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. 2023 Sep 19;2023:2167096. doi: 10.1155/2023/2167096

Table 3.

Summary characteristics of included studies for systematic review (methodological table).

Study number Author, year, and country Population Intervention, duration, and format Comparator Study design Tools Follow-up Drop out/reason Gender of caregiver Mean age of caregivers (years)
1 Cheng and Chan [22], China 64
Intervention n = 32 control = 32
Face-to-face psychoeducation. Group. 10 sessions × 2 hours Routine care (RC) RCT Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS) No follow None
Reason: not provided
F-40 M-24 Not reported

2 Chien et al. [24] China 64
Intervention n = 33 control n = 31
Psychoeducation. Group. 12 sessions × 2 hours RC RCT FBIS 6.12, 18 months 3 from intervention group
2 from control group
Reason: long distance
F-19 M-45 45

3 Chien and Wong [23], China 84
Intervention n = 42 control n = 42
Psychoeducation. Group. 18 sessions × 2 hours RC RCT FBIS One week, 12 months 3 from intervention group
4 from control group
Reason: not provided
F-56 M-28 41

4 Fallahi Khoshknab et al. [26], Iran 71
Intervention n = 36 control n = 35
Psychoeducation. Group. 4 sessions × 2 hours weekly RC RCT FBIS One month 5 from intervention group during follow-up
Reason: not provided
F- 60 M-11 54

5 Koolaee and Etemadi [9], Iran 37
Intervention n = 19 control n = 18
Psychoeducation. Group. 12 sessions × 2 hours Weekly RC RCT FBIS 3, 6 months 2 from intervention group
2 from control group
Reason: unavailable to attend
F-37 mothers M-0 55