Forducey 2012

Methods	RCT
Participants	Recruitment details unclear. Study took place in the USA Inclusion criteria: first time medical diagnosis of acute stroke, onset of stroke was at 6 or fewer months, Medicare or Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance coverage, moderate deficits in the areas of self care, functional mobility, transfers as documented by the Functional Independence Measure, caregiver present to set up telehealth videophone device Exclusion criteria: aphasia or major depressive disorder, as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory II Age, years: mean age of all participants was 60 Gender: 55% male Time poststroke: not reported
Interventions	Telerehabilitation intervention: 12 treatment sessions (6 occupational therapy and 6 physiotherapy) were provided over approximately 6 weeks. Interventions included education, retraining of self care, functional mobility and posture, home modifications and therapy to improve function in impaired limbs. Communication between therapist and participant occurred via a desktop videophone using standard telephone lines Control intervention: included the same content; however, was delivered in person
Outcomes	Timing of outcome assessment: baseline and post‐intervention Measures: Functional Independence Measure, SF‐12
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	High risk	Lack of detail in reporting the results
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Not able to access protocol
Other bias	High risk	Small sample size