Table 2 Characteristics and programs of intervention for included studies
From: The impact of education/training on nurses caring for patients with stroke: a scoping review
Author, Year; Country | study Type | Staff Participants | Nursing department | Years of nursing practice | Completion of training/activity | Patient Participants | Mean Patient Age (year) | Patients Female; Male (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amato et al., 2006 USA [32] | Quasi-experimental pre-post measurement design | Nurses, N not stated | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Booth et al., 2005 UK [28] | Quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design | 26 nurses | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units | NS | NS | 37 | NS | NS |
Cadden, 2007 Australia [37] | Quasi-experimental pre-post measurement design | 17 permanent nurses | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units | 6 ~ 35 (SD = 14.27) | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Chiu et al., 2009 China [41] | Quasi-experimental pre-post measurement design | 129 nurses | Neurology specialty at neurology and neurosurgery wards | ICAI:79.3(SD ± 57.3) months; IVLP:79.3(SD ± 57.3) months | ICAI:48(64.7%); IVLP:44(65.6%) | NS | NS | NS |
Chu et al., 2018 Canada [40] | Quasi-experimental pre-post measurement design | 46 nurses including full-time, part-time, or casual RPNs or RNs | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units | 11.4 (SD = 7.4) | 46 (100%) | 62 | 68 | 40; 60 |
Forster et al.,1999 UK [29] | Quasi-experimental pre-post measurement design | 13 nurses | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units | NS | NS | Pre = 26 Post = 24 | Pre = 78 Post = 77 | Pre = 54;46 Post = 71; 29 |
Freeland et al., 2016 USA [34] | RCT | 32 nurses | Medical Center | Control = 14.64 (SD = 11.96), Intervention = 16.53 (SD = 9.08) | n = 32,100% (2 weeks), n = 31,96.86% (4 weeks), and n = 29,90.63% ( 6 weeks) | 2 (standardized patients) | NS | NS |
Herr-Wilbert et al., 2010 Switzerland [38] | Cohort | 16 nurses | The department of neurorehabilitation in the rehabilitation hospital | NS | NS | 44 | 75 | 43; 57 |
Hisaka et al., 2021 Japan [43] | Cross-Sectional Web-Based Questionnaire Survey | 1040 nurses | Stroke care unit |  ≤ 3(47.2%) | 706 (81.70%) | NS | NS | NS |
Jones et al., 1998 UK [27] | Quasi-experimental design | 44 nurses and 15 HCAs | Two wards specialized in stroke rehabilitation and 4 were general medical wards | NS | 59 | 38 | 73 | 74; 26 |
Jones et al., 2005 UK [30] | Cluster RCT | Nurses and HCAs, N not stated | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units | NS | NS | 120 | Control = 71, Intervention = 75 | Control = 50;50, Intervention = 63; 37 |
Knippa et al., 2015 USA [35] | Quasi-experimental pre-post measurement design | 223 nurses | neurology specialty of ICU | 7.8(SD ± 7.07) | 190 (85.20%) | N not stated (standardized patients) | NS | NS |
Koka et al., 2020 Switzerland [39] | RCT | 40 nurses | Emergency Medical Services | NS | 39 (98%) | NS | NS | NS |
Loft et al., 2018 USA [33] | Convergent, parallel, mixed-method design (purposively split into three groups) | 36 nurses and nurse assistants | Nurses working in stroke rehabilitation units |  < 2 (8); 2–5(4); > 5(19) | 31 (86.11%) | NS | NS | NS |
Middleton et al., 2011 Australia [36] | Cluster RCT | Nurses, N not stated | Acute Stroke Units (ASUs) | NS | NS | 1696 |  < 65 Control = 28%, Intervention = 31% | 40; 60 |
Roots et al., 2011 UK [31] | Knowledge introduction | Nurses, N not stated | Hyperacute stroke units | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Sylaja et al., 2021 India [42] | An open-label cluster RCT | Nurses and other community health workers, N not stated | Community Health Workers | NS | NS | Pre = 238 Post = 234 | Control = 59.43 (SD = 11.07), Intervention = 59.77 (SD = 12.17) | Control = 28.3;71.7, Intervention = 30.7; 69.3 |