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health coach
Indications:
- prevention of rehospitalization among patients with COPD [1]*
* registered nurses or respiratory therapists served as coaches
Procedure:
- motivational interviewing
- written action plans
- sessions conducted by telephone, initially weekly, then monthly
- exercise prescriptions
General
health care worker (HCW)
References
- Benzo R, Vickers K, Novotny PJ et al.
Health coaching and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
rehospitalization: A randomized study.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2016 Sep 15; 194:672
PMID: 26953637