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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
1,248 questions in 108 reviews · Stroke
current versionsNo studies 275 · 22%Ungraded 56 · 4.5%Very low 269 · 21.6%Low 349 · 28%Moderate 216 · 17.3%High 83 · 6.7%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Occupational therapy vs usual care 5b. Visual attention overall (3–6 months' · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 293 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 5c. Sustained visual attention (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 463 participants | Moderate |
Occupational therapy vs usual care Memory · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 6 participants | Ungraded |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 6a. Working memory (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 420 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 6b. Immediate verbal memory span (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 357 participants | Very low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 6c. Immediate spatial memory span (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 292 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care Executive function · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 7 participants | Ungraded |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 7a. Executive functional performance overall (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 11 studies · 550 participants | Very low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 7b. Cognitive flexibility (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 43 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 1a. BADL (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 336 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 1b. BADL (3‐month · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 73 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 1c. BADL (6‐month · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 73 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 2a. IADL (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 88 participants | Very low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 2b. Other ADL/IADL (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 111 participants | Very low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 3a. Self‐reported community integration or participation (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 78 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care 4a. Global cognitive functional performance (sensitivity analysis) (postintervention) · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 432 participants | Low |
Occupational therapy vs usual care Attention · adults with cognitive impairment after stroke Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 5 participants | Ungraded |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Activities of daily living (primary outcome) · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Quality of life and participation ‐ mobility and navigation intervention for not Pusher Syndrome (Analysis 1.2) · stroke survivors with somatosensory perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Psychological and mental health · stroke survivors with somatosensory perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Perception · stroke survivors with somatosensory perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Adverse events · stroke survivors with somatosensory perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Activities of daily living (primary outcome) · stroke survivors with tactile perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Extended activities of daily living · stroke survivors with tactile perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Quality of life and participation ‐ mobility and navigation (Analysis 3.1) · stroke survivors with tactile perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | MD 6.5 | 2 studies · 30 participants | Ungraded |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Psychological and mental health · stroke survivors with tactile perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Perception (Analysis 3.2) · stroke survivors with tactile perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | MD 4.64 [3.06, 6.21] | 2 studies · 30 participants | Very low |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Activities of daily living (primary outcome) · stroke survivors with vision perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Extended activities of daily living · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Extended activities of daily living (Analysis 5.1) · stroke survivors with vision perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Quality of life and participation · stroke survivors with vision perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Psychological and mental health · stroke survivors with vision perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Perception (Analysis 5.2) · stroke survivors with vision perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 27 participants | Very low |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Adverse events · stroke survivors with vision perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Quality of life and participation · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Psychological and mental health · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Perception · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Adverse events · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control CI: confidence interval · stroke survivors with hearing, smell, and taste perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Activities of daily living ‐ intervention for not Pusher Syndrome (Analysis 1.1) (primary outcome) · stroke survivors with somatosensory perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation interventions vs no treatment or control Extended activities of daily living · stroke survivors with somatosensory perception disorders Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Arm function assessed by: Action Research Arm Test, Fugl‐Meyer Assessment, Wolf Motor Function Test · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 11 studies · 373 participants | Low |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Hand functionassessed by: Box and Block Test · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 178 participants | Low |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Dependence on ADLassessed by: Barthel Index, Functional Independence Measure · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 302 participants | Very low |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Quality of lifeassessed by: Stroke Impact Scale · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 30 participants | Very low |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Cortical activation assessed by: fMRI, MEP, EEG · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 102 participants | Ungraded |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Motor performanceassessed by: Accelerometer, 3‐dimensional motion analysis system, number of acting · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 91 participants | Ungraded |
Action observation vs control: effect on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Adverse effects · upper limb rehabilitation after stroke Action observation for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 16 participants | Ungraded |
Active rPMS only vs sham rPMS Activities of daily living (ADLs) · people with stroke Repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation for impairment and disability in people after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Active rPMS only vs no intervention Lower limb function · people with stroke Repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation for impairment and disability in people after stroke (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |