Appendix 1. Search strategies
MEDLINE:
Set
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
History
facial expression/ or pain measurement/ or disability
evaluation/ or symptom assessment/ or visual analog
scale/ or exp Psychological Tests/ or adaptation,
psychological/ or attitude/ or attitude to death/ or
attitude to health/ or health knowledge, attitudes,
practice/ or catastrophization/ or defense
mechanisms/ or acting out/ or exp emotions/ or
human activities/ or "activities of daily living"/ or social
participation/ or exp leisure activities/ or (symptom*
adj5 (assess* or screen* or severity or tool or tools or
checklist* or evaluat* or scale* or inventor*)).mp. or
(symptom*.mp. and (models, psychological/ or patient
outcome assessment/ or psychometrics/ or risk
assessment/ or questionnaires/ or needs assessment/
or social behavior/ or social support/ or social
adjustment/)) or ((psychologic* or conceptual) adj5
model*).mp. or survivors/px
exp neoplasms/ or stem cell transplantation/ or
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation/ or peripheral
blood stem cell transplantation/ or oncology/ or
terminally ill patients/ or palliative care/ or terminal
cancer/ or (neoplas* or cancer* or oncolog* or
leukemi* or leukaem* or palliative*).mp.
1 and 2
limit 3 to "all child (0 to 18 years)"
Pediatrics/ or (infan* or neonat* or child* or
adolescen* or teen* or girl* or boy* or youth* or tot or
tots or toddler* or paediatric* or pediatric*).mp.
4 or (3 and 5)
limit 6 to yr="2014 –Current”
Results
991238
Comments
Symptom assessment
terms
2991060
Neoplasms terms
59528
11457
3319617
Base clinical set
Age Group limit
Age group Textword
search terms
12740
285
Age group limit results
*Publication year limit
and FINAL Results
Results
1205526
Comments
Symptom assessment
terms
EMBASE
Set
1
History
symptom/ or symptomatology/ or symptom
assessment/ or symptom distress scale/ or
(symptom* adj5 (assess* or screen* or severity or
tool or tools or checklist* or evaluat* or scale* or
inventor*)).mp. or facial expression/ or pain
assessment/ or exp adl disability/ or expanded
disability status scale/ or visual analog scale/ or exp
psychologic test/ or adaptive behavior/ or defensive
behavior/ or acting out/ or defense mechanism/ or
attitude/ or attitude to death/ or attitude to health/ or
attitude to illness/ or attitude to life/ or exp emotion/
or human activities/ or daily life activity/ or social
participation/ or leisure/ or (symptom*.mp. and
(conceptual framework/ or psychological model/ or
outcome assessment/ or treatment outcome/ or
psychometry/ or risk assessment/ or questionnaire/
or open ended questionnaire/ or structured
questionnaire/ or needs assessment/ or social
behavior/ or social support/ or social adaptation/)) or
2
3
4
5
6
7
((psychologic* or conceptual) adj5 model* adj5
symptom*).mp. or (survivor/ and psycholog*.ti,ab
exp *neoplasm/ or exp *cancer therapy/ or exp
*cancer chemotherapy/ or exp *cancer
immunotherapy/ or exp *stem cell transplantation/ or
*cancer patient/ or *cancer palliative therapy/ or
(neoplas* or cancer* or oncolog* or leukemi* or
leukaem* or palliative*).mp.
1 and 2
limit 3 to (infant <to one year> or child <unspecified
age> or preschool child <1 to 6 years> or school child
<7 to 12 years> or adolescent <13 to 17 years>)
Pediatrics/ or (infan* or neonat* or child* or
adolescen* or teen* or girl* or boy* or youth* or tot or
tots or toddler* or paediatric* or pediatric*).mp.
4 or (3 and 5)
limit 6 to yr="2014 -Current"
3434800
Neoplasms terms
114598
13606
Base clinical set
Age Group Limit
3119986
Age group Textword
search terms
17980
1000
Age group limit results
*Publication year limit
and FINAL Results
Results
299250
Comments
Symptom assessment
terms
44060
Neoplasms terms
11212
1147
Base clinical set
Age Group Limit
PsycINFO
Set
1
2
3
4
History
symptom checklists/ or symptoms/ or acting out/ or
(symptom* adj5 (assess* or screen* or severity or
tool or tools or checklist* or evaluat* or scale* or
inventor*)).mp. or facial expressions/ or grimaces/ or
smiles/ or pain measurement/ or exp pain perception/
or pain thresholds/ or disabilities/ or disability
evaluation/ or (visual adj2 analog adj2 scale*).mp. or
measurement/ or exp psychological assessment/ or
adaptive behavior/ or adjustment/ or emotional
adjustment/ or coping behavior/ or exp emotions/ or
"resilience (psychological)"/ or social adjustment/ or
defense mechanisms/ or acting out/ or exp emotional
states/ or activity level/ or "activities of daily living"/ or
social interaction/ or leisure time/ or hobbies/ or exp
recreation/ or relaxation/ or (symptom*.mp. and
(psychometrics/ or psychometrics/ or risk
assessment/ or questionnaires/ or mail surveys/ or
exp surveys/ or telephone surveys/ or needs
assessment/ or social behavior/ or social support/ or
social adjustment/)) or ((psychologic* or conceptual)
adj5 model*).mp. or survivors/
exp neoplasms/ or antineoplastic drugs/ or oncology/
or (stem adj2 cell adj2 transplant*).mp. or terminal
cancer/ or terminally ill patients/ or palliative care/ or
(neoplas* or cancer* or oncolog* or leukemi* or
leukaem* or palliative*).mp.
1 and 2
limit 3 to (100 childhood <birth to age 12 yrs> or 120
neonatal <birth to age 1 mo> or 140 infancy <2 to 23
mo> or 160 preschool age <age 2 to 5 yrs> or 180
school age <age 6 to 12 yrs> or 200 adolescence
<age 13 to 17 yrs>) ()
17 [***Age group Textword search terms***] ()
18 16 or (15 and 17) [****Age group limit****] ()
19 (118)
5
6
7
Pediatrics/ or (infan* or neonat* or child* or
adolescen* or teen* or girl* or boy* or youth* or tot or
tots or toddler* or paediatric* or pediatric*).mp.
4 or (3 and 5)
limit 6 to yr="2014 -Current"
377293
Age group Textword
search terms
2115
118
Age group limit results
*Publication year limit
and FINAL Results
History
"symptom assessment" OR (MH "Facial Expression")
OR (MH "Pain Measurement") OR (MH "Pain
Threshold") OR (MH "Visual Analog Scaling") OR
(MH "Instrument Scaling") OR (MH "Disability
Evaluation") OR (MH "Psychological Tests+") OR
(MH "Adaptation, Psychological") OR (MH "Acting
Out") OR (MH "Defense Mechanisms") OR (MH
"Emotions+") OR (MH "Attitude") OR (MH "Attitude to
Death") OR (MH "Attitude to Health") OR (MH
"Attitude to Illness") OR (MH "Attitude to Life") OR
(MH "Health Beliefs") OR (MH "Human Activities")
OR (MH "Activities of Daily Living+") OR (MH
"Leisure Activities+") OR (TX symptom* N5 (assess*
OR screen* OR severity OR tool OR tools OR
checklist* OR evaluat* OR scale* OR inventor*)) OR
(TX symptom* AND ((MH "Models, Psychological")
OR (MH "Outcome Assessment") OR (MH
"Treatment Outcomes") OR (MH "Outcomes (Health
Care)") OR (MH "Psychometrics") OR (MH "Risk
Assessment") OR (MH "Needs Assessment") OR
(MH "Social Behavior") OR (MH "Support,
Psychosocial") OR (MH "Social Adjustment")) OR
(TX (psychologic* or conceptual) N5 model*) OR (MH
"Cancer Survivors/PF")
(MH "Neoplasms+") OR (MH "Hematopoietic Stem
Cell Transplantation") OR (MH "Oncology") OR (MH
"Radiation Oncology") OR (MH "Cancer Patients")
OR (MH "Terminally Ill Patients") OR (MH "Palliative
Care") OR (TX neoplas* OR cancer* OR oncolog*
OR leukemi* OR leukaem* OR palliative*)
S1 and S2
Limiters - Published Date: 20140101-20151231
Limiters SubjectAge: - all child
Results
275,046
Comments
Symptom assessment
terms
251,330
Neoplasms terms
25,639
1655
132
Base clinical set
Publication year limit
Age Group Limit
FINAL Results
CINAHL
Set
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5