Improving patient compliance in cardiac exercise rehabilitation: Effects of written agreement and self-monitoring

Self-management techniques improve compliance with health programs although their efficacy in exercise rehabilitation programs for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) is not known. Men with CHD (N = 120) were referred to a six-month exercise program in which they were stratified and randomly allocated to either a control group (N = 57) or an experimental group (N = 63). Control group patients received standard treatment; experimental …