My Health Coach Study

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

My Health Coach Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02201069
• Other study ID #: HUM00087322
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 24, 2014
• Last updated: August 18, 2016
• Start date: August 2014
• Est. completion date: August 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The "My Health Coach Study" seeks to determine if health coaching by a medical assistant can help patients have better sleep, a better diet, be more physically active or lose weight, according to the recommendation of their health care provider.

Description:

The aim of the study is to determine whether medical assistants (MAs) can assist primary care providers to achieve healthier lifestyles via better sleep, food choices, weight loss and/or increased physical activity in their patients. The hypothesis driving this research is that health coaching can be done by existing medical support staff to facilitate healthy lifestyles in a primary care setting. Coaching can maximize the health of the patient population in a cost-effective way if the coaching service is integrated into primary care clinics with minimal capital investment at the outset. A major focus will be on behaviors associated with weight management since this is the most common health issue in the U.S. today. This method, if successful, should be easily adaptable to other health behaviors and in most any medical practice that seeks to improve the health of its patient base in a cost-effective way.

In order to achieve a change in health behaviors, and especially weight loss, regular follow-up contacts are needed. Previous research has shown health coaching to be effective, but this has utilized programs that "add on" to the existing clinic structure. This type of coaching model is difficult to sustain. Utilizing existing staff for health coaching is a method we propose to more fully integrate this service into primary care clinics.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: August 2016
• Est. primary completion date: August 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 21 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults age 21 and over

• referred by primary care physician for health coaching

• have telephone for follow-up

• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant or trying to become pregnant

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• health coaching

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Briarwood Family Medicine	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Quality of Life	stress, fatigue, self-efficacy, motivation	12 weeks	No
Primary	Weight loss		12 weeks	No
Secondary	Diet quality	adherence to USDA recommendations	12 weeks	No
Secondary	Physical activity	adherence to physical activity recommendations of 30 min/day of at least moderate activity.	12 weeks	No
Secondary	Sleep	Better sleep habits	12 weeks	Yes