Adherence
Telephone health coaching (THC) does not significantly reduce long-term (8-year) composite cardiovascular morbidity or mortality in intention-to-treat analysis for patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Coronary Artery Disease, or Congestive Heart Failure.
If you have diabetes or heart disease, phone coaching alone is unlikely to prevent heart attacks or death unless you actively engage with the process. The study showed no benefit for the general group receiving the coaching. However, those who actually participated in the sessions (per-protocol) did see benefits, suggesting that your active involvement is the key driver, not the phone calls themselves.
No statistically significant effect of health coaching on mortality and morbidity was found in intention to treat analysis.
Why this rating
Large sample size (n=1535), long follow-up (8 years), and use of national registries provide high-quality data, despite the null result.
Source
Eight-year post-trial follow-up of morbidity and mortality of telephone health coaching
Erja Mustonen et al. · BMC Health Services Research · 2021
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