Information provision for stroke patients and their caregivers
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Research shows that stroke patients and their families are dissatisfied with the information provided and have a poor understanding of stroke and associated issues.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of information provision strategies in improving the outcome for stroke patients and/or their identified caregivers.
SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last searched May 2007), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library Issue 1, 2007), MEDLINE (1966 to March 2007), EMBASE (1980 to March 2007), CINAHL (1982 to March 2007), PsycINFO (1974 to March 2007), Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index (1981 to March 2007), Assia (1987 to March 2007), Index to UK theses (1970 to March 2007), Dissertation Abstracts (1961 to March 2007), ongoing trials and research registers, bibliographies of retrieved papers, relevant articles and books, and the Journal of Advanced Nursing. We also contacted researchers for additional information.
SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised trials involving patients or carers of patients with a clinical diagnosis of stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) where an information intervention was compared with standard care, or where information and another therapy were compared with the other therapy alone.
DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors independently assessed trial eligibility and methodological quality and extracted data. Primary outcomes…
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