From: Oral health problems among palliative and terminally ill patients: an integrated systematic review
Research team | A palliative nurse (MRV) A dentist (JSD) A medical doctor (DR) \ A healthcare researcher (ZR) |
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Data bases | Sciencedirect, PubMed, Google scholar, Ovid and EBSCOhost |
Other resources | Reference list and manual search in key journals |
Search time | January 2000 to December 2017 |
Language | Primary studies in English language |
Search terms | “oral condition” OR “oral disease” OR “dental disease” OR “mouth disease” OR “mouth condition” OR mucositis OR stomatitis OR candidiasis OR cheilitis OR xerostomia OR “periodontal disease” OR halitosis OR thrush OR “angular cheilitis” OR “denture stomatitis” OR gingivitis OR periodontitis OR “mouth ulcer” OR “aphthous ulcer” AND palliative OR terminally-ill OR “terminally ill” OR “advanced disease” OR “advanced illness” OR dying OR end-of-life OR hospice OR cancer AND treatment OR intervention OR therapy OR management OR “oral care” OR “mouth care” OR “dental management” AND “end-of-life care” |