Patient coaching in secondary care: healthcare professionals ’ views on target group, intervention and coach profile

ConclusionHealthcare professionals believe that patient coaching by a trained professional with medical knowledge could be beneficial to patients who are stressed when visiting a medical specialist. Future research should involve the views of patients on patient coaching, focus on investigating to what extent patient coaching is able to reduce stress and support a patient in processing medical information and the preferred patient coach ’s profile.
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research