Participants were recruited over a seven-month period.
Eligibility requirements included 1) a diagnosis of probable TIA
or confirmed stroke; 2) hypertension (defined as clinic blood
pressure readings greater than national stroke recommendations
recorded at both admission [SPC visit one] and recruitment
visit [SPC visit two or three] [Lindsay et al., 2008]); and 3)
deficits in one or all of cognition (MMSE score < 26) (Folstein
et al., 1975), medication self-efficacy (score < 100%) and/or
medication non-adherence (self-report of any missed medications
in an average week) (Ireland et al., 2010).