Lifestyle approaches to hypertension for prevention of stroke and vascular cognitive impairment: a realist review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stroke and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) are major global public health pandemics. The increased incidence of stroke and VCI is in part due to modifiable risk factors (MRFs), with hypertension (HTN) being the strongest single MRF. Even though the underlying causes of HTN are multifactorial, lifestyle choices (eg, poor diet, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption) are chief contributors. Lifestyle medicine (LSM) is a medical and evidence-based discipline that is a promising approach for preventing stroke and cognitive impairment, including VCI. The empirical evidence from systematic reviews, meta-analyses and large population-based studies has reported on the effectiveness of LSM interventions. However, the evaluation of such complex, social and behavioural inte

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448177 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature