Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: 2019 Addendum

Abstract

The 2019 Addendum, in conjunction with the original health and wellness coaching (HWC) Compendium, organizes HWC literature with the aim of assisting researchers while providing a resource for practitioners. The 2019 Addendum to the HWC Compendium extends the initial work by adding HWC-related literature published in the past 2 years. The 2019 Addendum divides articles retrieved into 8 categories, including a new miscellaneous section complementing categories examining HWC effects on cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and wellness. The 2019 Addendum again provides in-depth information about the nature, quality, and results from each article in a detailed spreadsheet provided as an electronic appendix. The 2019 Addendum contributes another 104 peer-reviewed coaching-related articles to the HWC Compendium. This most recent research again describes HWC as a favorable intervention with treatment potential in all categories, though only 3 new cancer articles were included in the 2019 Addendum. Trends in HWC (ie, e-coaching and group coaching) are identified, and there is also discussion of future research needs. In conclusion, the field of HWC continues to grow, as does the research describing this clinical practice; the 2019 Addendum to the Compendium of HWC organizes and assists understanding of this literature.

The Grand Challenge for Research on the Future of Coaching

“…A more substantial and coherent personal vision of one's ideal future results from coaching (Mosteo et al, 2016). A wide variety of health outcomes also result from coaching, such as increased quality of life measures, decreased pain, health care utilization (Hackshaw et al, 2016), and potential behavior change (Frates et al, 2011) (Sforzo et al, 2019; Wolever et al, 2013). Nevertheless, the outcomes assessed reflect a narrow part of the spectrum of possible desired outcomes (Athanasopoulou & Dopson, 2018; Theeboom et al, 2014).…”

An exploration of personal benefits reported by students of a health and wellness coach training programme

“…The need for research evaluating the effectiveness of HWC as a means of enabling lifestyle behaviour change has been widely recognised. For example, in 2017, Sforzo and colleagues reviewed and organised the available literature into a compendium which was updated in 2019 (Sforzo et al, 2018(Sforzo et al, , 2019. The summary of results indicated that HWC could be beneficial in many circumstances.…”

Analysis of Out-of-Pocket Cost of Lung Cancer Screening for Uninsured Patients Among ACR-Accredited Imaging Centers

“…Positive psychology coaching uses a strengths-based approach to help physicians identify and achieve positive emotions, create meaningful relationships, increase engagement and purpose, and develop coping skills for personal and professional stressors, including communication, improving resilience, team building, and mindfulness [14,19,21,[24][25][26]. Health and wellness coaching, which integrates positive psychology and promotes healthy behavior change as a means of averting or mitigating chronic life style-related diseases, remains a relatively unexplored potential treatment for burnout and stress management [13,[27][28][29].…”