Acknowledgements The authors would like to sincerely thank the participants who gave up their time to take part in this study. We would also like to thank the research assistants on all sites for their hard work for the duration of the study. Our thanks also go out to the clinical staff in both colorectal and cardiac rehabilitation services on all three sites; without your support, this work could not go ahead. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the contribution of other members of the research team: Lisa Kidd, Richard Adams, Angus JM Watson Stephen J Leslie, Petra Rauchhaus, Anna Campbell, Sarkis Manoukian, and Gillian Sweetman. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Funding This work is supported by the National Institute for Health Research—Health Service and Development Research, Project reference number: NIHR—HS&DR Project:12/5001/09.
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