The effects of health coaching on adult patients with chronic diseases: a systematic review.

Kivelä K1, Elo S2, Kyngäs H2, Kääriäinen M2.

Health coaching improves the management of chronic diseases. Further research into the cost-effectiveness of health coaching and its long-term effectiveness for chronic diseases is needed. Practice implications: Health care professionals play key roles in promoting healthy behavior and motivating good care for adults with chronic diseases. Health coaching is an effective patient education method that can be used to motivate and take advantage of a patient’s willingness to change their lifestyle and to support the patient’s home-based self-care.

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