title: Experiences of persons with type II diabetes receiving health coaching: an exploratory qualitative study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The objective of this exploratory qualitative study was to examine the experience of persons living with type II diabetes who participated in a health coaching intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  The researchers used a qualitative phenomenological hermeneutic research design to explore the experiences of people undergoing health coaching for self-management of their diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Qualitative data analysis resulted in three themes that best described participants' experience of health coaching for diabetes: (1) "the driving force," which described how health coaches helped clients to find powerful motivators for change; (2) "I'm not a child," which described how people wanted to be treated by the health coaches; and (3) "meeting the inner coach," which described how health coaches helped clients develop their own inner wisdom.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The participants' descriptions of coaching challenge a more traditional paradigm of expert-driven and information-laden diabetes education practices. The findings suggest that the process of health coaching may help persons with diabetes become confident self-managers of their diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. lisa.howard@uleth.ca
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Hagen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062405:Motivational Interviewing / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology