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Health coaching to improve self-care of informal caregivers of adults with chronic heart failure - iCare4Me: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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- Digital health physical activity coaching for older family caregivers of persons with heart failure - TPA4You: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Implementation Fidelity of a Motivational Health Coaching Intervention to Improve Self-Care for Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- A longitudinal comparative analysis of sustained benefit of a self-care intervention for caregivers of adults with heart failure.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Do coping style and future time perspective relate to surrogate decision-making preparedness? A cross-sectional analysis of heart failure caregivers.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Motivational interviewing training for caregiver counsellors: study protocol of a mixed-methods evaluation using the Kirkpatrick model.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Does self-care improve coping or does coping improve self-care? A structural equation modeling study.Applied nursing research : ANR · 2024Article
- Social Determinants of Health are Associated with Coping of Informal Caregivers of Adults with Heart Failure.Clinical nursing research · 2024Article
- Perceptions and Attitudes toward a Proposed Digital Health Physical Activity Program among Older Family Caregivers of Persons with Heart Failure: A Qualitative Study.Informatics for health & social care · 2023Article
- Palliative Care Needs of Physically Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Heart Failure.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Developing effective health coaches: Experience gained in a clinical trial of a health coach intervention.Patient education and counseling · 2023Article
- Experiences of Older Family Care Partners of Persons With Heart Failure 1 Year After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2022Article
- Measuring self-care in the general adult population: development and psychometric testing of the Self-Care Inventory.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Quality of life and disease experience in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in Spain: a mixed-methods study.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Eliciting the educational needs and priorities of home care workers on end-of-life care for patients with heart failure using nominal group technique.Palliative medicine · 2021Article
- Self-care research: Where are we now? Where are we going?International journal of nursing studies · 2021Article
- Relationship Status and Quality Are Associated With Perceived Benefits of Caregiving for People With Heart Failure.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingObservational
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backgroundPersons with chronic heart failure are living longer. These patients typically live in the community and are cared for at home by informal caregivers. These caregivers are an understudied and stressed group.
methodsWe are conducting a two-arm, randomized controlled trial of 250 caregivers of persons with chronic heart failure to evaluate the efficacy of a health coaching intervention. A consecutive sample of participants is being enrolled from both clinic and hospital settings at a single institution affiliated with a large medical center in the northeastern US. Both the intervention and control groups receive tablets programmed to provide standardized health information. In addition, the intervention group receives 10 live coaching sessions delivered virtually by health coaches using the tablets. The intervention is evaluated at 6-months, with self-care as the primary outcome. Cost-effectiveness of the intervention is evaluated at 12-months. We are also enrolling heart failure patients (dyads) whenever possible to explore the effect of caregiver outcomes (self-care, stress, coping, health status) on heart failure patient outcomes (number of hospitalizations and days in the hospital) at 12-months. DISCUSSION: We expect the proposed study to require 5 years for completion. If shown to be efficacious and cost-effective, our virtual health coaching intervention can easily be scaled to. support millions of caregivers worldwide.
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