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Predictors of dropout from cardiac exercise rehabilitation Ontario exercise-heart collaborative study

Abstract

The Ontario Exercise-Heart Collaborative Study was a multicenter randomized clinical trial of high intensity exercise for the prevention of recurrent myocardial infarction in 733 men. Of the 678 subjects who could have participated for at least 3 years, 315 (46.5%) dropped out. Stepwise multiple linear logistic regression analysis was carried out to examine the relation between subject characteristics and the probability of dropping out during …

Authors

Oldridge NB; Donner AP; Buck CW; Jones NL; Andrew GM; Parker JO; Cunningham DA; Kavanagh T; Rechnitzer PA; Sutton JR

Journal

The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 70–74

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1983

DOI

10.1016/s0002-9149(83)80013-7

ISSN

0002-9149