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Table 1 Summary of characteristics of included studies (n = 6)

From: Peer support interventions for individuals with acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida: a systematic review

Author

Year

Country

Recruitment Setting

Mean age (SD); Age range

Sample size

Females (%)

Condition

Aben et al. [30]

2013

Netherlands

Multiple rehabilitation centres

58 (9.7); Not specified

153

45.1

Stroke

Aben et al.a [31]

2014

Netherlands

Multiple rehabilitation centres

58 (9.7); Not specified

153

45.1

Stroke

Cadilhac et al. [29]

2011

Australia

Multiple hospitals

69.4 (11.4); 62–78

143

59

Stroke

Hanks et al.b [33]

2012

United States

Rehabilitation hospital

Intervention: 38.46 (17.60), Control: 40.90 (17.33); 17–86

96

11

TBI

Stamatakis [32]

2015

United Kingdom

Stroke rehabilitation centre

65.8 (12.8); 40–89

47

44.7

Stroke

Struchen et al. [34]

2011

United States

Multiple rehabilitation hospitals

31.7 (11.7); 21–68

30

20.0

TBI

  1. SD standard deviation, TBI traumatic brain injury
  2. aExtension of Aben et al.’s 2013 study to include a 1-year follow-up period
  3. bData for TBI group only