4. Results of studies with change from baseline data.
Study identifier | Intervention | Outcome | Mean change from baseline (SD) | Number of participants | Reported result |
Ferreira 2011 | Mental practice | Immediate ADL (FIM) | 7.4 (7.3) | 5 | “No significant difference” |
Scanning training | 10.3 (6.7) | 5 | |||
Kim 2013 | Low‐frequency rTMS | Immediate ADL (CBS) | ‐5.4 (3.3) | 9 | “No significant difference” |
High‐frequency rTMS | ‐8.6 (3.1) | 9 | |||
Sham | ‐2.6 (1.7) | 9 | |||
Low‐frequency rTMS | Immediate neglect (target cancellation) | 16.4 (5.4) | 9 | “No significant difference” | |
High‐frequency rTMS | 10.4 (3.6) | 9 | |||
Sham | 3.6 (4.7) | 9 | |||
Kutlay 2018 | Kinaesthetic ability training | Immediate ADL (FIM) | Median change: 82 (IQR 75.5 to 99) | 25 | “No significant difference” |
Usual care | Median change: 79 (IQR 68.3 to 86.8) | 28 | |||
Kinaesthetic ability training | Immediate neglect (BIT behavioural) | Median change: 67 (IQR 57.5 to 12) | 25 | “No significant difference” | |
Usual care | Median change: 56.5 (IQR 25.75 to 66.5) | 28 | |||
Learmonth 2020 | tDCS | Persisting neglect (line bisection) | 0.20 (49) | 5 | No statistical comparison reported |
Behavioural training | 3.39 (4.78) | 2 | |||
tDCS + Behavioural training | ‐0.20 (0.31) | 3 | |||
Control behavioural training | 0.01 (0.44) | 4 | |||
tDCS | Immediate neglect (line bisection) | 0.68 (2.70) | 6 | No statistical comparison reported | |
Behavioural training | 0.64 (1.01) | 5 | |||
tDCS + Behavioural training | 0.12 (0.89) | 5 | |||
Control behavioural training | ‐0.31 (0.56) | 5 | |||
tDCS | Persisting depression (Beck Depression Inventory) | 8.25 (9.22) | 4 | No statistical comparison reported | |
Behavioural training | 2.00 (1.41) | 2 | |||
tDCS + Behavioural training | 19.50 (19.09) | 2 | |||
Control behavioural training | 17.33 (14.57) | 3 | |||
Pandian 2014 | Body awareness (mirror therapy) | Persisting neglect (target cancellation) | 35 (1.5) | 26 | ANCOVA, P < 0.0001 in favour of intervention |
Sham | 12 (1.5) | 20 | |||
Body awareness (mirror therapy) | Immediate neglect (target cancellation) | 20 (1) | 26 | ANCOVA, P < 0.0001 in favour of intervention | |
Sham | 6 (1.25) | 20 | |||
Tsang 2009 | Visual (eye‐patching) | Immediate ADL (FIM) | 16 (14.24) | 17 | “No significant difference” |
Usual care | 12.41 (14.21) | 17 | |||
Visual (eye‐patching) | Immediate neglect (target cancellation) | 8.65 (13.15) | 17 | t‐test, P = 0.037 in favour of intervention | |
Usual care | 1.88 (5.02) | 17 |
ADL: activities of daily living. BIT: Behavioural Inattention Test. FIM: Functional Independence Measure. CBS: Catherine Bergego Scale. tDCS: transcranial direct current stimulation. BIT: Behavioural Inattention Test. IQR: interquartile range. rTMS: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.