Highly stressed employees are subject to greater health risks, increased cost, and productivity losses than those with normal stress levels. To address this issue in an evidence-based manner, worksite management programs must be able engage individuals as well capture data on stress, indices, work productivity, care costs. In randomized controlled pilot, our primary objective was evaluate the viability proof of concept for two mind-body workplace reduction (one therapeutic yoga-based other...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness integrative health (IH) coaching on psychosocial factors, behavior change, and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods Fifty-six diabetes were randomized either 6 months IH or usual care (control group). Coaching conducted by telephone for fourteen 30-minute sessions. Patients guided creating an individualized vision health, goals self-chosen align personal values. agenda, discussion topics, those patient,...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a secular meditation training program that reduces depressive symptoms. Little known, however, about the degree to which participant's spiritual and religious background, or other demographic characteristics associated with risk for depression, may affect effectiveness of MBSR. Therefore, this study tested whether individual differences in religiosity, spirituality, motivation growth, trait mindfulness, sex, age MBSR effectiveness.

Background: The ASK-20 survey is a previously validated patient-report measure of barriers to medication adherence and adherence-related behavior. Objective: To derive validate shorter version the scale. Methods: Patients with asthma, diabetes, congestive heart failure were recruited from university medical center. Participants completed other questionnaires. Approximately one-third participants randomized 2-week retest administration. Item performance results an exploratory factor analysis...

As rates of preventable chronic diseases and associated costs continue to rise, there has been increasing focus on strategies support behavior change in healthcare. Health coaching motivational interviewing are synergistic but distinct approaches that can be effectively employed achieve this end. However, is some confusion the literature about relationship between these two approaches. The purpose review describe a specific style health coaching-integrative coaching-and interviewing,...

Objective: To describe the evolution, training, and results of an emerging allied health profession skilled in eliciting sustainable health-related behavior change charged with improving patient engagement. Methods: Through techniques sourced from humanistic positive psychology, solution-focused mindfulness-based therapies, leadership coaching, Integrative Health Coaching (IHC) provides a mechanism to empower patients through various stages learning change. IHC also method for creation...

Emerging healthcare delivery models suggest that patients benefit from being engaged in their care. Integrative health coaching (IHC) is designed to be a systematic, collaborative, and solution-focused process facilitates the enhancement of life experience goal attainment regarding health, but little research available describe mechanisms through which empowerment occurs process. The purpose this qualitative study apparent key components as it actually IHC. A sample 69 recorded sessions was...

Objective: To assess psychosocial characteristics, symptoms and reasons for seeking integrative medicine (IM) care in cancer patients presenting to IM clinical practices. Study Design Methods: A survey of 3940 was conducted at 8 sites. Patient reported outcome measures were collected clinicians provided health status data. This analysis compares 353 participants self-identified as with the larger noncancer cohort. Results: Mean age cohort 55.0 years. Participants predominantly white (85.9%),...

The pressing need to manage burgeoning chronic disease has led the emergence of job roles such as health and wellness coaches (HWCs). As use this title increased dramatically, so ensure consistency, quality safety for coaching (HWC) provided in both practice research. Clear uniform role definitions competencies are required appropriate scope practice, allow best practices emerge, support implementation well-designed, large scale studies accumulate a rigorous evidence base. Since nascent...

Medication adherence requires underlying behavior skills and a supporting mindset that may not be addressed with education or reminders. Founded in the study of internal motivation health psychology, integrative coaching (IHC) helps patients gain insight into their behaviors make long-term, sustainable lifestyle changes. The purpose is to determine whether IHC improves oral medication adherence, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), psychosocial measures, assess changes are sustained after...

Counselors may encounter clients who wish to make such lifestyle changes as healthy eating and weight management. Mindfulness, defined here the practice of nonjudgmentally attending present moment while monitoring reactivity, has been adapted for use in treating many self-regulation disorders; mindfulness-based approaches support intuitive or attuned eating, an approach management that helps individuals recognize internal cues enhanced self-regulation. One program developing mindfulness...

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week meditation program known to improve anxiety, depression, and psychological well-being. Other health-related effects, such as sleep quality, are less well established, the processes associated with therapeutic change. This prospective, observational study <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:mi>n</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle="italic">213</mml:mn><mml:mo...

The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to announce the findings job task analysis as well national training and education standards for health wellness coaching (HWC) that have been developed by large-scale, collaborative efforts National Consortium Credentialing Health Wellness Coaches (NCCHWC) (2) invite commentary from public. rapid proliferation individuals organizations using terms and/or coaches propagation private industry academic coach programs endeavoring prepare these has...