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Empowering Patients with Heart Failure Through Health Coaching: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Beatriz Paloma-Mora1, Ana María Quesada-Melero, Maddi Olano-Lizarraga

  • 1Beatriz Paloma-Mora is an inpatient nurse director, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, and a researcher at the University of Navarra Innovation for Person-Centred Care (ICCP-UNAV), Ana María Quesada-Melero is a cardiology unit nursing supervisor, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Maddi Olano-Lizarraga is a professor, Universidad de Navarra School of Nursing, and a researcher at the ICCP-UNAV and the Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Carmen Rumeu-Casares is chief nursing officer, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, and a researcher at the ICCP-UNAV, and Mónica Vázquez-Calatayud is a nurse director, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, and a professor and researcher at the ICCP-UNAV and the IdiSNA, all in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. Funding for ongoing research was provided by the María Egea Research Chair of the Faculty of Nursing, Universidad de Navarra. Contact author: Maddi Olano-Lizarraga, molizarraga@unav.es. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

The American Journal of Nursing
|June 25, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Health coaching effectively empowers hospitalized patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), improving their sense of control and decision-making. This strategy enhances patient engagement and self-management for better health outcomes.

Keywords:
chronic heart failureempowermenthealth coachingheart failureself-management

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