Eight-year post-trial follow-up of morbidity and mortality of telephone health coaching.

Background: Health coaching is a patient-centred approach to supporting self-management for the chronic conditions. However, long-term evidence of effectiveness of health coaching remains scarce. The object of this study was to evaluate the long-term effect of telephone health coaching (THC) on mortality and morbidity among people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), coronary artery disease (CAD) and congestive heart failure (CHF).

Eight-year post-trial follow-up of health care and long-term care costs of tele-based health coaching.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of telephone health coaching on health care and long-term care (LTC) costs in type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary artery disease (CAD) patients.

Data Sources/study Setting: Randomized controlled trial (RCT) data were linked to Finnish national health and social care registries and electronic health records (EHR). Post-trial eight-year economic evaluation was conducted.

Health coaching by telephony to support self-care in chronic diseases: clinical outcomes from The TERVA randomized controlled trial.

Background: The aim was to evaluate the effect of a 12-month individualized health coaching intervention by telephony on clinical outcomes.

Methods: An open-label cluster-randomized parallel groups trial. Pre- and post-intervention anthropometric and blood pressure measurements by trained nurses, laboratory measures from electronic medical records (EMR).

Use of and attitudes toward current care guidelines among primary and secondary care nurses in Finland.

Attitudes toward, familiarity with, and use of clinical guidelines in general and the national Hypertension Guideline were studied. A questionnaire study was conducted before and after an educational program (VALTIT) among primary and secondary care nurses in Päijät-Häme, Finland. The program included centralized training sessions and interactive local workshops.

The dilemma of patient responsibility for lifestyle change: perceptions among primary care physicians and nurses.

Objective: To explore physicians' and nurses' views on patient and professional roles in the management of lifestyle-related diseases and their risk factors.

Design: A questionnaire study with a focus on adult obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and smoking.

Setting: Healthcare centres in Päijät-Häme hospital district, Finland.