Statins used for secondary prevention in patients with stroke reduce the risk of further ischaemic strokes and cardiovascular events

Abstract

Statins used for secondary prevention in patients with stroke reduce the risk of further ischaemic strokes and cardiovascular events. Evidence-based nursing .

Mediators, confounders and effectiveness of interventions for medication adherence after stroke

“…After a stroke or a transient ischaemic attack [TIA] people have a substantial long-term risk of recurrent stroke (van Wijk et al 2005;Dhamoon et al 2006;Feng et al 2010;Edwards et al 2017). Secondary prevention medication is an important (Kikuchi et al 2012;Hankey 2014) and effective strategy to reduce the risk of stroke recurrence (Toyoda 2009;Hill and Hare 2019). However, medication adherence and medication persistence rates are low after stroke (Zhang et al 2019).…”