Trials / Completed
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
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | The nurse-led health coaching program | The 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.