A Pilot Program Measuring Effectiveness of Health Coaching Interventions

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Women will participate in a workshop within a group and individual meetings. the workshop will include providing information regarding guidelines for healthy eating, engaging in physical activity, personal training tools to build self-efficacy and to encourage implementing a healthy life style.

Detailed Description
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Participants are interviewed for eligibility and if appropriate sign consent and undergo measurements of weight, height and blood pressure. At the first meeting there is a pre-study questionnaires and initial coaching session Eight group meetings will take place and will include: up-to-date knowledge on nutrition (by a dietitian), exercise (by a physiotherapist) and coping skills for stress (by a psychologist). Additionally the meetings will also include coaching tools which the participants will practice during the session. The multidisciplinary team has been trained in coaching tools to evaluate in group settings. In the last meeting, participants will be asked to fill out post study questionnaires measurements will be taken (weight and blood pressure).

Official Title
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A Pilot Program Measuring Effectiveness of Health Coaching Interventions

Conditions
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Sedentary Behavior, Nutritional and Metabolic Disease

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Coaching and health information intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: over age 18 Women who agree to fill out questionnaires Women who agree to attend sessions (attending 80% of sessions) Women who are fluent in Hebrew Exclusion Criteria: Pregnancy Women with significant untreated psychiatric diagnosis Insulin-dependent diabetes End-stage renal disease Unstable Angina Women who are not fluent in Hebrew Women currently treated by multidisciplinary staff (eg, heart failure, cardio rehabilitation) Women who have been enrolled in other programs of the center at the discretion of the staff will not be included in the study Women who do not want to make a healthy lifestyle change Failure to reach 75% of sessions during the study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Coaching Intervention<br>Single arm pilot study of coaching intervention | Behavioral: Coaching and health information intervention<br>* 8 session intervention with,group meetings with coaching tools and health information on nutrition and physical activity and coping with stress.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| self efficacy | Change in (improved) self efficacy as assessed by Tschannen-Moran Moore score | 1 year | 
| Behavioral change | achieved 80% of the goal they set in first meeting or achieved the goal 80% of the time | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nutrition | adaptation of the Israeli Ministry of Health Diet Scale | 1 year | 
| physical activity | increase in self-report of exercise in minutes per week | 1 year | 
| weight | kg | 1 year | 
| experiential avoidance | Reduction on experiential avoidance as measured on the Brief Experiential Avoidance Scale | 1 year |