About the Authors
- Maggie Lawrence
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* E-mail: maggie.lawrence@gcu.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute for Applied Health Research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Jan Pringle
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Affiliation School of Education, Social Work and Community Education, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
- Susan Kerr
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Affiliation Institute for Applied Health Research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Joanne Booth
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Affiliation Institute for Applied Health Research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Lindsay Govan
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Affiliation Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Nicola J. Roberts
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Affiliation Institute for Applied Health Research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Dr. Maggie Lawrence was funded to undertake this review work by a Senior Research Training Fellowship (2012–2015), awarded by the Stroke Association (UK). The Fellowship enabled the employment of a project researcher, Dr. Jan Pringle. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML SK. Performed the experiments: ML JP. Analyzed the data: ML JP LG. Wrote the paper: ML LG JP NR SK JB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: ML JP LG NR SK JB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: ML JP LG SK JB. Secured funding: ML SK JB. Systematic literature review: ML JP SK JB. Quality assessment: ML JP. Data-extraction: ML JP SK JB.