Trial reportBMC public health2011
The Happy Life Club™ study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a type 2 diabetes health coach intervention.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management of type 2 diabetes in China: the Happy Life Club, a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial using health coaches.BMJ open · 2016Trial
- Transforming global approaches to chronic disease prevention and management across the lifespan: integrating genomics, behavior change, and digital health solutions.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Assessment of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients' behavioral characteristics associated with integrated treatment and prevention services in community health centers in China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Effect of a Health Coach Intervention for the Management of Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Implementing a chronic disease self-management program into china: the happy life club™.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Implementing chronic disease self-management approaches in australia and the United kingdom.Frontiers in public health · 2014Article
- Integrative Health Coaching and Motivational interviewing: Synergistic Approaches to Behavior Change in Healthcare.Global advances in health and medicine · 2013Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
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. DISCUSSION: This 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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