Table 1.

Summary of included studies and participant characteristics

Study	Participants	Numbers randomised, age, sex	Length of intervention (length of follow-up)	What happened during follow-up?	Components of intervention	Outcomes at follow-up considered in this review
Cupples 199410a and 199915b Northern Ireland	Diagnosed angina Age <75 years	688, 63 years, 59% male	2 years (5 years)	Intervention ceased	Patient education Pre-planned appointments Nurse-led	Mortality Smoking habit Blood pressure Serum total cholesterol Self-reported health status (Nottingham Health Profile)
Campbell 199811 Murchie 200316 Delaney 200819 Scotland	Diagnosis of CHD or prescribed nitrates Age <80 years	1343, 66 years, 58% male	1 year (4.7 years) (10 years)	Intervention delivered to some patients in control and intervention	Patient education Risk factor management Pre-planned appointments Nurse-led	Mortality Hospital admissions Blood pressure Serum total cholesterol Self-reported health status (SF36)
Kiesslingc 200212 201120 Sweden	Diagnosed angina or diagnosed MI	88, 62 years, 85% male	2 years (10 years)	Intervention ceased	Clinician education	Mortality Cause of death
Munozc 200714 200817 Spain	Diagnosed angina or MI within 6 years Age 30–79 years	983, 64 years, 72% male	3 years (5 years)	Intervention ceased	Patient education Clinician education Risk factor management Pre-planned appointments	Mortality
Murphyc 200913 201418 Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland	Previous MI, CABG, PTCA, diagnosed angina	903, 67 years, 75% male	18 months (6 years)	Intervention ceased	Patient education Clinician education Risk factor management Pre-planned appointments Nurse-led	Mortality Hospital admissions Blood pressure Serum total cholesterol Self-reported health status (SF12)

^aFirst date refers to the date of publication of main study results.

^bSecond (and subsequent) dates refer to date of publication of long-term follow-up results.

^cRandomisation by cluster. CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting. CHD = coronary heart disease. MI = myocardial infarction. PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.