A systematic review of patient reported factors associated with uptake and completion of cardiovascular lifestyle behaviour change

Table 3 Studies reporting factors (organised into key themes) relating to completion of lifestyle programmes

Factors	References of studies examining completion
	Facilitates	Deters	No association
Emotions
Increased anxiety	74**	55, 73
Depression	74	47, 55, 73, 78**^a
On antidepressant medication		47, 62
Greater neuroticism		55**
Emotion focused coping	74**
Greater optimism	55**
Psychological & spiritual beliefs
Greater personal control & less treatment control		78**
Illness has greater consequences / Timeline (acute/chronic) and (cyclical)	78**
More symptoms attributed to illness		78
Information & communication
Less education		71**	69, 76, 74
Friends & family support
Not married/not living with a partner/being single		47, 62**	69, 76
Transport & related costs ^†
Unemployed / retired/home maker	69	68, 76**^b	74

**Independently significant.
Regression analysis not reported [73].
^a combined measure for depression and anxiety; ^b in men only (deters prior to hospitalisation but not during hospitalisation).

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