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June 19, 2026Disability and Rehabilitation

Effects of recreational therapy on psychological and social outcomes among stroke survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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LSLiping SunYangzhou UniversityYLYuexia LiaoYangzhou UniversityZGZhi'’e GuPeople's Hospital of Kaizhou District

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Implication

Systematic review finds recreational therapy improves depressive symptoms and social participation in stroke survivors, suggesting potential benefits for intervention design.

Key Points

  • To investigate the effects of recreational therapy on psychological and social outcomes in stroke survivors and identify key intervention features.
  • Systematic search of eleven databases up to April 15, 2026.
  • Independent study selection and risk of bias assessment using Cochrane RoB 2.0.
  • Meta-analyses conducted with RevMan 5.4.
  • Recreational therapy significantly reduced depressive symptoms (SMD = -0.46, 95% CI: -0.65 to -0.28; p < 0.01).
  • Improvement in social participation was observed (SMD = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.07–0.99; p = 0.02).
  • No significant effect on anxiety (SMD = -0.32, p = 0.31) or quality of life (SMD = 0.77, p = 0.07) was found.

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Sun et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a34de9d65a5b0777af2df3ahttps://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2026.2686311
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