Health Coaching to Effect Lifestyle Behaviour Change (HC)

Marshal Godwin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prediabetes; Prehypertension

Treatments: Behavioral: Health Coaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01458496

243401

Details and patient eligibility

About

A health coaching intervention in those with pre-disease (pre-hypertension or pre-diabetes) but without pre-existing cardiovascular disease will effectively help participants change their lifestyle behaviour and prevent or delay onset of cardiovascular disease.

Enrollment: 219 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 40-60 years
• Last recorded fasting blood glucose between 6.0 abd 6.9 mmol/L
• Last recorded blood pressure between 130-139 mmHG systolic and/or85-89 mmHG diastolic

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of diabetes on the chart
• Diagnosis of hypertension on the chart
• taking an anti-diabetic medication
• taking an antihypertensive medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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219 participants in 2 patient groups

Health Coaching

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Coaching

Usual Care -Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients assigned to the control (usual care) group will be advised to seek standard lifestyle counselling from their primary care physician.