SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Neurocritical and Neurohospitalist Care
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1465962
This article is part of the Research TopicPerson and Community Centred Approaches to Transitions of CareView all 5 articles
Correlates of preparedness for caregiving of poststroke patients: a meta-analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- 2School of Nursing, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guang Dong, China, Guang Dong, China
- 3Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Shunde Hospital of Jinan University, Foshan, China., Foshan, China
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Background: Given that stroke is a sudden, traumatic medical crisis and a chronic condition, identifying factors associated with caregiver preparedness is particularly important for poststroke caregivers. Therefore, we carry out this study to identify correlates of preparedness for caregiving for poststroke patients. To examine correlates of preparedness for caregiving in poststroke patients.Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed according to the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. We searched six English databases and three Chinese databases for studies published from the establishment of the database to May 2023. The quality of the evidence was assessed using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality scale. Statistical software R studio was used for statistical analysis.Results: Thirteen studies were included in the meta-analysis. Caregivers for poststroke patients reported relatively low-to-moderate level of caregiver preparedness. Our meta results showed that demographics characteristics of both poststroke patients and caregiver, stroke-related variables and psychological variables were associated with caregiver preparedness. And subgroup analysis stroke type contributes to heterogeneity in caregiver gender, age and relationship, caregiver type contributes to heterogeneity in caregiver experience.Conclusions: The level of caregiver preparedness ranges from low to moderate and is influenced by multiple factors. The findings may inform tailored strategies for enhancing preparedness in stroke caregivers.
Keywords: Caregiver preparedness, Stroke, correlate, Meta-analysis, caregiver
Received: 07 Aug 2024; Accepted: 08 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Li, Fang, Wang, Lin, Xie, He, Dong and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Dawei Dong, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Dongxiang Zheng, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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