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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-4-10
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the interventions for improving mental health of caregivers of people with stroke by synthesizing individual studies. A meta-analysis was performed to summarize findings of intervention studies of caregivers of elderly stroke patients. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis and a publication bias were tested. The overall mean weighted effect size (MWES) for the four studies is 0.277 (Z = 3.432, p = .001) with a 95% CI .118 to .435 (N = 718) indicating that the intervention was effective in improving the mental health of informal stroke caregivers. The MWES for the education program was 0.354 (Z= 2.613, p < .01) and for the support program was .234 (Z = 2.335, p= .02). The MWES for the Europe study was .219 (Z= 2.613, p < .01) and for the United States was .922 (Z = 3.287, p = .001). The results show that overall interventions improved mental health of informal stroke caregivers. The small number of studies included in the meta-analysis limits the generalizability of results while supporting the need for more research in this area.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0193-9459
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
29
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
344-56; discussion 357-364
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Caregivers,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Data Collection,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Data Interpretation, Statistical,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Europe,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Family,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Health Education,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Health Promotion,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Health Services for the Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Home Nursing,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Mental Health,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Outcome Assessment (Health Care),
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Program Evaluation,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Research Design,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Respite Care,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Self-Help Groups,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Sensitivity and Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Social Support,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-Stroke,
pubmed-meshheading:17420524-United States
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| pubmed:year |
2007
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
A meta-analysis of interventions for informal stroke caregivers.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD, USA. jlee@son.umaryland.edu
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Meta-Analysis
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