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Meta-Analysis
. 2012 Nov 14;11(11):CD001919.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001919.pub3.

Information provision for stroke patients and their caregivers

Anne Forster  1 , Lesley Brown, Jane Smith, Allan House, Peter Knapp, John J Wright, John Young
Affiliations
Meta-Analysis

Information provision for stroke patients and their caregivers

Anne Forster et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. .

Update in

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 or their identified caregivers, or both.

Search methods: For this update we searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (June 2012), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled trials (CENTRAL), the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (EED), and the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database (The Cochrane Library June, 2012), MEDLINE (1966 to June 2012), EMBASE (1980 to June 2012), CINAHL (1982 to June 2012) and PsycINFO (1974 to June 2012). We also searched ongoing trials registers, scanned bibliographies of relevant articles and books and contacted researchers.

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 were knowledge about stroke and stroke services, and impact on mood.

Main results: We have added four new trials to this update. This review now includes 21 trials involving 2289 patient and 1290 carer participants. Nine trials evaluated a passive and 12 trials an active information intervention. Meta-analyses showed a significant effect in favour of the intervention on patient knowledge (standardised mean difference (SMD) 0.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.12 to 0.46, P < 0.001), carer knowledge (SMD 0.74, 95% CI 0.06 to 1.43, P = 0.03), one aspect of patient satisfaction (odds ratio (OR) 2.07, 95% CI 1.33 to 3.23, P = 0.001), and patient depression scores (mean difference (MD) -0.52, 95% CI -0.93 to -0.10, P = 0.01). There was no significant effect (P > 0.05) on number of cases of anxiety or depression in patients, carer mood or satisfaction, or death. Qualitative analyses found no strong evidence of an effect on other outcomes. Post-hoc subgroup analyses showed that active information had a significantly greater effect than passive information on patient mood but not on other outcomes.

Authors' conclusions: There is evidence that information improves patient and carer knowledge of stroke, aspects of patient satisfaction, and reduces patient depression scores. However, the reduction in depression scores was small and may not be clinically significant. Although the best way to provide information is still unclear there is some evidence that strategies that actively involve patients and carers and include planned follow-up for clarification and reinforcement have a greater effect on patient mood.

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Conflict of interest statement

John Young, Jane Smith and Anne Forster have conducted a randomised trial evaluating an education programme for patients and carers after stroke. The trial is included in this review (Smith 2004).

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1.1. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 1 Patient knowledge.
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1.2. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 2 Patient emotional outcome: anxiety (dichotomised data).
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1.3. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 3 Patient emotional outcome: anxiety (continuous data).
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1.4. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 4 Patient emotional outcome: depression (dichotomised data).
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1.5. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 5 Patient emotional outcome: depression (continuous data).
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1.9. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 9 Patient satisfaction with information about causes and nature of the stroke.
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1.10. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 10 Patient satisfaction with information about allowances and services.
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1.13. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 13 Death.
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1.14. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 14 Carer knowledge.
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1.16. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 16 Carer emotional outcome: psychological distress.
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1.19. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 19 Carer satisfaction with information about recovery and rehabilitation.
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1.20. Analysis
Comparison 1 Passive or active information versus control, Outcome 20 Carer satisfaction with information about allowances and services.
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