A nurse-led health coaching intervention for stroke survivors and their family caregivers in hospital to home transition care in Chongqing, China: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital to home transition care is a most stressful period for stroke survivors and their caregivers to learn self-management of stroke-related health conditions and to engage in rehabilitation. Health coaching has been identified as a strategy to enhance self-management of poststroke care at home. However, interventions in this field that are informed by a health coaching framework are scarce. This study will address a gap in research by testing the hypothesis that a nurse-led health coaching intervention can improve health outcomes for stroke survivors and their family caregivers in hospital to home transition care.

Methods

This is a single-blind, two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial of a nurse-led health coaching program versus routine care situated in

SUBMITTER: Lin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature