Impact of a 12-week wellness coaching on self-care behaviors among primary care adult patients with prediabetes.

ABSTRACT: This single arm prospective study assessed the impact of individualized wellness coaching intervention for primary care patients with prediabetes on self-reported changes in physical activity level and food choices. Five hundred sixty adult patients 18 years and older with prediabetes, seen in primary care clinic, were invited to participate in 12 weeks wellness coaching sessions delivered by certified coaches. Responses from questionnaires at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks were analyzed. Of 168 consented patients, 99 completed at least one coaching session; majority was elderly, female, overweight or obese. At baseline, 50% had <60 min aerobic exercise/week. At 6 and 12 weeks, average aerobic exercise time significantly increased from 117 min to 166 and 199 min respectively. Effect was sustaine

SUBMITTER: DeJesus RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5966585 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature