The effectiveness of medical assistant health coaching for low-income patients with uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial and baseline characteristics of the study population

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Willard Grace, Rachel ^a   Devore, Denise ^a   Chen, Ellen H ^a,b   Hessler, Danielle ^a   Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a   Thom, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diabetes; Health coach; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Patient care team; Primary care; Safety net; Self management support

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874055921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-27     Document Type: Article

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