Intervention category | Systematic reviews | Number of eligible studies (interventions) included | Number of excluded studies (main reason) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cochrane reviews (n) | Non-Cochrane reviews (n) | Cochrane reviews | Non-Cochrane reviews | ||
Organisation of service | |||||
Care after hospital discharge | 5 | 1 | 26 (26) | 15 (12) | |
Hospital care | 2 | 1 | 50 (50) | 4 (4) | 5 (not RCTs) |
Patient and carer/family support | 1 | 0 | 16 (18) | 0 (0) | |
Rehabilitation | |||||
Upper limb | 2 | 11 | 24 (24) | 106 (114) | 10 (not stroke population); 17 (not RCTs) |
Physical activity | 2 | 5 | 13 (13) | 50 (51) | 13 (not RCTs) |
Amount, intensity and timing | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Cognition | 5 | 2 | 23 (23) | 7 (9) | 7 (not RCTs) |
Communication | 1 | 0 | 39 (51) | 0 (0) | |
Sensorimotor impairment | 2 | 4 | 13 (13) | 51 (48) | 7 (not stroke population) |
Activities of daily living | 2 | 0 | 18 (21) | 0 (0) | |
Complications | |||||
Mood disturbance | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | 6 (5) | 4 (pharmacological) |
Loss of cardiorespiratory fitness | 1 | 2 | 32 (32) | 17 (15) | 1 (not RCT) |
Subluxation | 2 | 0 | 18 (19) | 0 (0) | |
Poor hygiene | 1 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | |
Fatigue | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (pharmacological) |
Complementary and alternative therapy for acute management | 1 | 1 | 7 (7) | 8 (8) | |
Lifestyle modification for secondary prevention | 0 | 2 | 0 (0) | 18 (19) | 3 (pharmacological); 17 (protocols) |
Total | Cochrane reviews | 286 studies (304 interventions) | |||
Non-Cochrane reviews | 282 studies (285 interventions) |
RCT, randomised controlled trial.