Health Coaching for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Patient body weight in kilograms will be obtained by clinical staff on hospital approved and calibrated electronic standing scales. The patient's body weight will be collected from the patient's electronic medical record.

Hospital readmissions for an inpatient stay, documented in the electronic medical record, after the hospital post-discharge for cardiovascular disease

MyChart messages are questions or requests directed to the patient's provider that are related to the patient's cardiovascular disease diagnosis and hospitalization. These MyChart messages are entered into the electronic medical record by the patient and are directed to their provider, requiring an electronic or telephone response to the patient with a documented note entered by the provider relative to the follow-up provided to the patient. This outcome measure will be the number of MyChart messages entered by the patient and responded to by the provider.

Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). A 10-item self-report measure of perceived stress. It is a measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful over the past month. The 4-point Likert Scale includes responses of 0 (never), 1 (almost never), 2 (sometimes), 3 (fairly often), and 4 (very often). Individual scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress.

The Hill-Bone Medication Adherence Scale (MB-MAS) is a 9-item self-assessment of medication adherence relative to a variety of chronic diseases and conditions. Likert Scale responses to each of the nine statements include 1 (all of the time), 2 (most of the time), 3 (some of the time), and 4 (none of the time). Total scores range from 4 to 36 with higher scores indicating higher medication adherence.

The Lifestyle Medicine Short Form is a 14-item self-assessment scale evaluating physical, emotional, social lifestyle behaviors. The assessment questions comprise core metrics that capture readiness to change, as well as health behaviors that are aligned with the six pillars of lifestyle medicine--physical activity, nutrition, sleep health, stress reduction, social connections, and risky substances. Questions have multiple responses based on information relating to the six pillars of lifestyle medicine. The first two questions related to Readiness to Change use a Likert Scale ranging from 0 (Not Ready) to 10 (Very Ready). Questions related to Motivation and Diet request that the participant denote different aspects of their diet. Physical exercise questions request specific days/times in minutes completed. Questions related to sleep request average hours of sleep per 24 hour period. Mood, connectedness with others, and substance use request types/amounts per week.

The Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) is a 4-item self-report assessment to evaluate the acceptability of the health coaching intervention. Each statement is scored with a 5-point Likert Scale that includes 1 (completely disagree), 2 (disagree), 3 (neither agree nor disagree), 4 (agree), and 5 (completely agree). Total scores ranges from 4-20 with higher total scores indicating higher acceptability.

Patient perceptions of the health coaching intervention will be solicited with the following question prompts: 1) Can you provide feedback about your health coaching experience?; 2) Did working with the health coach help you meet your health goals?; 3) Would you recommend working with a health coach to others?

Provider perceptions of the value of the health coach as part of the interprofessional team and the feasibility of integrating the health coach into the patient's care will be solicited via question prompts that will include: 1) Can you discuss your perceptions about the value of the health coach as a member of the patient's care team; 2) Were you able to review the health coaches notes in the patient's medical record? (if yes) Were the notes helpful to you during the patient's follow-up appointment(s), i.e. in addressing the patient's condition, their post-discharge recovery, adherence to medical instructions, progress or lack of progress?; 3) Can you provide your perceptions of the feasibility of integrating the health coach as part of the patient's care team?

A 9-item depression module the Patient Health Questionnaire that scores each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day); scores range from 9-27.

A 7-item screening tool assessing anxiety over the past 2 weeks. Questions are scored from "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). Scores range from 0-21.