Pulmonary Specialist-Health Coach Consult Model Study

NCT03695276 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 328

Last updated 2025-11-14

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Summary

The Pulmonary Specialist-Health Coach Consultation (PuSHCon) study examines the implementation of health coach-assisted consultations to improve access to specialist care and implementation of specialist recommendations for patients with COPD, asthma, and asthma COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) for low-income and vulnerable patients seen at public health clinics. Three hundred sixty (360) patients from ten clinics will be enrolled in the study and randomized at the individual level to receive health coaching or usual care; 180 patients will receive usual care and 180 patients will receive the PuSHCon model.

Conditions

  • COPD Asthma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PushCon Model

Pulmonary specialist consultation facilitated by a trained health coach, who will gather information from the patient and medical record prior to the consultation and will using health coaching skills to support implementation of recommended care.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

The standard of care, which usually means management within primary care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-20
Primary Completion
2024-10-04
Completion
2025-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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