Data collection
stroke
MAY, STROKE
The data were collected between May 2016 and July 2018. All caregivers were visited at their homes by two research assistants, the same who collected baseline caregiver QoL data using WHOQOL-BREF and adjunct WHOQOL-OLD. The stroke survivors were also assessed using FIM. Afterwards, a nurse, who was a research team member but not an IN, randomly allocated 24 caregivers to the IG and another 24 to the CG.The participants in the IG received three additional HVs, one week apart. All IG and CG participants received HVs from research assistants to collect caregiver QoL data two months (month 2) and one year (year 1) after discharge. All such data were collected from allocation-blinded research assistants.