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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Jul 24;99(30):e21080.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021080.

Current trends in health coaching for chronic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Juan Yang  1   2 , Brent A Bauer  1 , Stephanie A Lindeen  1 , Adam I Perlman  3 , Abd Moain Abu Dabrh  4 , Kasey R Boehmer  5 , Manisha Salinas  6 , Susanne M Cutshall  1
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Meta-Analysis

Current trends in health coaching for chronic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Juan Yang et al. Medicine (Baltimore). .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Aug 14;99(33):e21984. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021984. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020. PMID: 32872085 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Background: Chronic conditions are placing a serious burden on individuals as well as the health care system. Health coaching (HC) has emerged as a promising approach that can support effective lifestyle interventions for chronic conditions. However, until now there is no particularly comprehensive systematic review of HC impact on a chronic condition from the angle of patient improvement and detail coaching characteristics reported.

Objective: To synthesize available studies on the efficacy and current status of HC interventions on the health of chronically ill adult patients.

Methods: The literature search will be conducted for trials published in English within the past four years. Electronic databases CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE, and Scopus will be searched with keywords describing HC for chronic diseases. Randomized controlled trials that compare HC interventions to conventional care or other alternative therapies will be included. Data extraction will be conducted by two reviewers independently, and enrolled trials will be evaluated for quality and bias assessment. If appropriate, meta-analysis will be conducted on the last stage of the review; otherwise, the study findings will be described narratively. The software Review Manager (Revman version 5.3.5.) provided by the Cochrane Collaboration will be applied for the meta-analysis.

Results: This is the first study to comprehensively explore the effectiveness and current status of HC intervention for patients with chronic conditions.

Discussion: Study findings from this review will advance the appropriate utilization of coaching practice by determining whether HC is effective and feasible among patients with chronic disease. If proven effective, this approach may be applied more broadly through public health interventions. The current status findings will also provide evidence to inform decisions for integrating HC interventions into the current management pathway for individuals with chronic conditions.

Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42020153280.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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PRISMA flow chart of study selection.
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