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Analysis 1.5. Comparison 1 Experimental versus control, Outcome 5 Health-related quality of life.
Review: Non-pharmacological interventions for caregivers of stroke survivors
Comparison: 1 Experimental versus control
Outcome: 5 Health-related quality of life
Study or subgroup Experimental Control Mean Difference Weight Mean Difference
1 Teaching procedural knowledge
N Mean(SD) N Mean(SD) IV,Random,95% CI IV,Random,95% CI
Kalra 2004 120 19.17 (13.05) 130 31.14 (16.12) 100.0 % -11.97 [ -15.59, -8.35 ]
Subtotal (95% CI) 120 130 100.0 % -11.97 [ -15.59, -8.35 ]
Heterogeneity: not applicable
Test for overall effect: Z = 6.47 (P < 0.00001)
2 Support and information
Larson 2005 46 26.37 (18.02) 45 22.73 (16.77) 100.0 % 3.64 [ -3.51, 10.79 ]
Subtotal (95% CI) 46 45 100.0 % 3.64 [ -3.51, 10.79 ]
Heterogeneity: not applicable
Test for overall effect: Z = 1.00 (P = 0.32)
A P P E N D I C E S
Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy
-20 -10 0 10 20
Favours experimental Favours control
MEDLINE (Ovid)
1. cerebrovascular disorders/ or exp basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/ or exp brain ischemia/ or exp carotid artery diseases/ or exp
intracranial arterial diseases/ or exp intracranial arteriovenous malformations/ or exp “intracranial embolism and thrombosis”/ or exp
intracranial hemorrhages/ or stroke/ or exp brain infarction/ or vasospasm, intracranial/ or vertebral artery dissection/
2. (stroke or poststroke or post-stroke or cerebrovasc$ or brain vasc$ or cerebral vasc$ or cva$ or apoplex$ or SAH).tw.
3. ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracran$ or intracerebral) adj5 (isch?emi$ or infarct$ or thrombo$ or emboli$ or occlus$)).tw.
4. ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracerebral or intracranial or subarachnoid) adj5 (haemorrhage$ or hemorrhage$ or haematoma$
or hematoma$ or bleed$)).tw.
5. hemiplegia/ or exp paresis/
6. (hemipleg$ or hemipar$ or paresis or paretic).tw.
7. or/1-6
8. caregivers/ or friends/ or exp parents/ or spouses/ or visitors to patients/
9. home nursing/ or community networks/ or exp parent-child relations/ or exp interpersonal relations/
10. family/ or exp family characteristics/ or family relations/ or intergenerational relations/
11. family therapy/ or family nursing/ or family health/
12. (carer$ or caregiver$ or care giver$ or care-giver$).tw.
13. (family or families or spous$ or parent or parents or father$ or mother$ or friend or friends or husband$ or wife or wives or partner
or partners or neighbour or neighbours).tw.
14. ((home or communit$) adj5 care).tw.
Non-pharmacological interventions for caregivers of stroke survivors (Review)
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