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Table 1 Search terms included in the search strategy

From: Dementia and comorbidities in primary care: a scoping review

 

Key Terms

Related Terms

#1

Dementia

Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia, mixed dementia, multi-infarct dementia, vascular dementia

#2

Primary Care

general practitioner, family medicine, family practitioner, primary care, primary health care, primary healthcare

#3

General Comorbidity

associated disease, associated disorder, co-existence, co-existing, co-occurring, comorbid, comorbidity, concomitant, other chronic diseases, other medical conditions, long-term conditions, multi-disciplinary, multidisciplinary, multimorbidity, multiple diseases, multiple morbid, polypathology

#4

Hypertension

blood pressure, hemodynamics, hypertension

#5

Diabetes

blood glucose self-monitoring, diabetes

#6

Stroke

cerebrovascular, cerebrovascular accident, cerebrovascular disorders, stroke

#7

Visual Impairment

blindness, cataract, eye diseases, glaucoma, macular degeneration, nystagmus, retinopathy, vision disorders, visually impaired

#8

Auditory impairment

auditory impairment, deafness, hearing loss

#9

Cardiovascular disease

arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, heart failure, vascular stiffness

#10

Chronic kidney disease

albuminuria, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, hemodialysis, kidney-brain axis, kidney failure

#11

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

chronic airflow obstructions, chronic obstructive airway disease, chronic obstructive lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

#12

COVID-19

COVID-19, coronavirus infection, 2019-nCoV infection, SARS-CoV-2, COVID, and coronavirus disease

#13

Depression

antidepressants, depression

#14

Insomnia

insomnia, parasomnia, sleep deprivation, sleep disorder, sleep disordered breathing, sleep disturbance

#15

Pain

pain, pain assessment, pain experience, pain management

#16

Other specific co-morbidities/conditions

dysphagia, eating behaviour, eating difficulties, infections, mealtime difficulty, neuropsychiatric symptoms, swallowing difficulties