Nontraditional Cardiac Rehabilitation in Korean Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

Purpose: This pilot investigation sought to compare outcomes including depression, anxiety, stress, mindful awareness, and exercise capacity between exercise-focused cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) and meditation-focused cardiac rehabilitation (MCR) programs for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Design: A nonrandomized pretest-posttest design was employed.

Methods: Two different interventions (ECR vs.