Examining the effect of modified motivational interviewing intervention on nursing students' self-care
Jehad A Rababah1, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri1
1Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Background:
Nursing students have overwhelming academic responsibilities that negatively affect their self-care and well-being. Consequently, it is necessary to study the effectiveness of interventions that could improve nursing students' self-care.
Purpose:
To examine the effect of the modified motivational interviewing (MMI) intervention on nursing students' self-care.
Methods:
An experimental design two groups (intervention and control) and two data collection time points was used. The sample comprised 137 nursing students: intervention (n = 70) and control (n = 67). The intervention group participants received a modified motivational interviewing intervention. Those in the control group were on a waiting list and were offered the intervention after finishing the data collection. The Self-Care Inventory and Self-Care Self-Efficacy scale were used to collect the data. Repeated measures MANOVA was the main statistical analysis test and followed by ANOVA and t-test.
Results:
The results showed that the intervention had a statistically significant effect on the linear combination of the dependent variables: Pillai's Trace = 0.07, F (4, 132) = 2.57, P = .04. Follow up analyses revealed that the intervention group participants had statistically significant higher mean scores of the three Self-Care Inventory scales and self-care self-efficacy post-intervention than the control group participants.
Conclusion:
This study showed the potential of the modified motivational interviewing intervention in improving nursing students' self-care.
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