SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1583621
The impact of dyadic interventions on psycho-social outcomes for stroke patients and their caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- 2Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Aims: To describe the details of dyadic interventions and summarize the current evidence on supporting dyadic interventions for psycho-social outcomes of stroke patients and their caregivers.Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on PRISMA guidelines.Data Sources: Five English databases (PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Embase and Cochrane Library) were searched to identify eligible studies published from the inception to October 15, 2024.Methods: Two reviewers independently screened the literature in accordance with the selection criteria. The risk of bias of the included studies was assessed using Cochrane RoB 2.0. Relevant information was extracted, narrative synthesis was conducted and the meta-analysis was carried out using Review Manager 5.4 soft.Results: A total of 28 literature were identified and included in this review. These interventions focused mainly on the provision of stroke related knowledge, promotion of family relationships and relief of negative emotions by a face-to-face mode. The outcome indicators can be grouped into three dimensions based on the developmental contextual coping model: dyadic appraisal, dyadic coping and dyadic adjustments. The results of meta-analysis showed that dyadic interventions significantly improved quality of life and coping capacity of patients, promoted family function of caregivers and alleviated caregiver-related burden.Conclusions: These findings highlighted the positive outcomes of dyadic interventions that focused on patients and their caregivers coping with stroke. However, the effectiveness of interventions is not absolute, the evaluation system of intervention effect needs to be improved and demand-driven interventions need to be developed urgently. Therefore, further large-scale randomized controlled trials with a high-quality design are warranted.Trial and Protocol Registration: CRD42024621297
Keywords: stroke1, Caregivers2, dyad3, Systematic review4, Meta-analysis5, randomized controlled trial6
Received: 26 Feb 2025; Accepted: 21 Apr 2025.
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* Correspondence: Hongling Xiao, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang Province, China
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