NCT06616246

Training Community Members to be Coaches to Deliver the HealthyLifetime Program

Evaluating the Use of Community Members Trained as Health Coaches to Deliver the HealthyLifetimeTM Program

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled study is to learn if, in addition to nurses, community members can be trained as health coaches to deliver the HealthyLifetime (HL) program to people without complex chronic health conditions, an intervention that provides a short-term and effective health coaching intervention delivered through a virtual platform to improve health, resiliency, and independent self-care to participants who are without complex chronic conditions. The main question it aims to answer is: • Can Community Health Coaches achieve the same level of competency and outcome as Nurse Health Coaches in participants without complex chronic conditions?

Detailed description

The investigators will evaluate the use of trained community members \[Health Coach, (HC)\] in delivering the HealthyLifetime program to adults without complex chronic conditions. Our cumulative learnings about effective HL strategies, training, and outcomes assessments set the stage for the proposed use of trained community members as HL Health Coaches under the supervision of the nurse Clinical Services Manager. The Independent Living Index (ILI) measures 'risk' for loss of independence due to functional decline from complex chronic conditions and other factors. The investigators will use the ILI and other medical information to determine which participants can be appropriately delegated to non-clinical staff coaches, which the investigators define as participants without complex chronic conditions. Our training methods will be adapted for use with community members. Our health coaching competency assessment tools will be used to measure community members trained as Health Coaches and Nurse Health Coach' relative competency. The investigators will compare quantitative and qualitative outcomes between participants coached by HL Health Coaches (community members) vs. HL Nurse Health Coaches and any outcome differences due to demographic, social determinants, or other factors. Finally, the investigators intend to evaluate the program satisfaction and potential cost impact using our Medical Use Index as a proxy for cost savings.

Conditions

• Health Behaviors
• Functional Decline
• Chronic Disease
• Risk Factors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HealthyLifetime	HealthyLifetimeTM \[HL\] seeks to intervene early in the aging process when individuals have the best chance for longer-term benefits of changing their health behavior, staving off functional decline, and minimizing the onset or exacerbation of chronic conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-15
• Primary completion: 2028-10-01
• Completion: 2028-12-01
• First posted: 2024-09-27
• Last updated: 2025-06-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States