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What’s in a name? The challenge of describing interventions in systematic reviews: analysis of a random sample of reviews of non-pharmacological stroke interventions (2015)
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Hoffmann, T. C., Walker, M. F., Langhorne, P., Eames, S., Thomas, E., & Glasziou, P. (2015). What’s in a name? The challenge of describing interventions in systematic reviews: analysis of a random sample of reviews of non-pharmacological stroke interventions. BMJ Open, 5(11), Article e009051. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009051

Objective: To assess, in a sample of systematic reviews of non-pharmacological interventions, the completeness of intervention reporting, identify the most frequently missing elements, and assess review authors’ use of and beliefs about providing int... Read More about What’s in a name? The challenge of describing interventions in systematic reviews: analysis of a random sample of reviews of non-pharmacological stroke interventions.

Post-stroke visual impairment: a systematic literature review of types and recovery of visual conditions (2015)
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Hepworth, L., Rowe, F., Walker, M., Rockliffe, J., Noonan, C., Howard, C., & Currie, J. (2015). Post-stroke visual impairment: a systematic literature review of types and recovery of visual conditions. Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.9734/OR/2016/21767

Aim: The aim of this literature review was to determine the reported incidence and prevalence of visual impairment due to stroke for all visual conditions including central vision loss, visual field loss, eye movement problems and visual perception p... Read More about Post-stroke visual impairment: a systematic literature review of types and recovery of visual conditions.

Facilitating return to work through early specialist health-based interventions (FRESH): Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Radford, K. A., Phillips, J., Jones, T., Gibson, A., Sutton, C., Watkins, C., …Shakespeare, D. (2015). Facilitating return to work through early specialist health-based interventions (FRESH): Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1, Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-015-0017-z

© 2015 Radford et al. Background: Over one million people sustain traumatic brain injury each year in the UK and more than 10 % of these are moderate or severe injuries, resulting in cognitive and psychological problems that affect the ability to wor... Read More about Facilitating return to work through early specialist health-based interventions (FRESH): Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

FAmily-Led RehabiliTaTion aftEr Stroke in INDia: the ATTEND pilot study (2015)
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Pandian, J. D., Felix, C., Kaur, P., Sharma, D., Julia, L., Toor, G., …Lindley, R. (2015). FAmily-Led RehabiliTaTion aftEr Stroke in INDia: the ATTEND pilot study. International Journal of Stroke, 10(4), 609-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12475

Background: The aim of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in India of a family-led, trained caregiver-delivered, home-based rehabilitation intervention vs. routine care. Methods: A prospe... Read More about FAmily-Led RehabiliTaTion aftEr Stroke in INDia: the ATTEND pilot study.

The Community In-Reach and Care Transition (CIRACT) clinical and cost-effectiveness study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Watson, A., Charlesworth, L., Jacob, R., Kendrick, D., Logan, P., Marshall, F., …Sahota, O. (2015). The Community In-Reach and Care Transition (CIRACT) clinical and cost-effectiveness study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16(41), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0551-2

Background Older people represent a significant proportion of patients admitted to hospital. Their care compared to younger patients is more challenging, length of stay is longer, risk of hospital-acquired problems higher and the risk of being re-... Read More about The Community In-Reach and Care Transition (CIRACT) clinical and cost-effectiveness study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

An occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke related disabilities in UK care homes (OTCH): cluster randomised controlled trial (2015)
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Sackley, C. M., Walker, M. F., Burton, C. R., Watkins, C. L., Mant, J., Roalfe, A. K., …Peryer, G. (2015). An occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke related disabilities in UK care homes (OTCH): cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 350(feb05), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h468

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of an established programme of occupational therapy in maintaining functional activity and reducing further health risks from inactivity in care home residents living with stroke sequelae. Design: Pragmat... Read More about An occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke related disabilities in UK care homes (OTCH): cluster randomised controlled trial.

Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review (2015)
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Whitehead, P. J., Worthington, E., Parry, R. H., Walker, M. F., & Drummond, A. E. (2015). Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 29(11), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215514564894

Objectives: To identify interventions that aim to reduce dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) in homecare service users. To determine: content; effectiveness in improving ability to perform ADL; and whether delivery by qualified occupationa... Read More about Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review.