Table 3.
Results for primary and secondary outcomes (data reported as standardized mean difference effect size).
| Variable | ES (n) |
Participants (n) |
g (95% CI) |
Q (p) | I2 (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary outcome | |||||
| Caregiver distress Caregiver burden |
11 | 905 | -0.26 (-0.84, 0.32) | 126.19(<0.001)* | 92.08 (87.81, 94.85) |
| Secondary outcomes | |||||
| Anxiety | 5 | 328 | -0.29 (-1.26, 0.67) | 15.85 (<0.001)* | 74.7 (37.7, 89.8) |
| Depression | 6 | 485 | -0.04 (-0.22, 0.13) | 0.91 (0.97)* | 0(0.00, 0.00) |
Notes: ES (n) represent number of included studies for each outcome; Participants (n) represent number of total participants from the studies, and includes both treatment and comparator groups; g, pooled effect size represented by Hedges g; Q, Cochran Q statistics with p as alpha value for Q; *Statistically significant (alpha value ≤0.05 and non-overlapping confidence intervals