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Table 1 Search methods including databases and dates of searches, search term facets, limitations, and inclusion/exclusion criteria

From: Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving physical and psychological outcomes of fall-related injuries in people with dementia: a narrative systematic review

Databases searched (inception through November 2015, Medline update January 2018)

MEDLINE, CENTRAL, Health Management Information Consortium, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Clinicaltrials.gov, ISRCTN registry

Search facets and limits*

Facets: dementia, falls and fall-related injuries, and interventions

Limits: English language and RCT filters [47] applied when possible

Inclusion criteria

Design: RCT or quasi-experimental

Population: PWD living in the community having sustained a fall, with or without injury

Intervention: any type of intervention directed at people with dementia who have fallen including multifactorial assessment or intervention

Comparisons: usual care

Outcomes: measures of performance-oriented assessment of mobility, ADLs, length of hospital stay, place of discharge, recurrent fall or injury, and hospital readmission

Exclusion criteria

Studies not published in English

Cognitively intact patient populations or sub-analysis for PWD not done

PWD living in care homes only

  1. *See Additional file 2 for sample Medline search strategy