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CompletedNCT04134858

The Effects of Health Coaching for Frequent Attenders

The Effectiveness of Health Coaching for Frequent Attenders in the Primary Healthcare

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
110 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Oulu · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study was to describe and evaluate the effectiveness of health coaching on health-related quality of life, adherence to health regimens, clinical health outcomes and lifestyle factors among frequent attenders in primary healthcare.

Detailed description

The quasi-experimental research method evaluated the effectiveness of health coaching among frequent attenders in primary healthcare. The experimental group received the health coaching and the control group received the usual care. The data were collected with pre- and posttest 12-month follow-up via a questionnaire of FINRISKI2012, RAND-36 and ACDI and clinical health outcomes measured by health-coaching nurses. The data were analyzed by statistical methods.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERThe nurse-led health coaching programThe intervention was based on the customized nurse-led health-coaching program. The program consisted of an individual health-coaching nurse, health-coaching sessions and a written action plan according to each participant´s individual needs.

Timeline

Start date
2014-10-01
Primary completion
2016-02-01
Completion
2016-12-31
First posted
2019-10-22
Last updated
2019-10-22

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04134858. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.