Behavioral Intervention Tested After Mild-to-Moderate Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Developing effective behavioral interventions to modify the risk for recurrent stroke, particularly in racial/ethnic minority populations, remains a challenge. Secondary prevention efforts that have focused on improving education about risk have had mixed results. Culturally tailored interventions that also address self-efficacy by developing specific skills and risk-reduction action steps may be more effective.

Discharge Educational Strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events (DESERVE) was a randomized clinical trial designed to evaluate the effect on systolic blood pressure (SBP) of a skills-based, culturally tailored intervention after mild-to-moderate stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). The intervention consisted of educational sl…