PLoS ONE • Vol 19 • No 4
Reducing risk behaviours after stroke: An overview of reviews interrogating primary study data using the Theoretical Domains Framework
April 2024 • Patricia Hall, Maggie Lawrence, Thilo Kroll, Catherine Blake, James Matthews, Olive Lennon
Background Lifestyle changes, in addition to preventive medications, optimise stroke secondary prevention. Evidence from systematic reviews support behaviour-change interventions post-stroke to address lifestyle-related risk. However, understanding of the theory-driven mediators that affect behaviour-change post-stroke is lacking. Methods Electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, Epistemonikos and Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews were searched to March 2023 for systematic reviews addressing behaviour-change afte…