Table 2 Intervention Information of Included Studies
Studies | Setting | Dosage | Experiment Group | Control Group | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
de Rooij et al. [20] | Rehabilitation center | 12 30-minute sessions during 6 weeks | Virtual reality gait training (VRT) | Treadmill training and functional gait exercises without virtual reality | Negative |
Tarrant et al. [21] | Community facility | 10 weekly singing group sessions | Aphasia information resource pack and singing intervention | Aphasia information resource pack | Negative |
Bin Zainal et al. [22] | Community-based voluntary welfare organization. | Not reported | A pilot community-based interdisciplinary vocational rehabilitation program: physical rehabilitation, psychosocial support, employment support, and caregiver support services | NA | Positive |
Harel-Katz et al. [23] | Community day-rehabilitation center | 12 weekly group sessions, each lasting 2.5 h | Improving Participation After Stroke Self-Management program (IPASS) and standard individual therapy or standard care | Standard individual therapy or standard care only | Negative |
Cruice et al. [24] | Home | Two one-hour sessions per week for 8 weeks | Supported conversation provided over Skype (telerehabilitation) | NA | Positive |
Chinchai et al. [25] | Community rehabilitation centers | Twice a week, one and a half hours each time, for a period of three months | Occupational therapy programs: rehabilitation by Village Health Volunteers | NA | Positive |
Hedman et al. [26] | Inpatient or home-based rehabilitation units | The number of occupational therapy sessions was not limited or decided in advance for either group | Client-centered activities of daily living (ADL) intervention | Usual ADL interventions | Negative |
Aramaki et al. [27] | Rehabilitation Center | 40 min per day, three days per week, for 12 weeks | Client-centered virtual reality | NA | Negative |
Strk et al. [28] | Home | One pre-discharge and five post-discharge home visits | Home modification and community participation intervention | Evidence-based stroke education program | Not tested |
Kamwesiga et al. [29] | Home | Eight-week intervention | A mobile phone supported family-centered intervention (F@ce™) | Did not receive F@ce™ intervention | Negative |
Brouwer et al. [30] | Three research laboratories | 1-hour session, 3 times per week for 2 weeks | Client-centered rehabilitation intervention (tune-up): 5 key elements (strength/power, balance, cardiovascular endurance, motor coordination, and education about relevant community resources, as well as how to monitor their mobility and activities) | NA | Negative |
Van de Ven et al. [31] | Home | Five times per week and a total of 58 half-an-hour sessions across 12 weeks | Computer-based training programs | Group 1: active control: mock training Group 2: waiting list control | Negative |
Kessler et al. [32] | Home | 10 sessions over 16 weeks | Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) and usual care | Usual care | Not tested |
Wang et al. [33] | Home | 12 weeks (at least 60- to 90-minute sessions) | Caregiver-mediated, home-based intervention (CHI): phase 1, to improve patients’ body functions and structural components; phase 2, to improve patients’ ability to undertake everyday activities; and phase 3, to help the patients reintegrate into the society | Received visits from the therapist without intervention | Positive |
Tielemans et al. [34] | Outpatient facilities | T: seven 2-hour sessions in 10 weeks C: four 1-hour sessions in 10 weeks | A self-management intervention | Education intervention | Negative |
Mckellar et al. [35] | Not reported | T: two 20-minute visit; C: a brief in-person visit | The Community Re-engagement Cue to Action Trigger Tool (CRCATT) | Received only the Heart and Stroke Foundation booklet during a brief in-person visit | Negative |
Guidetti et al. [36] | Sixteen rehabilitation units | Not determined in advance: T: 71 (7 to 269) days; C: 59 (1 to 402) days | A client-centred ADL intervention | Usual ADL intervention | Negative |
Muller et al. [37] | Hospital | 90-minute twice a month over 18-week period | Hospital-based program based on occupational therapy principles: active engagement and client-centered educational topics | NA | Positive |
Kim et al. [38] | Rehabilitation ward | CWTP: 30 min per day, five times a week, for four weeks; Standard rehabilitation program: 60 min per day, five times a week, for four weeks | Community Walking Training Program (CWTP) and standard rehabilitation program consisting of physical and occupational therapy | Standard rehabilitation program consisting of physical and occupational therapy | Positive |
Marsden et al. [39] | Rural outpatient | Once per week over seven weeks | Yoga intervention | No intervention | Positive |
Harrington et al. [40] | Leisure and community centers | Twice a week, 16 2-hour sessions across 8 weeks | Community-based exercise and education scheme for stroke | Standard care and an information sheet detailing local groups and contact numbers | Short-term result: negative Long-term result: positive |
Smith et al. [41] | Outpatient stroke center | 12 sessions across 4week, 20 min each session | Treadmill training | Follow-up, rehabilitation log | Positive |
Katz-Leurer et al. [47] | Rehabilitation unit | Phase 1: 2 to10 minute train, 5 days per week for two weeks; Phase 2: 30-minute train, three times a week for six weeks | Trained on a leg cycle ergometer and regular therapy | Regular therapy | Negative |
Parker et al. [42] | Home | Ten more than 30 min-sessions over 6 months | T1: leisure therapy; T2: ADL group | No occupational therapy | Negative |
Hinckley et al. [43] | Home | Two-day education program | Family education seminars | Not participating | Negative |