What are the benefits of lifestyle counselling after stroke?
Lifestyle change after stroke is more attainable when the lifestyle counseling is interactive, the advantages of behavior change are perceived as beneficial, and the counselor has sufficient resources (eg, availability of healthcare professionals time; appropriate counseling materials; knowledge and skills). Meta-analysis demonstrates that multimodal interventions addressing active education about risk factors, medications, and medication compliance and interventions to modify lifestyle risk factors decrease the odds of recurrent cardiac events. Additionally, two small multimodal RCTs show promise for reducing cardiovascular end points.