Background: Compliance to life style modifications among patients suffering from
recurrent cerebrovascular stroke is very important for preventing further potential complications
as recurrence of cerebrovascular stroke and facilitating recovery for those patients. This study
aimed to assess factors affecting compliance with life style modifications among patients
suffering from recurrent cerebrovascular stroke. Design: A descriptive exploratory design.
Setting: stroke out patients' clinic at Tanta University Hospitals/ Egypt. Subject: A purposive
sample of 70 adult patients, with old cerebrovascular stroke. Tools: 1) Stroke patients' structured
interview questionnaire. 2) Patients' compliance with life style modifications assessment tool.
Results: 64.3% of the studied patients had unsatisfactory level of compliance with life style
modifications as well as 64.3% had multiple factors affecting their compliance with life style
modifications. Conclusion: There were many factors affecting compliance among patients with
recurrence CVS; the most was therapy related factors, followed by patients' related factors and
disease related factors. While, health care related factors was the least. Moreover, there was a
significant relation between total level of patients' compliance and both of their residence place
and type of stroke. Recommendation: Establishing cerebrovascular stroke counseling
professional team to provide knowledge about recurrent cerebrovascular stroke and its associated
life style modifications.