Addressing cognitive impairment following stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomised controlled studies of psychological interventions

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Merriman, Niamh A ^a   Sexton, Eithne ^a   McCabe, Grainne ^a   Walsh, Mary E ^a   Rohde, Daniela ^a   Gorman, Ashleigh ^a   Jeffares, Isabelle ^a   Donnelly, Nora Ann ^b   Pender, Niall ^c   Williams, David J ^a,c   Horgan, Frances ^a   Doyle, Frank ^a   Wren, Maev Ann ^b   Bennett, Kathleen E ^a   Hickey, Anne ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; cognitive rehabilitation; meta analysis; stroke; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMBASE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STROKE REHABILITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STROKE;

EID: 85062348881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024429     Document Type: Review

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