Health coaching by telephony to support self-care in chronic diseases: clinical outcomes from The TERVA randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim was to evaluate the effect of a 12-month individualized health coaching intervention by telephony on clinical outcomes.

Methods

An open-label cluster-randomized parallel groups trial. Pre- and post-intervention anthropometric and blood pressure measurements by trained nurses, laboratory measures from electronic medical records (EMR). A total of 2594 patients filling inclusion criteria (age 45 years or older, with type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure, and unmet treatment goals) were identified from EMRs, and 1535 patients (59%) gave consent and were randomized into intervention or control arm. Final analysis included 1221 (80%) participants with data on primary end-points both at entry and at end. Primary outcomes were systol

SUBMITTER: Patja K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3502505 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature