Health coaching is a novel population intervention to support self-management but it is
untested in people with mild disease. People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Challenges with self-management are a major contributor to poor outcomes among adults
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The causes of poor self-management …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of telephone health coaching delivered by a nurse to
support self management in a primary care population with mild symptoms of chronic …

Objective. To explore attitudes and beliefs about the role of health coaching for vulnerable
populations, including people experiencing substance use or homelessness. Methods. From …

Background Adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviours is pivotal to chronic disease
self-management as this influences disease progression and impact. This qualitative study …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an illness that affects
patients on multiple levels, both physically and psychologically. While there is a growing …

Background The prevalence of diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in
the UK is 1.8%, although it is estimated that this represents less than half of the total disease …

Background COPD has significant psychosocial impact. Self-management support improves
quality of life, but programs are not universally available. IT-based self-management …

Purpose To describe the experiences of patients with COPD participating in a health
coaching self-management program. Patients and methods Twenty patients who had …

Background There is a necessity to better document the effect of continuing education
activities targeted at respiratory educators providing self-management support for patients …