TY - JOUR AU - Murray, Jenni AU - Fenton, Grania AU - Honey, Stephanie AU - Bara, Ana Claudia AU - Hill, Kate Mary AU - House, Allan PY - 2013 DA - 2013/07/06 TI - A qualitative synthesis of factors influencing maintenance of lifestyle behaviour change in individuals with high cardiovascular risk JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 48 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Management of cardiovascular risk factors includes commitment from patients to adhere to prescribed medications and adopt healthy lifestyles. Unfortunately many fail to take up and maintain the four key healthy behaviours (not smoking, having a balanced diet, limiting alcohol consumption and being more active). Five factors (beliefs, knowledge, transport and other costs, emotions, and friends and family support) are known to predict uptake of lifestyle behaviour change. The key factors influencing maintenance of healthy lifestyles are not known but would be helpful to support the development of relapse prevention programmes for this population. Our review aimed to clarify the main patient perceived factors thought to influence maintenance of changed healthy lifestyles. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-48 DO - 10.1186/1471-2261-13-48 ID - Murray2013 ER -