With a rapidly ageing population in Singapore, older adults and their family members face challenges of age-related diseases, caregiver stress, and increasing demand for caregiving services. To address this pressing i...With a rapidly ageing population in Singapore, older adults and their family members face challenges of age-related diseases, caregiver stress, and increasing demand for caregiving services. To address this pressing issue, this pilot study aims to introduce online health coaching for older adults in Singapore and evaluate its effectiveness on maintenance of personal healthcare. In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, older adults’ activities were largely restricted by measures on social distancing. The online health coaching provided a solution for older adults to achieve a healthy lifestyle in a contactless manner. In this pilot study, 18 older adults (≥55 years old) who were willing to be coached by trained health coaches (n = 10) for 8 weeks (once a week) were recruited. Pre- and post-surveys with older adults were conducted. Furthermore, health coaching booklet was used to control the quality of coaching and to record diet and exercise plans. The pilot study demonstrated that the health coaching provided older adults with knowledge of nutrition and exercise, raised their awareness of well-being in terms of daily meals and regular exercise, and provided an alternative to maintain a healthy lifestyle amidst global pandemic. Additionally, we also identified that the older adults’ satisfactions with health coaching were positively associated with educational levels (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.31). Lastly, this pilot study highlighted that health coaching standardization process for older adults is critical for researchers and healthcare practitioners in the future.展开更多
Background:Family is an essential element in caring for clients with hypertension.Appropriate hypertension management can reduce health risks during the treatment.Health coaching in family is a critical intervention t...Background:Family is an essential element in caring for clients with hypertension.Appropriate hypertension management can reduce health risks during the treatment.Health coaching in family is a critical intervention to control and manage hypertension through providing education,information,and skills intervention are needed to support lifestyle improvements,manage chronic conditions,and prevent complications of hypertension.This literature study describes health coaching for controlling blood pressure among clients with hypertension in the family.Methods:Narrative literature review was performed to select the article that relates to health coaching of hypertension in the family using search engines including PubMed,ProQuest,SpringerLink,ScienceDirect,and Google Scholar by using keywords health coaching,family,hypertension,and blood pressure.The analysis of articles was carried out using four stages based on the PRISMA flowchart diagram.Results:The results indicated eight articles that were analyzed in this study.Interactive health coaching interventions based on a healthy lifestyle carried out with patients and families effectively improve medication adherence and reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure.Meanwhile,health coaching applied regarding the principles including motivation,discussion,interviews and goal setting to influence behavior change and self-management.Conclusions:That health coaching applied for families with clients with hypertension is effect on reducing blood pressure and other changes,including knowledge,self-efficacy,and behavior towards health services for patients with hypertension.Therefore,health coaching for the family could be used as a family intervention for clients with hypertension during home health care.展开更多
Item Response Theory (IRT) models have been extensively used in the field of education to identify link between a response to a test item and underlying latent capability of the test taker. We demonstrate the benefit ...Item Response Theory (IRT) models have been extensively used in the field of education to identify link between a response to a test item and underlying latent capability of the test taker. We demonstrate the benefit of using IRT model to analyze health data using data from M. chat program such that statisticians can use the method in lieu of traditional methods including Cronbach’s alpha, discriminant analysis and factor analysis. M. chat is a technology based health coaching program and the baseline survey from the participants in the program includes response in different but correlated domains of diet, social habits, leisure practices, mental health, substance abuse, self-sufficiency and medication adherence. We analyzed baseline data from 416 subjects using IRT models. Our results indicated that responses pertaining to alcohol and substance abuse were the most discriminating items with an average discrimination estimate of approximately 4.99 whereas the least discriminating items were the diet habits, with an average estimate of -0.476.展开更多
Objective: Like their urban counterparts, rural populations are experiencing increased health risks due to chronic disease. However, disease management is more problematic due to isolation, increased difficulty in get...Objective: Like their urban counterparts, rural populations are experiencing increased health risks due to chronic disease. However, disease management is more problematic due to isolation, increased difficulty in getting to medical appointments, and reduced numbers of medical personnel. We undertook a pilot study to investigate the feasibility and utility of health coaching for rural residents with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) from a local pharmacy. Methods: Using the pharmacy database to identify qualified individuals, a nursing student recruited four individuals aged 40 - 79, with a history of DM2 of 3 - 15 years, to participate in the pilot project. Individual in-person interviews were conducted to identify specific goals to effectively self-manage their condition and to rate their confidence in their ability to fulfill these goals. Three monthly sessions were held to review and update goals, and to record blood pressure, waist circumference and weight measurements. Results: At the end of the study, all four achieved success in reaching and maintaining their personal dietary and physical activity goals. Significantly, all participants expressed increased confidence in their ability to self-manage their diabetes after health coaching. Conclusion: The provision of health coaching services from local pharmacies has potential to support rural clients in chronic disease management in medically under-serviced rural areas.展开更多
Coaches experience considerable stress and anxiety in their pursuit of both team and individual success. Although there has been an increase in research aimed at promoting and managing the mental health of student-ath...Coaches experience considerable stress and anxiety in their pursuit of both team and individual success. Although there has been an increase in research aimed at promoting and managing the mental health of student-athletes, the mental well-being of coaches remains underexplored. Research indicates that the mental health profiles of coaches are similar to those of elite athletes [1] and should receive comparable attention. The introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation, along with the rise of the Transfer Portal in collegiate athletics, has presented student-athletes with new and unexpected options, which also bring novel challenges to coaches and potentially impact elite-level coaches’ mental health. This manuscript will identify three categories of stressors—performance, organizational, and self-related—that affect elite men’s college basketball coaches, highlighting how NIL and the Transfer Portal exacerbate those stressors and their impact on coaches’ mental health.展开更多
Purpose and Motivation: Youth coaches continue to be among the most important influences in the lives of children and adolescents. This article looks at four specific youth coaching styles and how three of the coachin...Purpose and Motivation: Youth coaches continue to be among the most important influences in the lives of children and adolescents. This article looks at four specific youth coaching styles and how three of the coaching approaches evoke poor coping skills and weaken resiliency behaviors in children and adolescents. Problem: The authors present an overview of how youth coaching styles contribute to unconscious powerful Transactional Analysis (TA) life scripts that can negatively impact children into adulthood. The authors examine four unique coaching styles and their effect on the Winner, Loser, and Non-Winner life scripts found in the Transactional Analysis literature. Methods: While the literature is quite limited on this topic, themes and inferences were drawn from previously published professional literature. Results: Findings reflect how specific coaching styles may evoke winner, loser and non-winner scripts in young athletes, and that these scripts can influence children later in life. Conclusion: The authors recommend using the positive-structured coaching style in youth sports to promote resiliency, fun, and improved coping skills in youth playing sports.展开更多
文摘With a rapidly ageing population in Singapore, older adults and their family members face challenges of age-related diseases, caregiver stress, and increasing demand for caregiving services. To address this pressing issue, this pilot study aims to introduce online health coaching for older adults in Singapore and evaluate its effectiveness on maintenance of personal healthcare. In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, older adults’ activities were largely restricted by measures on social distancing. The online health coaching provided a solution for older adults to achieve a healthy lifestyle in a contactless manner. In this pilot study, 18 older adults (≥55 years old) who were willing to be coached by trained health coaches (n = 10) for 8 weeks (once a week) were recruited. Pre- and post-surveys with older adults were conducted. Furthermore, health coaching booklet was used to control the quality of coaching and to record diet and exercise plans. The pilot study demonstrated that the health coaching provided older adults with knowledge of nutrition and exercise, raised their awareness of well-being in terms of daily meals and regular exercise, and provided an alternative to maintain a healthy lifestyle amidst global pandemic. Additionally, we also identified that the older adults’ satisfactions with health coaching were positively associated with educational levels (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.31). Lastly, this pilot study highlighted that health coaching standardization process for older adults is critical for researchers and healthcare practitioners in the future.
文摘Background:Family is an essential element in caring for clients with hypertension.Appropriate hypertension management can reduce health risks during the treatment.Health coaching in family is a critical intervention to control and manage hypertension through providing education,information,and skills intervention are needed to support lifestyle improvements,manage chronic conditions,and prevent complications of hypertension.This literature study describes health coaching for controlling blood pressure among clients with hypertension in the family.Methods:Narrative literature review was performed to select the article that relates to health coaching of hypertension in the family using search engines including PubMed,ProQuest,SpringerLink,ScienceDirect,and Google Scholar by using keywords health coaching,family,hypertension,and blood pressure.The analysis of articles was carried out using four stages based on the PRISMA flowchart diagram.Results:The results indicated eight articles that were analyzed in this study.Interactive health coaching interventions based on a healthy lifestyle carried out with patients and families effectively improve medication adherence and reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure.Meanwhile,health coaching applied regarding the principles including motivation,discussion,interviews and goal setting to influence behavior change and self-management.Conclusions:That health coaching applied for families with clients with hypertension is effect on reducing blood pressure and other changes,including knowledge,self-efficacy,and behavior towards health services for patients with hypertension.Therefore,health coaching for the family could be used as a family intervention for clients with hypertension during home health care.
文摘Item Response Theory (IRT) models have been extensively used in the field of education to identify link between a response to a test item and underlying latent capability of the test taker. We demonstrate the benefit of using IRT model to analyze health data using data from M. chat program such that statisticians can use the method in lieu of traditional methods including Cronbach’s alpha, discriminant analysis and factor analysis. M. chat is a technology based health coaching program and the baseline survey from the participants in the program includes response in different but correlated domains of diet, social habits, leisure practices, mental health, substance abuse, self-sufficiency and medication adherence. We analyzed baseline data from 416 subjects using IRT models. Our results indicated that responses pertaining to alcohol and substance abuse were the most discriminating items with an average discrimination estimate of approximately 4.99 whereas the least discriminating items were the diet habits, with an average estimate of -0.476.
文摘Objective: Like their urban counterparts, rural populations are experiencing increased health risks due to chronic disease. However, disease management is more problematic due to isolation, increased difficulty in getting to medical appointments, and reduced numbers of medical personnel. We undertook a pilot study to investigate the feasibility and utility of health coaching for rural residents with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) from a local pharmacy. Methods: Using the pharmacy database to identify qualified individuals, a nursing student recruited four individuals aged 40 - 79, with a history of DM2 of 3 - 15 years, to participate in the pilot project. Individual in-person interviews were conducted to identify specific goals to effectively self-manage their condition and to rate their confidence in their ability to fulfill these goals. Three monthly sessions were held to review and update goals, and to record blood pressure, waist circumference and weight measurements. Results: At the end of the study, all four achieved success in reaching and maintaining their personal dietary and physical activity goals. Significantly, all participants expressed increased confidence in their ability to self-manage their diabetes after health coaching. Conclusion: The provision of health coaching services from local pharmacies has potential to support rural clients in chronic disease management in medically under-serviced rural areas.
文摘Coaches experience considerable stress and anxiety in their pursuit of both team and individual success. Although there has been an increase in research aimed at promoting and managing the mental health of student-athletes, the mental well-being of coaches remains underexplored. Research indicates that the mental health profiles of coaches are similar to those of elite athletes [1] and should receive comparable attention. The introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation, along with the rise of the Transfer Portal in collegiate athletics, has presented student-athletes with new and unexpected options, which also bring novel challenges to coaches and potentially impact elite-level coaches’ mental health. This manuscript will identify three categories of stressors—performance, organizational, and self-related—that affect elite men’s college basketball coaches, highlighting how NIL and the Transfer Portal exacerbate those stressors and their impact on coaches’ mental health.
文摘Purpose and Motivation: Youth coaches continue to be among the most important influences in the lives of children and adolescents. This article looks at four specific youth coaching styles and how three of the coaching approaches evoke poor coping skills and weaken resiliency behaviors in children and adolescents. Problem: The authors present an overview of how youth coaching styles contribute to unconscious powerful Transactional Analysis (TA) life scripts that can negatively impact children into adulthood. The authors examine four unique coaching styles and their effect on the Winner, Loser, and Non-Winner life scripts found in the Transactional Analysis literature. Methods: While the literature is quite limited on this topic, themes and inferences were drawn from previously published professional literature. Results: Findings reflect how specific coaching styles may evoke winner, loser and non-winner scripts in young athletes, and that these scripts can influence children later in life. Conclusion: The authors recommend using the positive-structured coaching style in youth sports to promote resiliency, fun, and improved coping skills in youth playing sports.
