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Health Coach Program to Improve Chronic Disease Outcomes Following an Emergency Department Visit

NCT02386540 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 295

Last updated 2018-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether health coaching initiated in the emergency department (ED) reduces subsequent ED visits, increases primary care visits, and positively impacts health outcomes in patients with diabetes and/or hypertension.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Coaching

The Alameda County Health Coach program pairs patients with a language-concordant health coach for six months following an ED visit. Health coaches are young adults from the local community employed through Alameda County and trained for three months in topics such as self-management support and motivational interviewing. Health coaches work one-on-one with participants in order to develop an action plan in order to achieve patient-identified health goals. Communication between the health coach and participant includes text messages (weekly), phone calls (twice a month), face-to-face visits (at least once), and accompaniment to a primary care visit (at least once). Health coaches may also assist participants in accessing community resources as related to the individualized action plan.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jocelyn Freeman-Garrick, MD · Highland Hospital - Alameda Health System

  • Berenice Perez, MD · Highland Hospital - Alameda Health System

  • Harrison Alter, MD · Highland Hospital - Alameda Health System

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-06
Primary Completion
2018-12-10
Completion
2018-12-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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