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FIM: Functional Independence Measure<br />

GHQ: General Health Questionnaire<br />

LISS: Life Situation among Spouses after the Stroke event<br />

n/a: not applicable<br />

QOL: quality of life<br />

RCT: randomised controlled trial<br />

SF-36: Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey<br />

SWLS: Satisfaction with life scale<br />

Characteristics of excluded studies [ordered by study ID]<br />

Study Reason <strong>for</strong> exclusion<br />

Albert 2002 Not randomised<br />

Bakas 2005 No non-active comparator arm<br />

Bhakta 2000 Targets stroke survivors, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Bhogal 2003 Systematic review<br />

Bjorkdhal 2007 Sub (non-randomised) study nested within a larger RCT<br />

Boter 2004 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Burton 2005 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Carnavale 2006 Less than 80% stroke patients<br />

Chang 2000 Targeted towards stroke survivors not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Choi 2006 Not a truly randomised RCT and study does not include outcomes relevant to the review<br />

Clark 2003 Focused on ’families’ of stroke survivors, not <strong>caregivers</strong> or caring<br />

Dennis 1997 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Dickens 2005 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Evans 1988 Study does not collect outcomes relevant to the review<br />

Forster 1996 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Forster 1999 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><br />

Forster 2005 Stroke survivors randomised, not <strong>caregivers</strong><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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