The application value of continuous nursing intervention on quality of life in patients with stroke: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Individual characteristics, physical function disability, emotional, as well as cognitive symptoms, along with the general health discernment might be associated or impact the quality of life of patients suffering from stroke directly or indirectly. Appropriate continuous nursing intervention is required to enhance the quality of life of patients with stroke. Therefore, the present study will be conducted to systematically investigate the application value of continuous nursing intervention for improving the quality of life of patients experiencing stroke. METHODS: We will conduct a comprehensive search of electronic databases such as MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE, Scopus, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, and WanFang databases to identify relevant publications. We will only include studies published in English or Chinese languages. Accordingly, randomized controlled trials evaluating the application value of continuous nursing intervention for improving the quality of life of patients suffering from stroke will be included. We will use 2 independent authors to conduct study selection, extract data, and evaluate the quality of the included studies. In case of any discrepancies, they will be addressed by consensus. Also, we will use RevMan 5.3 software to carry out the statistical analysis. RESULTS: The current study will summarize high-quality evidence to systematically explore application value of continuous nursing intervention for improving the quality of life in patients with stroke. CONCLUSION: The present study will summarize the direct and indirect pieces of evidence to ascertain whether continuous nursing intervention can improve the quality of life in patients with stroke. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval will not be required. REGISTRATION NUMBER: April 25, 2021.osf.io/xnrzt/ (https://osf.io/xnrzt/).