Table 1 Selected Search Strategies

#1

Search ((((“needs assessment”[MeSH Terms]) OR “needs assessment”[Title/Abstract]) OR “assessment of healthcare needs”[Title/Abstract]) OR “assessment of health care needs”[Title/Abstract]) OR “unmet needs”[Title/Abstract]

#2

Search (((((((“palliative care”[MeSH Terms]) OR “palliative medicine”[MeSH Terms]) OR “hospice care”[MeSH Terms]) OR “supportive care”[Title/Abstract]) OR “palliative nursing”[Title/Abstract]) OR “palliative care nursing”[Title/Abstract]) OR “terminal care”[Title/Abstract]) OR “hospice nursing care”[Title/Abstract]

#3

Search (((((“neoplasms”[MeSH Terms]) OR “advanced cancer”[Title/Abstract]) OR “terminal cancer”[Title/Abstract]) OR “metastatic cancer”[Title/Abstract]) OR “tumor”[Title/Abstract]) OR “cancer”[Title/Abstract]

#4

#1 AND #2 AND #3

#1

TI needs assessment OR TI assessment of healthcare needs OR TI assessment of health care needs OR TI unmet needs

#2

AB needs assessment OR AB assessment of healthcare needs OR AB assessment of health care needs OR AB unmet needs

#3

AB palliative care OR AB palliative medicine OR AB hospice care OR AB supportive care OR AB palliative nursing OR AB palliative care nursing OR AB terminal care OR AB hospice nursing

#4

TI palliative care OR TI palliative medicine OR TI hospice care OR TI supportive care OR TI palliative nursing OR TI palliative care nursing OR TI terminal care OR TI hospice nursing

#5

TI neoplasms OR TI tumor OR TI cancer OR TI advanced cancer OR TI terminal cancer OR TI metastatic cancer

#6

AB neoplasms OR AB tumor OR AB cancer OR AB advanced cancer OR AB terminal cancer OR AB metastatic cancer

#7

#1 OR #2

#8

#3 OR #4

#9

#5 OR #6

#10

#7 AND #8 AND #9

#1

‘needs assessment’/exp

#2

‘needs assessment’:ab,ti OR (assessment:ab,ti AND of:ab,ti AND healthcare:ab,ti AND needs:ab,ti) OR (assessment:ab,ti AND of:ab,ti AND health:ab,ti AND care:ab,ti AND needs:ab,ti) OR ‘unmet needs’:ab,ti

#3

#1 OR #2

#4

‘palliative care’:ab,ti OR ‘palliative medicine’:ab,ti OR ‘hospice care’:ab,ti OR ‘supportive care’:ab,ti OR ‘palliative nursing’:ab,ti OR ‘terminal care’:ab,ti OR ‘hospice nursing’:ab,ti

#5

‘palliative nursing’/exp

#6

#4 OR #5

#7

‘advanced cancer’/exp

#8

‘neoplasm’/exp

#9

‘advanced cancer’:ab,ti OR (terminal:ab,ti AND cancer:ab,ti) OR (metastatic:ab,ti AND cancer:ab,ti) OR neoplasm:ab,ti OR cancer:ab,ti OR tumor:ab,ti

#10

#7 OR #8 OR #9

#11

#3 AND #6 AND #10