My Health Coach Study

NCT ID: NCT02201069

Last Updated: 2016-08-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 82 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-08-31

Brief Summary

The "My Health Coach Study" seeks to determine if health coaching by a medical assistant can help patients have better sleep, a better diet, be more physically active or lose weight, according to the recommendation of their health care provider.

Detailed Description

The aim of the study is to determine whether medical assistants (MAs) can assist primary care providers to achieve healthier lifestyles via better sleep, food choices, weight loss and/or increased physical activity in their patients. The hypothesis driving this research is that health coaching can be done by existing medical support staff to facilitate healthy lifestyles in a primary care setting. Coaching can maximize the health of the patient population in a cost-effective way if the coaching service is integrated into primary care clinics with minimal capital investment at the outset. A major focus will be on behaviors associated with weight management since this is the most common health issue in the U.S. today. This method, if successful, should be easily adaptable to other health behaviors and in most any medical practice that seeks to improve the health of its patient base in a cost-effective way.

In order to achieve a change in health behaviors, and especially weight loss, regular follow-up contacts are needed. Previous research has shown health coaching to be effective, but this has utilized programs that "add on" to the existing clinic structure. This type of coaching model is difficult to sustain. Utilizing existing staff for health coaching is a method we propose to more fully integrate this service into primary care clinics.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

health coaching

12 weeks of health coaching using weekly contact in the first month and biweekly contacts in months 2-3.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

health coaching

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

health coaching

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• adults age 21 and over
• referred by primary care physician for health coaching
• have telephone for follow-up
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnant or trying to become pregnant

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 100 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Zora Djuric

Research Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Briarwood Family Medicine

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HUM00087322

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id