Health Coaching Has Differential Effects on Veterans with Limited Health Literacy and Numeracy: a Secondary Analysis of ACTIVATE

Background Health coaching is an effective behavior change strategy. Understanding if there is a differential impact of health coaching on patients with low health literacy has not been well investigated. Objective To determine whether a telephone coaching intervention would result in similar improv...

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Published in:Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2019-04, Vol.34 (4), p.552-558
Main Authors: Nouri, Sarah S., Damschroder, Laura J., Olsen, Maren K., Gierisch, Jennifer M., Fagerlin, Angela, Sanders, Linda L., McCant, Felicia, Oddone, Eugene Z.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activation
Body mass
Coaching
Health education
Health literacy
Health risks
Internal Medicine
Intervention
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Numeracy
Original Research
Patients
Physical activity
Prevention
Prevention programs
Regression analysis
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Secondary analysis
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
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Summary:Background Health coaching is an effective behavior change strategy. Understanding if there is a differential impact of health coaching on patients with low health literacy has not been well investigated. Objective To determine whether a telephone coaching intervention would result in similar improvements in enrollment in prevention programs and patient activation among Veterans with low versus high health literacy (specifically, reading literacy and numeracy). Design Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Participants Four hundred seventeen Veterans with at least one modifiable risk factor: current smoker, BMI ≥ 30, or
ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1007/s11606-019-04861-7