Search Strategy Article 2022

Running head: SEARCH STRATEGY
Search strategy
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Author’s notes

1SEARCH STRATEGY
Table 1: PICO question
Clinical question
What is the impact of terminal illness on experience of caregivers or family members in
providing care to patients in hospice?
Patient or problem Intervention/issue Comparison Outcomes
Care givers or
family members of
patients in hospice
care
Providing care to
Patients in hospice
care or palliative
care or end of life
care
No illness Experience of
caregivers or
Perspective of
informal care givers
Or opinion of
family members
Clinical question
Are caregivers or family members of patients in hospice care at increased risk of
emotional challenges while caring for their family members with terminal illness?
Patient or problem Intervention/issue Comparison Outcomes
Care givers or
family members
Caring for family
members with
terminal illness
Versus normal
patients
Increase risk of
emotional
challenges
Table 2: Search strategies to find relevant literature
Database selected for search process PubMed and CINAHL

2SEARCH STRATEGY
Detailed search strategy for CINAHL
Search limits for CINAHL  Publication date set to 2012 to 2019
 Source types set to peer reviewed
academic journals
 Language set to English
Search options selected Initial search using subject heading with
the use of terms like:
 Hospice care
 Terminal illness
 Palliative care
 End of life care
After using subject heading, the following
step will be followed:
 Relevant subject headings were
selected from tree structure and
major concept was selected find
papers with hospice care as the
main topic.
 Relevant subheadings will be
selected
 Relevant articles will be retrieved
after clicking on the database

3SEARCH STRATEGY
Searching using keys words The following list of keywords were used
to search for articles related to the research
question:
 Hospice care
 Terminal care
 Palliative care
 End of life care
 Caregivers
 Family members
 Hospice care experience
 hospice care needs
 hospice care challenges
 terminal care challenges
 emotional outcome
 family caregivers
Combining search terms with Boolean
operators
1. family care giver
AND
hospice care OR terminal care OR
palliative care
2. Family members
AND
Hospice care OR Palliative care OR end of
life care