Table 10.
Population: Left
hemisphere stroke patients with apraxia. Mean time
since stroke at baseline:
100 days Intervention: Strategy training integrated into usual occupational therapy Comparator: Usual occupational therapy alone | ||||
Outcome | No of trials (No. of participants) | Difference in mean change from baseline to post-intervention | Difference in mean change from baseline to follow-up | Quality of evidence (GRADE) |
Apraxia (Apraxia test) | 1 (113) | 2.00; (90% CI: –1.54, 5.53) | 2.24; (90% CI: –2.45, 6.92) | Very low a |
ADL functioning (ADL observations) | 1 (113) | 0.13; (90% CI: 0.00, 0.25) effect size = 0.37 (small-to-medium) | −0.01; (90% CI: –0.17, 0.16) | Very low a |
BPSD | No data | |||
Caregiver strain | No data |
aDowngraded due to imprecision, inconsistency and publication bias.