Recruitment
stroke
STROKE
Participants were recruited from a larger study previously conducted within our team, which we will refer to from here on in as the parent study. The parent study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of HWC in populations at an increased risk of stroke PREVENTS (Mahon et al., A subset of nine participants from the PREVENTS study were approached and invited to take part in this study, having been selected for convenience based on their chronological randomization into the coaching intervention group. They were initially approached via telephone and, if agreeable, were then sent a participant information sheet and consent form via post. Of the nine approached, eight gave informed consent, and one declined to take part due to not being interested. Participants were eligible to take part in this study regardless of how many coaching sessions they had completed. Table Participant characteristics