Measures
The participants completed the PHS self-report survey three times: at baseline before randomization, at eight weeks, i.e., at the end of the intervention phase, and 20 weeks – twelve weeks after the end of the intervention no-treatment follow-up phase. The survey was used for several purposes: to focus participants on their health and health-related goals, to provide participants’ health background for the nurse coaches, to describe the sample, and to use some measures as independent or dependent variables in the analyses. Unless otherwise indicated, individual and composite scales that comprised the PHS survey were taken from the Self-Management Resource Center of Stanford University (SMRC) [Table All study measures (PHS Survey Items)