Table 1.

Studies related to health coach training created in the East of England and methodology.

WorkMethod
Evaluation of health coaching delivered in the East of England

  • Study of 290 health coaching appointments delivered by 13 practice nurses from seven practices using pre- and post-coaching patient self-efficacy questionnaires.12

  • Qualitative report of health coaching based on participant surveys to 779 clinicians post-training and at 6 months.13

  • Qualitative evaluation using interviews and focus groups in five pilot sites including a clinical commissioning group and in primary, mental health, social and acute care settings.14

Evaluation of international evidence

  • Rapid review of 275 health coaching studies, primarily from USA.15

Competency framework

  • A thematic analysis of qualitative feedback from 83 participant and 29 trainer surveys compared to European Mentoring and Coaching Council executive coaching competencies.16

Assessment of barriers to health coaching

  • A thematic qualitative analysis of survey and focus group feedback from 20 health coaching trainers about perceived barriers to clinicians using a health coaching approach.