Journal article
Reasons for dropout from exercise programs in post-coronary patients.
Abstract
The dropout rate in the 7-yr Ontario Exercise Heart Collaborative Study of post-coronary men engaged in exercise programs was examined in order to determine possible contributing factors. A questionnaire pertaining to psychosocial and program-related variables was distributed to 728 subjects who were previously assigned randomly on the basis of four prognostic risk factors (occupation, personality, hypertension, and angina) into exercise …
Authors
ANDREW GM; OLDRIDGE NB; PARKER JO; CUNNINGHAM DA; RECHNITZER PA; JONES NL; BUCK C; KAVANAGH T; SHEA RJ; SUTTON JR
Journal
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Vol. 13, No. 3,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 1981
DOI
10.1249/00005768-198103000-00003
ISSN
0195-9131