Client Health Improvement

PlanBy: Haley Hanns

Client OverviewO Gender: FemaleO Age: 46O Education: Associates DegreeO Profession: SalesO Family Situation: Divorced and lives

at home with her youngest child.O Chief Complaints: Fatigue,

tiredness, often struggles to stay awake at her desk during the day.

Overview Of Health History

O Weight: 160 Lb.O Height: 5’4”O Adult Illnesses: NoneO Family Health History:

Hypertension on client’s mother’s side.

O Modes Of Relaxation: Walking the dog, watching TV, and reading.

Research O Sleep deprivation can affect the function of

the brain and body. (Lafortune,M. 2012, August 13. PLOS One.)

O Not getting enough sleep can cause the body to be unable to regenerate things such as brain neurons and muscles. (Siegel, J. M. 2005, May 17. Plos Biology)

O Lack of sleep can increase blood pressure and stress. (Matta, C. 2013. Psych Central)

Target Behavior

Increase hours of sleep

HBM TheoryO High perceived susceptibility: knows that she

is susceptible to high blood pressure and stress if she does not get enough sleep.

O Moderate perceived severity: knows that high blood pressure is dangerous but isn't too concerned about stress.

O Perceived benefits: Will be wide awake and able to function at work.

O Perceived barriers: Changing schedule around in order to get more sleep.

O High self efficacy: Highly confident that she can improve her sleep habits.

Smart GoalO In 4 weeks Client Jay will get an additional 2

hours of sleep each night.O She will rearrange schedule and routine in

order to go to bed earlier.O Tell client Jay about the health risks involved

with sleep deprivation.O Slowly add an extra 30 minutes of sleep

each week to Client Jay’s schedule until she has added on 2 hours of sleep each night.

O Will be charting progress continually over the next four weeks.

Intervention Highlights

OWatching Client Jay’s progress.

ONoticing a positive change of attitude in my client.

ResultsO Client Jay, for the most part, was

successful in adding 2 hours of sleep to her schedule.

O Changing Client Jay’s sleeping habits improved her mood immensely.

O Client Jay stayed on track most days of the week and even though she struggled with reorganizing her schedule she did her best and maintained a positive attitude.

Week

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

1 + 30 min

+30 min

+30min

+30 min

2 +1 hour

+1hour

+1hour

+1 hour

3 +1.5 hours

+1.5 hours

+1.5 hours

4 +2 hours

+2 hours

+2 hours

+2hours

+2 hours

Personal/Professional Analysis

O I found that you cannot convince someone to change, they have to want to change on their own.

O I also found that using research to help explain a behavior change theory is much easier than explaining it with no background knowledge.

O In addition I learned that I really enjoyed playing the role of a doctor and helping someone to improve their health.

ReferencesO Lafortune, M. (2012, August 13). PLOS one. Retrieved

from http://www.plosone.org/images/logo.png

O Siegel, J. M. (2005, May 17). PLOS Biology. Retrieved from http://www.plso.org

O Matta, C. (2013). Psych Central. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/02/13/8-effects-of-sleep-deprivation-on-your-health/

O L, S. (2008, January 3). The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Brain and Behavior. Retrieved from http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690