evidence-based research

Research findings on integrative health coaching as reported in the Journal of General Internal Medicine and Diabetes Educator:

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  A Multidimensional Integrative Medicine Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular Risk ​​  

 

• Randomized 154 primary care patients
• 10 months Personal Health Planning led by health coaches
• Usual Care
• Baseline Health Risk Assessment, created health vision and goals
• Group education and individual phone coaching

Results:

Improved readiness to change, health behaviors (eating, exercise) and
reduced cardiovascular disease risks related to weight loss and increased exercise. – Edelman et al. (2006). Journal of General Internal Medicine

 

 

 

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Integrative Health Coaching for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes:

A Randomized Clinical Trial​

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• 56 patients with Type 2 Diabetes randomized to usual care or 14 x 30 phone coaching sessions over 6 months
• 55% <$50K annual household income
• 59% minorities
• 59% without college degrees
• Coaching clients defined individualized vision for health with goals aligning with life values

Results:

Those in integrative health coaching improved:

• Patient activation
• Health behavioral (exercise, medical adherence)
• Psychosocial outcomes (social support, benefit-finding)
• Biological indices (A1c improved with those with baseline poor glycemic control)
• When usual care group was given integrative health coaching, also saw improvements in mood, perceived stress, quality of life and negative perception of illness.

– Wolever et al, Diabetes Educator, Volume 36, No. 4, July/August 2010.​​

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