1 / exp Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure/ / 643
2 / idiopathic adult onset hydrocephalus.mp. / 1
3 / normotensive hydrocephalus.mp. / 14
4 / chronic adult hydrocephalus.mp. / 7
5 / normal pressure hydrocephalus.mp. / 689
6 / cerebrospinal fluid shunt.mp. or exp Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/ / 4198
7 / shunt*.mp. / 22598
8 / exp Therapeutics/ / 1366101
9 / exp Cerebral Ventricles/ or Cerebrospinal Fluid/ / 12672
10 / exp Drainage/ / 15273
11 / 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 / 802
12 / 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 / 1392364
13 / 11 and 12 / 572
14 / exp Child/ / 537151
15 / 13 not 14 / 560
Supplementary Table 1: Medline search strategy
Supplementary Table 2: Embase search strategy
# / Searches / Results1 / normal pressure hydrocephalus.mp. or exp normotensive hydrocephalus/ / 1420
2 / idiopathic adult onset hydrocephalus.mp. / 2
3 / chronic adult hydrocephalus.mp. / 12
4 / exp cerebrospinal fluid shunting/ / 1199
5 / shunt*.mp. / 41971
6 / treatment.mp. / 2252559
7 / surgical treatment.mp. or exp surgery/ / 1665628
8 / exp cerebrospinal fluid drainage/ / 1689
9 / 1 or 2 or 3 / 1429
10 / 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 / 3314548
11 / 9 and 10 / 924
12 / child/ / 412264
13 / 11 not 12 / 904
14 / normal pressure hydrocephalus.mp. or exp normotensive hydrocephalus/ / 1420
15 / idiopathic adult onset hydrocephalus.mp. / 2
16 / chronic adult hydrocephalus.mp. / 12
17 / exp cerebrospinal fluid shunting/ / 1199
18 / shunt*.mp. / 41971
19 / treatment.mp. / 2252559
20 / surgical treatment.mp. or exp surgery/ / 1665628
21 / exp cerebrospinal fluid drainage/ / 1689
22 / 14 or 15 or 16 / 1429
23 / 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 / 3314548
24 / 22 and 23 / 924
25 / child/ / 412264
26 / 24 not 25 / 904
# / Search Terms / Actions
S12 / S10 and S11 / (60)
S11 / S1 or S2 or S3 / (87)
S10 / S4 or S5 or S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 / (439805)
S9 / ("shunt*") or (MH "Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts") or (MH "Shunts, Surgical") or (MH "Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt") / (1789)
S8 / ("cerebrospinal fluid drainage") or (MH "Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts") / (127)
S7 / ("surgery") or (MH "Neurosurgery") / (118093)
S6 / ("treatment") or (MH "Treatments and Procedures (Omaha)") / (240121)
S5 / ("management") or (MH "Management") / (159743)
S4 / ("cerebrospinal fluid shunt") or (MH "Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts") / (111)
S3 / "chronic adult hydrocephalus" / (0)
S2 / "idiopathic adult onset hydrocephalus" / (0)
S1 / ("normal pressure hydrocephalus") or (MH "Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure") / (87)
Supplementary table 3: CINAHL search strategy
Supplementary table 4: PsycINFO search strategy
# / Searches / Results1 / normal pressure hydrocephalus.mp. / 219
2 / chronic adult hydrocephalus.mp. / 2
3 / normotensive hydrocephalus.mp. / 5
4 / exp Hydrocephalus/ / 474
5 / cerebrospinal fluid shunt.mp. / 7
6 / shunt*.mp. / 596
7 / exp Treatment/ or exp Cerebrospinal Fluid/ or drainage.mp. / 447679
8 / 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 / 550
9 / 5 or 6 or 7 / 448083
10 / 8 and 9 / 283
11 / exp Pediatrics/ / 8333
12 / 10 not 11 / 275
Supplementary table 5: AMED search strategy
Search ID# / Search Terms / ActionsS12 / S10 and S11 / 12
S11 / S1 or S2 or S3 / 15
S10 / S4 or S5 or S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 / 56583
S9 / cerebrospinal fluid drainage / 1
S8 / surgery / 9323
S7 / treatment / 44464
S6 / management / 11635
S5 / shunt* / 69
S4 / cerebrospinal fluid shunt / 1
S3 / chronic adult hydrocephalus / 0
S2 / idiopathic adult onset hydrocephalus / 0
S1 / normal pressure hydrocephalus / 15