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Table 3 Summary of health coaching interventions

From: Health coaching provided by registered nurses described: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

References

Coaching strategy/intervention used

Preparation of coach/es

No. of coach/es

Coaching style

Interval of intervention

Length of intervention

Duration of each session

[31]

Goal-focused

Treat to target (directive)

Personalised care (non-directive)

Practice Nurses employed at GP practices

70

1 face-to-face

8 telephone

6 weekly (6 months)

2 months (6–12 months)

12 months

15 months

18 months

10–120 min per session

Average 30 min

[32]

Based on Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

Focused on smoking cessation services, increasing physical activity, medication management and action planning

Specially trained study nurses

2 days training

8

4 telephone

Week 1, 3,7,11

24 weeks

35–60 min (week 1)

15–20 min (week 3,7,11)

[34]

Motivational Interviewing

Registered nurses

Certified in motivational interviewing

Not specified

6 telephone

biweekly

9 months

Not specified

[35]

DVD program (24 min)

Management

Motivational enhancement

Identifying desired and attainable behavioural goals

Behaviour plan

Trained diabetes nurse

Bilingual nurse educator trained in patient-centred approaches

1

5 telephone

Case by case

6 months

15–60 min per session

[33]

Based on Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

Focused on smoking cessation services, increasing physical activity, medication management and action planning

Specially trained study nurses

2 days training

8

4 telephone

Week 1, 3,7,11

11 weeks

35–60 min (week 1), average 39 min;

15–20 min (week 3,7,11)

[36]

Focus on giving information, interpreting the experience, and validating and clarifying responses and actions related to the surgical experience directed toward marking a difference in recovery outcomes

Minimum with Bachelor of Nursing degree

3 × 2-hour formal classes including the procedure for data collection for both the NCI and the UP groups, study instruments, data management, and, if interested, data entry.

12

4 telephone

1st night, 24, 48, and 72 h post-surgery

1 week

15–35 min per session

[37]

Motivational Interviewing

Health promotion

Masters prepared

Over 20 years of experience in psychiatric mental health nursing

All attended motivational interviewing training

5

5 face-to-face

Week 2, 6, 10, 14, 18

18 weeks

-

[38]

Based on Revised Symptom Management Conceptual Model and the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory

Self-management

Knowledge and perceptions to motivate people to engage in desired symptom management behaviours, skills, and resources necessary to perform behaviours and support from family and health professionals to continue the behaviours.

Individualized psychoeducational sessions

Experienced nurses

1

1 face-to-face

2 telephone

Weekly

3 months

1 h per session

[5]

Based on Self-Regulation Theory

Techniques incorporated: Goal setting, motivational interviewing, action planning, active listening and open-end questioning

Experienced certified nurses and public health nurses

Trained for 4 weeks in a telephone coaching model developed by Pfizer Health Solutions and modified for Finnish system.

Two supervised sessions.

Trained for motivational interviewing technique and telephone coaching

8

10–12 telephone

Monthly

12 months

30–60 min per call

[1]

3-level approach (individual, group, and facility)

Group level: health education providing knowledge and motivating self-management behaviours

Individual level: Goal setting

Training given by Principle investigator

Geriatric nurse practitioners (2 experts in geriatric nursing and motivational interviewing)

Nurses were divided into two groups (individual level or group level)

8

Group workshop

Face-to-face

Weekly

8 weeks

1-hour group coaching

30 min per session

[9]

Based on Self-Regulation Theory

Techniques incorporated: Goal setting, motivational interviewing, action planning, active listening and open-end questioning

Experienced certified nurses or public health nurses.

Trained for 4 weeks in a tele-coaching model initially developed by Pfizer Health Solutions then modified for Finnish system. Two supervised sessions.

7

10–11 telephone

Monthly

12 months

30–60 min per call

[39]

Coaching framework based on appreciative inquiry theory (goal setting, achievement)

1 inpatient interview

1 48-hour post-discharge phone call

1 home visit/participant within 14 days of discharge

30, 60, and 90-day follow-up calls

Master’s prepared-RN

Certified health coach

1

1 face-to-face

1 telephone

1 face-to-face

3 telephone

Immediately post-surgery

48-hour post-discharge

14, 30, 60, and 90 days post-discharge

3 months

 

[40]

Personalised care plan

Areas of coaching based on 8 priorities

Specially trained nurses employed by NHS Direct

Content of training not specified

Not specified

12 telephone

Usually monthly (depending on patients’ situations)

12 months

15 min per call

[41]

Based on James Prochaska’s transtheoretical model of behaviour change

Targeted 4 desired asthma care behaviours

Paediatric nurses working at St. Louis Children’s Hospital telephone triage service (registered nurse for at least 10 years, and an average of 5 years of paediatric telephone triage experience)

Training was composed of two, 90-minute group sessions within a two-week period to review study design. Course content included an introduction to asthma coaching and the conceptual model, and review of documentation expectations.

Coaches learned how to “stage” parents on their readiness to apply each of the targeted behaviours, then observed and practiced staging through role-playing and written assignments. They learned how to provide tailored care advice appropriate to each parent’s stage of readiness guided by a computerized protocol.

13

1–11 telephone

Average 4–8 calls

12 months

10 min per call

[42]

Motivational interviewing

Trained extensively in motivational interviewing and change theory by a cognitive behavioural psychologist and then in procedures related to the specific coaching protocol.

1

4 telephone

Fortnightly

6 weeks

30 min

[43]

Medication management

Pain advocacy

Living with pain

Master’s-prepared RN with prior experience in oncology or pain management and received additional training and monitoring by the principle investigator.

Not specified

3 face-to-face

2 telephone

2, 3, 4, 5 and 6th week

12 weeks

45–60 min (face-to-face); 10–15 min (telephone)

[44]

Lifestyle and pharmacological management: Five stages along a continuum of motivational readiness to engage in a healthy behaviour (Precontemplation; Contemplation; Preparation; Action; and Maintenance)

Licensed practice nurses who had extensive previous experience with asthma assessment and treatment

Attended 5 training days

Trained 2 days to deliver telephone coaching session to individuals

Practice nurses employed by GP clinics

2

1 face-to-face

8 telephone

6 weekly (6 months)

2 monthlies (6–12 months)

12 months

15 months

18 months

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  1. GP General Practice, NHS National Health Service, RN Registered Nurse