)

S12.

S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 or S10 or S11

S11.

TI primary prevention or AB primary prevention

S10.

TI wellness program* or AB wellness program*

S9.

TI ((health N2 promotion*) or (health N2 campaign*) or (health N2 prevention*) or (health N2 protection)) or AB ((health N2 promotion*) or (health N2 campaign*) or (health N2 prevention*) or (health N2 protection))

S8.

(MH “Health Promotion”)

S7.

TI health education or AB health education

S6.

(MH “Health Education”)

S5.

S1 or S2 or S3 or S4

S4.

TI ((old* N20 adult*) or (old* N20 person) or (old* N20 people)) or AB ((old* N20 adult*) or (old*N20 person) or (old* N20 people))

S3.

TI (“over 65” or “over sixty-five*” or “over sixty five*”) or AB (“over 65” or “over sixty-five*” or “over sixty five*”)

S2.

TI (aged or aged or geriatric or elder* or senior* or pensioner*) or AB (aged or aged or geriatric or elder* or senior* or pensioner*)

S1.

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

UK Clinical Research Network: NIHR 2001–present

http://public.ukcrn.org.uk/search/

• Home based nursing
• Home-based nursing
• Home nursing
• Nursing.

Clinical Trials.gov: US-National Institutes of Health (US-NIH) 2000–present

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/search

• Found 92 studies with search of: home based nursing | Senior | received from 1 January 2001 to 1 March 2011.

Health Economic Evaluations Database: OHE-IFPHA 1967–present

• AX = (aged) or (aging) or (geriatric) or (elder*) or (senior*) or (pensioner*) or (old people)
• AX = (nurse led) or (nurse-led) or (home) or (community based) or (community-based)
• AX = (primary prevention) or (health education) or (health protection)
• CS = 2 and 3
• AX = (home-based nursing) or (home based nursing) or (home nursing)
• AX = (geriatric nursing) or (community health) or (community nursing) or (public health nursing)
• CS = 4 or 5 or 6
• CS = 1 and 7
• JD> = 2001
• CS = 8 and 9

Methodological filters