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4/2022
vol. 7
 
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Original paper

Health coaching in chronic infectious diseases

Joanna Zofia Sułkowska
1
,
Tomasz Brzostek
2
,
Ilona Kuźmicz
2
,
Iwona Malinowska-Lipień
2
,
Paweł Kawalec
3
,
Maggie Palmer
4
,
Stephen Palmer
5

  1. Student and PhD in health sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland, Polska
  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Community Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland, Polska
  3. Department of Nutrition and Drug Research, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland, Polska
  4. Centre for Health Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development Ltd, London, United Kingdom
  5. Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, Institute of Management and Health, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen, Wales, Polska
Long-Term Care Nursing vol. 7, year 2022, issue 4, p. 17-23
Online publish date: 2023/02/28
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Introduction:
People with chronic disease frequently have different kinds of difficulties with everyday functioning as the treatment regime and its side effects usually demand lifestyle changes. In some people infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) or HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) everyday discomfort may be augmented due to a higher risk of social stigmatization. The aim of this paper is to introduce health coaching as a method which could assist the treatment of people suffering from chronic infectious diseases.

Review of literature:
Health coaching is a method that helps to achieve health-related goals. Compliance with medical requirements is crucial to enhance outcomes connected to treatment. Frequently, there is a need for patients for improve or change some health-related habits and everyday behaviors. However, treatment-related action plan should be realistic as well as achievable. According to infectious diseases it of the utmost importance because it impacts on the safety and life of patients and their relatives.

Conclusions:
The vast majority of evidence is related to the implementation of health coaching in chronic diseases without an infectious context. However, health coaching could also be considered as a promising intervention in the context of infectious diseases, although there is a vital need for further research exploring its efficacy.

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health coaching, infectious disease, chronic disease

  
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