Effectiveness of a home-based intervention in increasing level of compliance, and cardiac self-efficacy, and reducing anxiety and depression amongst first-time myocardial infarction (MI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients in the first 6 weeks.

INTERVENTION: 1. The experimental groups will receive a home‐based intervention based on the South Tees Cardiac Rehabilitation document 'A Helping Hand to Heart Recovery', which focuses on lifestyle issues such as diet, exercise and stress management. This intervention will be built around three home visits to the patients in the experimental group at 1, 3 and 6 weeks post‐discharge. 2. The control group will receive usual treatment. CONDITION: Cardiovascular diseases: Heart disease ; Circulatory System ; Heart disease PRIMARY OUTCOME: Compliance with the formal 7‐week cardiac rehabilitation course which takes place at 6 ‐8 weeks post discharge ; 1. Self‐efficacy scores at 1 week and 8 weeks post discharge ; 2. Anxiety scores at 1 and 8 weeks post discharge ; 3. Depression scores at 1 and 8 weeks post discharge ; 4. Descriptive data generated from qualitative interviews which focus on adjustment and lifestyle change SECONDARY OUTCOME: Not provided at time of registration INCLUSION CRITERIA: Recently discharged first‐time MI and CABG patients who are English speaking with no identifiable history of psychiatric illness