Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2004
Training care givers of stroke patients: economic evaluation.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is the Active Involvement of Family Caregivers in Adult Hospital Care Effective to Improve Patient Outcomes? A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Information provision for stroke survivors and their carers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Can in-hospital or post discharge caregiver involvement increase functional performance of older patients? A systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2020Pooled it
- Cost-Utility Analyses of Interventions for Informal Carers: A Systematic and Critical Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2020Pooled it
- Economic burden of stroke: a systematic review on post-stroke care.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2019Pooled it
- Caregiver-mediated exercises for improving outcomes after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
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- A systematic review of the economic evidence for interventions for family carers of stroke patients.Clinical rehabilitation · 2016Pooled it
- A systematic review of the unit costs of allied health and community services used by older people in Australia.BMC health services research · 2013Pooled it
- Information provision for stroke patients and their caregivers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for caregivers of stroke survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Effects of a Family Caregiver Care Programme in Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability in the Shoulder-Neck Region-A Randomised Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Robot-assisted training compared with an enhanced upper limb therapy programme and with usual care for upper limb functional limitation after stroke: the RATULS three-group RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- An extended stroke rehabilitation service for people who have had a stroke: the EXTRAS RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
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- Biopsychosocial Intervention for Stroke Carers (BISC): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT).BMJ open · 2017Trial
- Robot Assisted Training for the Upper Limb after Stroke (RATULS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2017Trial
- Family-led rehabilitation after stroke in India: the ATTEND trial, study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2016Trial
- Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial: Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of a System of Longer-Term Stroke Care.Stroke · 2015Trial
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundTraining care givers reduces their burden and improves psychosocial outcomes in care givers and patients at one year. However, the cost effectiveness of this approach has not been investigated.
objectiveTo evaluate the cost effectiveness of caregiver training by examining health and social care costs, informal care costs, and quality adjusted life years in care givers.
designA single, blind, randomised controlled trial.
settingStroke rehabilitation unit. SUBJECTS: 300 stroke patients and their care givers.
interventionsCaregiver training in basic nursing and facilitation of personal care techniques compared with no care giver training.
main outcome measuresHealth and social care costs, informal care costs, and quality adjusted life years in care givers over one year after stroke.
resultsTotal health and social care costs over one year for patients whose care givers received training were significantly lower (mean difference -4043 pounds sterling (7249 dollars; 6072 euros), 95% confidence interval -6544 pounds sterling to -595 pounds sterling). Inclusion of informal care costs, which were similar between the two groups, did not alter this conclusion. The cost difference was largely due to differences in length of hospital stay. The EQ-5D did not detect changes in quality adjusted life years in care givers.
conclusionCompared with no training, caregiver training during rehabilitation of patients reduced costs of care while improving overall quality of life in care givers at one year.
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