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[Intervention Review]<br />
<strong>Non</strong>-<strong>pharmacological</strong> <strong>interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>caregivers</strong> of stroke<br />
survivors<br />
Lynn A Legg 1 , Terry J Quinn 2 , Fahd Mahmood 3 , Christopher J Weir 4 , Jayne Tierney 5 , David J Stott 6 , Lorraine N Smith 7 , Peter<br />
Langhorne 6<br />
1 Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow,<br />
Glasgow, UK. 2 Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 3 Department of General Medicine, NHS<br />
Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, UK. 4 MRC Hub <strong>for</strong> Trials Methodology Research, Centre <strong>for</strong> Population Health Sciences, Medical<br />
School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 5 MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, UK. 6 Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine,<br />
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 7 Nursing & Health Care, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow,<br />
Glasgow, UK<br />
Contact address: Lynn A Legg, Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, Faculty of<br />
Medicine, University of Glasgow, Room 5, 4th Floor, Walton Building, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, G4 0SF, UK. step@clinmed.gla.ac.uk.<br />
Editorial group: Cochrane Stroke Group.<br />
Publication status and date: New, published in Issue 10, 2011.<br />
Review content assessed as up-to-date: 26 April 2011.<br />
Citation: Legg LA, Quinn TJ, Mahmood F, Weir CJ, Tierney J, Stott DJ, Smith LN, Langhorne P. <strong>Non</strong>-<strong>pharmacological</strong> <strong>interventions</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>caregivers</strong> of stroke survivors. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD008179. DOI:<br />
10.1002/14651858.CD008179.pub2.<br />
Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />
Background<br />
A B S T R A C T<br />
A substantial component of care is provided to stroke survivors by in<strong>for</strong>mal <strong>caregivers</strong>. However, providing such care is often a new<br />
and challenging experience and has been linked to a number of adverse outcomes. A range of <strong>interventions</strong> targeted towards stroke<br />
survivors and their family or other in<strong>for</strong>mal <strong>caregivers</strong> have been tested in randomised controlled trials (RCTs).<br />
Objectives<br />
To evaluate the effect of <strong>interventions</strong> targeted towards in<strong>for</strong>mal <strong>caregivers</strong> of stroke survivors or targeted towards in<strong>for</strong>mal <strong>caregivers</strong><br />
and the care recipient (the stroke survivor).<br />
Search strategy<br />
We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (March 2011), CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library Issue 2010, Issue 4),<br />
MEDLINE (1950 to August 2010), EMBASE (1980 to December 2010), CINAHL (1982 to August 2010), AMED (1985 to August<br />
2010), PsycINFO (1967 to August 2010) and 11 additional databases. In an ef<strong>for</strong>t to identify further published, unpublished and<br />
ongoing studies, we searched conference proceedings and trials registers, scanned reference lists of relevant articles and contacted authors<br />
and researchers. There were no language restrictions.<br />
Selection criteria<br />
We included RCTs if they evaluated the effect of non-<strong>pharmacological</strong> <strong>interventions</strong> (compared with no care or routine care) on<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mal <strong>caregivers</strong> of stroke survivors. We included trials of <strong>interventions</strong> delivered to stroke survivors and in<strong>for</strong>mal <strong>caregivers</strong> only<br />
if the stroke survivor and in<strong>for</strong>mal caregiver were randomised as a dyad. We excluded studies which included stroke survivors and<br />
<strong>caregivers</strong> if the stroke survivors were the primary target of the intervention.<br />
<strong>Non</strong>-<strong>pharmacological</strong> <strong>interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>caregivers</strong> of stroke survivors (Review)<br />
Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />
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