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Table 1 Details of data sources

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)

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”