Effectiveness of interventions to support the transition home after acute stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective support interventions to manage the transition to home after stroke are still mostly unknown.

Aim

The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the effectiveness of support interventions at transition from organised stroke services to independent living at home.

Methods

The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, six databases including MEDLINE and Embase, trial registries, grey literature, and Google Scholar were all searched, up to June 2021. We included randomised controlled trials enrolling people with stroke to receive either standard care or any type of support intervention from organised stroke services to home. The primary outcome was functional status. Two authors determined eligibility, extracted data, evaluated risk o

SUBMITTER: O'Callaghan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature