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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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