Health Coaching to Empowering Hospitalised Chronic Heart Failure Patients

The intervention consisted of transferring the knowledge acquired on health coaching by the nurses of the cardiology unit to their care activity with CHF patients. To this end, all the nurses in the cardiology unit received two training packages: 1) five theoretical and practical sessions on health coaching competencies, emotional intelligence, communication and support for CHF patients in the hospital setting; and 2) training sessions 7 months after the first training package to reinforce the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in health coaching. During this period, debriefing was carried out to provide feedback on the health coaching process with patients.