Lay health coaching intervention for older adults with chronic diseases: study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large proportion of older adults suffer from chronic diseases. Health coaching is a promising intervention that enhances individuals' health knowledge and supports changes in health behaviours. Even though health professionals usually conduct health coaching interventions, lay health workers from different backgrounds account for a growing segment of health coaches over the years. The planned study's main objective is to investigate whether health coaching by lay health workers is as effective as that by health professionals.

Methods

The effects of health coaching intervention by lay health workers will be examined in comparison with that by health professionals within a single-blind, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial with a follow-up assessment after 3 

SUBMITTER: Chung EKH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653921 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature