Spiritual Care in Advanced Dementia from the Perspective of Health Providers: A Qualitative Systematic Review

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STARLITE proposal [28].

Sampling strategy	Selective sampling strategy
Type of studies	Qualitative research; Studies using mixed methods were included if the qualitative data could be extracted
Approaches	Electronic searching
Range of years	January 2008-March 2019
Limits	English or Spanish language years: January 2008-March 2019; Type of studies: research articles
Inclusion and exclusions	The study inclusion criteria were original research, qualitative studies, or studies using mixed methods (if the qualitative data could be extracted), written in English or Spanish, from January 2008 to March 2019. Studies were excluded if they were not primary research or qualitative methods.
Terms used	Medical Subject Headings (MESH): “Dementia” “Alzheimer Disease” “Spirituality” “Terminal Care” “Interview” “Focus group” “Surveys and Questionnaires”.; Free term: “Advanced Dementia” “Severe Dementia” “End-stage Dementia” “Advanced Alzheimer” “Severe Alzheimer” “End-stage Alzheimer” “Spirit” “Namaste Care” “experience” “perception” “perspective” “view” “Palliative Care”.
Electronic sources	Cochrane, Prospero, EMBASE, Pubmed/Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, ProQuest, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), ScienceDirect, Nursing & Allied Health Database, Google Scholar