BACKGROUND The burden of chronic disease and multimorbidity is rapidly increasing. Self-management support interventions are effective in reduce cost, especially when targeted at a single disease group; however, economical evidence of such complex interventions remains scarce. The objective of this study was to evaluate a cost-effectiveness analysis of a tele-based health-coaching intervention ...

IMPORTANCE Evidence of effective treatment of childhood obesity in primary care settings is limited. OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which computerized clinical decision support (CDS) delivered to pediatric clinicians at the point of care of obese children, with or without individualized family coaching, improved body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in ...

BACKGROUND Attrition is a persistent issue in online self-help programs, but limited research is available on reasons for attrition or successful methods for improving participant retention. One potential approach to understanding attrition and retention in such programs is to examine person-related variables (eg, beliefs and attitudes) that influence behavior. Theoretical models, such as the T...

Self-management approaches are widely used to improve chronic care. In this context, health care professionals call for efficient tools engage patients in managing their illness. Mobile (mHealth), defined by WHO as medical and public practice supported mobile devices, is demonstrated enhance self-management health-coaching an engaging tool supporting behaviour change. Nevertheless, it unclear h...

Abstract Cognitive empathy, expressed as either imagine-self (imagining oneself in the other’s situation) or imagine-other other person his/her is essential for self-change and satisfaction coaching. In two studies, we investigated difference between coaches’ versus empathy. a survey study ( N 1 = 242), found that more important coaches perceived client’s self-change, valuable they not only rat...

The article is devoted to the research of problem professionally oriented motivation based on personality – environment future physical education teachers coaching activities in game sports. aim reveal features training process coaching, particular justify a person-centered creation. Based theoretical concept revealed, groups external and internal motives are described. Practical tasks for deve...

Older persons suffer from complex and chronic health conditions that require ongoing self-care activities as well as management by health care professionals. Older adults commonly receive care in multiple settings (hospital, skilled nursing facility, ambulatory clinic, home) necessitating transitions between settings of care. Multiple strategies have been proposed to aid care coordination betwe...

To address increasing rates of overweight and obesity, a population-based telephone intervention was introduced in New South Wales, Australia. The Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service® (GHS) offered participants a 6-month coaching program or detailed self-help information. Determining the population reach of GHS is of public health importance to ensure that the program reaches disadvant...

Studies on the adoption and maintenance of group exercise behavior are scarce. The objective of this study is to test two self-efficacy based interventions to increase barrier self-efficacy and group exercise behavior. In total 122 participants (Mage 42.02 yr.; SD 12.29; 67% females) were recruited and randomly assigned to one control and two experimental groups. The control group was limited t...