Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for BRUM study
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria (applied by a cardiologist) |
Diagnosis within previous 3 months of a first or subsequent myocardial infarction (MI) | Case-note reported dementia |
Diagnosis within previous 3 months of a first or subsequent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) | Unstable angina |
Diagnosis within previous 3 months of a first or subsequent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) | Cardiac arrhythmias |
English or Punjabi speakers | Severe heart failure |
Sight defects of sufficient severity to prevent the reading of the Heart Manual | |
Severe hearing impairment |