Health coaching to improve self-care of informal caregivers of adults with chronic heart failure – iCare4Me: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Contemporary clinical trials Vol. 85; p. 105845
• Main Authors: Riegel, Barbara, Hanlon, Alexandra L., Coe, Norma B., Hirschman, Karen B., Thomas, Gladys, Stawnychy, Michael, Wald, Joyce W., Bowles, Kathryn H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Caregivers; Health coaching; Heart failure; Psychological stress; Psychosocial support systems; Self-care; Telehealth; Caregivers; Heart failure; Psychological stress; Psychosocial support systems; Telehealth; Health coaching; Self-care

Persons with chronic heart failure are living longer. These patients typically live in the community and are cared for at home by informal caregivers. These caregivers are an understudied and stressed group. We are conducting a two-arm, randomized controlled trial of 250 caregivers of persons with c...