A Rubric to Assess the Design and Intervention Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials in Health and Wellness Coaching.

Objective: To collect health and wellness coaching (HWC) literature related to treatment of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) for systematic assessment using a novel rubric.

Data Source: Pubmed, CINAHL, and PsychInfo.

Study Inclusion And Exclusion: Given 282 articles retrieved, only randomized and controlled trials meeting a HWC criteria-based definition were included; studies with intervention <4 months or <4 sessions were excluded.

Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: 2019 Addendum.

The 2019 Addendum, in conjunction with the original health and wellness coaching (HWC) Compendium, organizes HWC literature with the aim of assisting researchers while providing a resource for practitioners. The 2019 Addendum to the HWC Compendium extends the initial work by adding HWC-related literature published in the past 2 years. The 2019 Addendum divides articles retrieved into 8 categories, including a new miscellaneous section complementing categories examining HWC effects on cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and wellness.

Health coaching for healthcare employees with chronic disease: A pilot study.

Background: Health coaching promotes healthy lifestyles and may be particularly helpful for employees with chronic disease.

Objective: Evaluate the effects of a health coaching program that targeted health-system employees with at least one cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor.

Methods: Fifty-four employees volunteered for a health coaching program (6-session, 12-week program, at least one cycle).

Perceived Stress in Patients with Common Gastrointestinal Disorders: Associations with Quality of Life, Symptoms and Disease Management.

Objective And Methods: Research supports relationships between stress and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders. This pilot study assesses relationships between perceived stress, quality of life (QOL), and self-reported pain ratings as an indicator of symptom management in patients who self-reported gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Results: In the full sample (n = 402) perceived stress positively correlated with depression (r = 0.

Characteristics of cancer patients presenting to an integrative medicine practice-based research network.

Objective: To assess psychosocial characteristics, symptoms and reasons for seeking integrative medicine (IM) care in cancer patients presenting to IM clinical practices.

Study Design And Methods: A survey of 3940 patients was conducted at 8 IM sites. Patient reported outcome measures were collected and clinicians provided health status data.

The BraveNet prospective observational study on integrative medicine treatment approaches for pain.

Background: Chronic pain affects nearly 116 million American adults at an estimated cost of up to $635 billion annually and is the No. 1 condition for which patients seek care at integrative medicine clinics. In our Study on Integrative Medicine Treatment Approaches for Pain (SIMTAP), we observed the impact of an integrative approach on chronic pain and a number of other related patient-reported outcome measures.

Patients seek integrative medicine for preventive approach to optimize health.

Context: Despite the tremendous growth of integrative medicine (IM) in clinical settings, IM has not been well characterized in the medical literature.

Objective: To describe characteristics and motivation of patients seeking care at an IM clinic.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Patients from a nine-site practice-based research network participated in this cross-sectional survey.

Health beliefs and their associations with dietary intake, exercise, and metabolic syndrome characteristics in an overweight and obese family medicine population.

Increasing prevalences of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) increase cardiovascular risks. Since poor diet and inadequate exercise are primary behavioral causes of obesity and T2DM, our objective was to examine health beliefs and associations with diet, exercise, and metabolic syndrome (MetSyndr) characteristics. A total of 117 overweight and obese family medicine patients enrolled in this study.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction is associated with improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a pilot study.

Context: Psychological distress is linked with impaired glycemic control among diabetics.

Objective: Estimate changes in glycemic control, weight, blood pressure, and stress-related psychological symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes participating in a standard Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity.

Background: Despite the popularity of the low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat (Atkins) diet, no randomized, controlled trials have evaluated its efficacy.

Methods: We conducted a one-year, multicenter, controlled trial involving 63 obese men and women who were randomly assigned to either a low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat diet or a low-calorie, high-carbohydrate, low-fat (conventional) diet. Professional contact was minimal to replicate the approach used by most dieters.

Effect of 6-month adherence to a very low carbohydrate diet program.

To determine the effect of a 6-month very low carbohydrate diet program on body weight and other metabolic parameters.Fifty-one overweight or obese healthy volunteers who wanted to lose weight were placed on a very low carbohydrate diet (<25 g/d), with no limit on caloric intake. They also received nutritional supplementation and recommendations about exercise, and attended group meetings at a research clinic.