Systematic review search strategies for selected databases
| Database | Search strategy |
| EBSCO: CINAHL Complete, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, SPORTDiscus | (“social prescribing” or “social prescription”) AND (older adults or elderly or geriatric or geriatrics or aging or senior or seniors or older people or aged 65 or 65+or aged) |
| Epistemonikos | (title:(“social prescription”) OR abstract:(“social prescription”)) OR (title:(“social prescribing”) OR abstract:(“social prescribing”)) AND (title:(aged OR older OR elderly OR senior) OR abstract:(aged OR older OR elderly OR senior)) |
| OVID Medline, Embase, Cochrane Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Review | (social prescription.mp. OR social prescribing.mp.) AND (elderly.mp. OR senior.mp. OR geriatric.mp. OR older adult.mp. OR Aging/ OR aged/ or “aged, 80 and over”/ or frail elderly/ or middle aged/) |
| Google Scholar | allintitle: aged OR older OR senior OR elderly “social prescribing” and allintitle: aged OR older OR senior OR elderly “social prescription” |
The original search was conducted in December 2021 and updated on 24 March 2022.
APA, american psychological association; CINAHL, Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health.