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Do trained practice nurses apply motivational interviewing techniques in primary care consultations?

Janneke Noordman¹, Inge van Lee, Mark Nielen

¹NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, PO Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Journal of Clinical Medicine Research

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Practice nurses apply motivational interviewing (MI) techniques inconsistently in primary care. Further training and feedback are recommended to improve MI skill application for behavior change counseling.

Keywords:

Communication Life style Nurses Prevention Primary health care

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Area of Science:

Health behavior change
Primary care interventions
Behavioral counseling

Background:

Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors negatively impact health.
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a key strategy for behavior change in primary and secondary prevention.
The real-world application of MI skills by healthcare providers remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess practice nurses' application of MI skills in routine primary care.
To determine if MI skill application differs between primary and secondary prevention consultations.

Main Methods:

13 Dutch practice nurses and 117 adult patients participated.
117 consultations were videotaped and analyzed using the Behaviour Change Counselling Index (BECCI).
Multilevel regression analysis was employed.

Main Results:

Practice nurses utilized MI techniques to a limited extent, with significant variation across different MI components.
No significant differences were observed in MI application between primary and secondary prevention settings.

Conclusions:

MI skills are challenging to implement effectively in standard practice.
Booster training sessions, video feedback, and observational feedback are suggested to enhance MI proficiency.
The similar application of MI in primary and secondary prevention may stem from comparable goals in managing patient health outcomes.