%0 Journal Article
%T Wellness Coaching to Improve Lifestyle Behaviors Among Adults With Prediabetes: PatientsĄŻ Experience and Perceptions to Participation
%A Jennifer St Sauver
%A Julie C Hathaway
%A Lila J Finney Rutten
%A Matthew M Clark
%A Patrick M Wilson
%A Ramona S DeJesus
%A Sara M Link
%J Journal of Patient Experience
%@ 2374-3743
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2374373518769118
%X Health and Wellness Coaching has been shown to enhance treatment outcomes in the primary care setting. However, little is known about the experience and perceptions of patients who worked with a wellness coach as an integrated member of their primary health-care team. This project assessed patientsĄŻ experience and obtained their perceptions on barriers and facilitators to participation in a primary care¨Cbased wellness coaching program. A survey was mailed to 99 primary care patients with prediabetes who participated in a 12-week wellness coaching program. Sixty-two (63%) completed the survey; responders felt that participation in the wellness coaching program helped move them toward healthier lifestyle behavior and created a personal vision of wellness. Major themes associated with participation were supportive coaching relationship, increased self-accountability, increased goal-setting, and healthy behavior strategies. No significant barrier to participation was reported. Participants reported highly positive experience with the program; how to best integrate health and wellness coaching into the primary care setting needs to be explored
%K prediabetes
%K wellness coaching
%K patient experience
%K satisfaction
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2374373518769118