The Happy Life Club™ study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a type 2 diabetes health coach intervention

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Zhixin Li¹  Tuohong Zhang²  Colette Browning³  Anna Chapman³  Hui Yang³  Shane A Thomas³  Sean Cowlishaw³ 

[1] Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, Fengtai District Beijing, 3 Xi An Street, Fengtai District, 100071, Beijing, China;Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, 38 Xueyuanlu Street, Haidian District, 100191, Beijing, China;Primary Care Research Unit, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill, 3168, Victoria, Australia;

关键词: Motivational Interview;    Cluster Randomise Control Trial;    Health Coach;    Coaching Session;    Community Health Station;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-90

 received in 2010-11-15, accepted in 2011-02-09,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Happy Life Club™ is an intervention that utilises health coaches trained in behavioural change and motivational interviewing techniques to assist with the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in primary care settings in China. Health coaches will support participants to improve modifiable risk factors and adhere to effective self-management treatments associated with T2DM.Methods/DesignA cluster randomised controlled trial involving 22 Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Fengtai District of Beijing, China. CHCs will be randomised into a control or intervention group, facilitating recruitment of at least 1320 individual participants with T2DM into the study. Participants in the intervention group will receive a combination of both telephone and face-to-face health coaching over 18 months, in addition to usual care received by the control group. Health coaching will be performed by CHC doctors and nurses certified in coach-assisted chronic disease management. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and again at 6, 12 and 18 months by means of a clinical health check and self-administered questionnaire. The primary outcome measure is HbA1c level. Secondary outcomes include metabolic, physiological and psychological variables.DiscussionThis cluster RCT has been developed to suit the Chinese health care system and will contribute to the evidence base for the management of patients with T2DM. With a strong focus on self-management and health coach support, the study has the potential to be adapted to other chronic diseases, as well as other regions of China.Trial RegistrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN01010526

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