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. 2015 Feb 12;2015(2):CD008349. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008349.pub3

Kim 2011b

Methods RCT
Participants Recruited from a Department of Rehabilitation, Korea
24 participants: 12 intervention, 12 control
Inclusion criteria: participants diagnosed with unilateral spatial neglect through the line bisection test or star cancellation test
Exclusion criteria: severe cognitive impairment or aphasia. Patients with insufficient sitting balance to sit on a chair with a back and armrests. Patients with restricted neck movement, poor eyesight or unable to recognise objects on a screen
Mean (SD) age: intervention group 62.3 (10.2) years, control group 67.2 (13.9) years
58% male
Timing post stroke: intervention group 22.8 (7.6) days, control group 25.5 (18.5) days
Interventions Virtual reality intervention: IREX
Control intervention: conventional rehabilitation tasks such as visual tracking, reading and writing, drawing and puzzles
Sessions were 30 minutes, 5 days a week for 3 weeks (approximately 7.5 hours total)
Outcomes Outcomes recorded at baseline and post‐intervention
Activity limitation outcomes: Korean Modified Barthel Index
Other outcomes: Star cancellation test, Line bisection test, Catherine Bergego Scale
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 Low risk Blinded to allocation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes Low risk No withdrawals
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No other outcome data collected