Needs for family caregivers of Cerebrovascular Accident survivors.

Objectives: To know the needs of family caregivers of Cerebrovascular Accident survivors.

Methods: This is a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study. Data were collected from 37 family caregivers of Cerebrovascular Accident survivors from a city in the interior of Bahia, through an interview using a semi-structured form, between September 2017 and March 2018, and submitted to thematic content analysis.

[Interventions for stroke survivor caregivers: a systematic reviewIntervenciones para los cuidadores de los sobrevivientes de un accidente cerebrovascular: revisión sistemática].

Objective: To synthesize and critically review the literature on interventions aimed at decreasing the burden of stroke survivor caregivers and other associated factors.

Method: The literature search for the present systematic review was performed in PubMed, SciELO, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) website, and the Virtual Health Library using the following search terms: Stroke AND Caregivers AND Intervention; and Stroke AND Caregivers AND clinical trial. Eight randomized controlled clinical trials (RCT) published between 2008 and 2017 were selected.