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. 2021 Jul 1;2021(7):CD003586. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003586.pub4

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.