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Lessons Learned From Implementing Health Coaching in The Heart Healthy Lenoir Hypertension Study
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 10, Issue 4, Winter 2016
- pp. 559-567
- 10.1353/cpr.2016.0064
- Article
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Buy Issue for $25 at JHUPBackground: Health coaching is increasingly important in patient-centered medical homes.
Objectives: Describe formative evaluation results and lessons learned from implementing health coaching to improve hypertension self-management in rural primary care.
Methods: A hypertension collaborative was formed consisting of six primary care sites. Twelve monthly health coaching phone calls were attempted for 487 participants with hypertension.
Lessons Learned: Participant engagement was challenging; 58% remained engaged, missing fewer than three consecutive calls. Multivariate analyses revealed that older age (odds ratio [OR], 1.03; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01–1.05), African American race (O,R 1.73; 95% CI, 1.15–2.60), greater number of comorbidities (OR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.05–1.30) and receiving coaching closer to enrollment (OR, 5.03; 95% CI, 2.53–9.99) were correlated independently with engagement. Participants reported the coaching valuable; 96% would recommend health coaching to others.
Conclusions: Health coaching in hypertension care can be successful strategy for engaging more vulnerable groups. A more tailored approach may improve engagement with counseling.
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