TY - JOUR T1 - <span hwp:id="article-title-1" class="article-title">Review: poor-quality trials suggest that some interventions for family caregivers of patients with stroke improve carer outcomes</span><span hwp:id="article-title-2" class="sub-article-title">Commentary</span> JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 85 LP - 85 DO - 10.1136/ebn.11.3.85 VL - 11 IS - 3 AU - Maureen Markle-Reid Y1 - 2008/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/11/3/85.abstract N2 - C CarrollDr C Carroll, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; c.carroll@shef.ac.ukCan interventions improve outcomes for family caregivers of patients with stroke?Studies selected evaluated interventions intended primarily for family carers (⩾18 y of age) of patients with stroke. Exclusion criteria were interventions of education or information-giving only and studies assessing cost-effectiveness only. Outcomes included caregiver wellbeing and coping skills.Medline, PreMedline, and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica to 2006; AMED, ASSIA, BNI, C2-SPECTR, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, IBSS, PsycINFO, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index to 2005; grey and unpublished literature to 2005; and reference lists were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs). … ER -