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D A T A A N D A N A L Y S E S
Comparison 1. Experimental versus control
Outcome or subgroup title
No. of
studies
No. of
participants Statistical method Effect size
1 Informal caregiver stress and
strain
5 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) Subtotals only
1.1 Teaching procedural
knowledge
1 255 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) -8.67 [-11.30, -6.04]
1.2 Support and information 2 219 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) -4.63 [-15.44, 6.18]
1.3 Psycho-educational 2 125 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) -0.34 [-3.27, 2.59]
2 Global measures of stress or
distress
2 Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) Subtotals only
2.1 Support and information 1 183 Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) -0.34 [-1.64, 0.96]
2.2 Psycho-educational 1 28 Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) -2.02 [-6.58, 2.54]
3 Anxiety (lying above the
recommended clinical
cut-point for symptoms and
signs of anxiety)
1 Risk Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI) Subtotals only
3.1 Teaching procedural
knowledge
1 271 Risk Ratio (M-H, Fixed, 95% CI) 0.42 [0.13, 1.29]
4 Depression (continuous
outcome)
5 Std. Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) Subtotals only
4.1 Teaching procedural
knowledge
1 273 Std. Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) -0.61 [-0.85, -0.37]
4.2 Support and information 2 256 Std. Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) -0.06 [-0.31, 0.18]
4.3 Psycho-educational 2 116 Std. Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) 0.20 [-0.17, 0.57]
5 Health-related quality of life 2 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) Subtotals only
5.1 Teaching procedural 1 250 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) -11.97 [-15.59, -
knowledge
8.35]
5.2 Support and information 1 91 Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI) 3.64 [-3.51, 10.79]
Non-pharmacological interventions for caregivers of stroke survivors (Review)
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