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SynthesisArchives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2018

Systematic Review of Caregiver and Dyad Interventions After Adult Traumatic Brain Injury.

Natalie Kreitzer, Brad G Kurowski, Tamilyn Bakas

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Synthesis in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Decompressive craniectomy in adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2026
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  18. Burden and Preparedness amongst Informal Caregivers of Adults with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Natalie KreitzerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; Division of Neurocritical Care, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Electronic address: kreitzne@ucmail.uc.edu.
Brad G KurowskiDepartment of Pediatrics, Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Tamilyn BakasCollege of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
University of Cincinnati Medical Center · USUniversity of Cincinnati · US

Funding

Cerebrovascular Fellowship Training ProgramT32NS047996 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI Joseph Paul Broderick, Stacie Demel · 2006 to 2026
$3.7M
NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS047996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe and synthesize the literature on adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) family caregiver and dyad intervention. TBI is a common injury that has a significant long-term impact, and is sometimes even characterized as a chronic condition. Informal (ie, unpaid) family caregivers of adults with TBI experience high rates of burnout, depression, fatigue, anxiety, lower subjective well-being, and poorer levels of physical health compared to noncaregivers. This study addresses the critical gap in the understanding of interventions designed to address the impact of TBI on adult patients and their family caregivers. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and MEDLINE. STUDY SELECTION: Studies selected for review had to be written in English and be quasi-experimental or experimental in design, report on TBI caregivers, survivors with heavy involvement of caregivers, or caregiver dyads, involve moderate and severe TBI, and describe an intervention implemented during some portion of the TBI care continuum. DATA EXTRACTION: The search identified 2171 articles, of which 14 met our criteria for inclusion. Of the identified studies, 10 were randomized clinical trials and 4 were nonrandomized quasi-experimental studies. A secondary search to describe studies that included individuals with other forms of acquired brain injury in addition to TBI resulted in 852 additional titles, of which 5 met our inclusion criteria. DATA SYNTHESIS: Interventions that targeted the caregiver primarily were more likely to provide benefit than those that targeted caregiver/survivor dyad or the survivor only. Many of the studies were limited by poor fidelity, low sample sizes, and high risk for bias based on randomization techniques.

conclusionsFuture studies of TBI caregivers should enroll a more generalizable number of participants and ensure adequate fidelity to properly compare interventions.

Indexed as

AdultBrain Injuries, TraumaticCaregiversContinuity of Patient CareFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNon-Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicOutcome Assessment, Health CareRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBrain injuries, traumaticCaregiversRehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID29752909
PMCPMC8730799
OpenAlexW2802660393

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