title: Healthy aging demonstration project: nurse coaching for behavior change in older adults.
abstract: The Healthy Aging Project (HAP) tested nurse coaching as a method to support healthy behavior change in older adults. The sample included 111 individuals randomized to a nurse coaching group or usual-care control group. Participants in the intervention group chose the health behaviors they wanted to change and received coaching by nurses in a single in-person session followed by telephone calls or email contact for 6 months. Nurses were trained in motivational interviewing (MI). The intervention group had significantly less illness intrusiveness and health distress than the control group at 6 months, although it is not known whether these health outcomes resulted from behavior changes. This clinical demonstration project showed that nurse-delivered MI, primarily using the telephone and email, is a feasible method to discuss behavioral change with older adults. However, future clinical trials will be needed to evaluate the efficacy of nurse-delivered MI on actual behavioral changes in older adults.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239-2941, USA.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Perrin
authors.forename: Ginger
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaynor
authors.forename: Marna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flaherty-Robb
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butterworth
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Potempa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009922:Oregon; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013689:Telephone