Impact of peer health coaching on glycemic control in low-income patients with diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Peer health coaches offer a potential model for extending the capacity of primary care practices to provide self-management support for patients with diabetes. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test whether clinic-based peer health coaching, compared with usual care, improves glycemic control for low-income patients who have poorly controlled diabetes.

Method

We undertook a randomized controlled trial enrolling patients from 6 public health clinics in San Francisco. Twenty-three patients with a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) level of less than 8.5%, who completed a 36-hour health coach training class, acted as peer coaches. Patients from the same clinics with HbA1C levels of 8.0% or more were recruited and randomized to receive health coaching (n = 148) or u

SUBMITTER: Thom DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3601392 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature