Integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy can increase physical activity and improve health of adult ambulatory care patients in a regional hospital: the Healthy4U randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to determine whether a twelve-week, health coaching intervention could result in changes in physical activity, anthropometrics and health-related outcomes in adults presenting to an ambulatory hospital clinic. Methods Seventy-two participants who reporte...

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Main Authors: Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Paul O’Halloran, Michael Kingsley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6064-7