title: Effect of motivational interviewing-based health coaching on employees' physical and mental health status.
abstract: Motivational Interviewing (MI) based health coaching is a relatively new behavioral intervention that has gained popularity in public health because of its ability to address multiple behaviors, health risks, and illness self-management. In this study, 276 employees at a medical center self-selected to participate in either a 3-month health coaching intervention or control group. The treatment group showed significant improvement in both SF-12 physical (p = .035) and mental (p = .0001) health status compared to controls. Because of concerns of selection bias, a matched case-control analysis was also performed, eliciting similar results. These findings suggest that MI-based health coaching is effective in improving both physical and mental health status in an occupational setting.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. butterwo@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butterworth
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.forename: Wende
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McClay
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Leo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D016272:Occupational Health