SynthesisThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2005
Motivational interviewing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 6 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 614 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
TeamCare PCN: Collaborative Care for Patients With Diabetes and Depression in Primary Care Networks
The Effect of Motivational Interview and Intensive Education on HbA1C Values and Glucose Variability in Adolescents With Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes
She's Healthy and Empowered (SHE Tribe): A Social Networked-based Peer-facilitated Intervention to Improve Health Behavior Among Women in Underserved Communities
Effects of Transtheoretical Model-based Intervention and Motivational Interviewing on the Management of Depression in Hospitalized Patients With Coronary Heart Disease : A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Family Safety Net: Developing an Upstream Suicide Prevention Approach to Encourage Safe Firearm Storage in Rural and Remote
The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Biochemical Parameters in Patients Undergoing Stent Implantation After Coronary Angiography
Who cites it
614 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,876 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Transtheoretical Model-Based Motivational Interviewing on Glycemic Control Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Factors for adherence to a physical activity promotion program in the workplace: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Brief interventions for suicidal ideation in primary care: a systematic review.BMC primary care · 2025Pooled it
- Addressing vaccine hesitancy: A systematic review comparing the efficacy of motivational versus educational interventions on vaccination uptake.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of behavioural interventions with motivational interviewing on physical activity outcomes in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Does Motivational Interviewing Improve the Weight Management Process in Adolescents? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Iopromide and Iodixanol in the Development of Postoperative Contrast Nephropathy in Patients with Renal Insufficiency: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Pooled it
- Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
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- Motivational Interviewing in Ethnic Populations.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Multilevel Implementation Strategies for Autism Interventions: Outcomes of Two Linked Implementation Trials.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of two vocational interventions on sickness absence and costs for people with musculoskeletal disorders: 12 months results from the MI-NAV multi-arm randomized trial.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of Combined Aerobic Exercise and Coaching on Physical Fitness in People With Neuromuscular Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Neurology · 2025Trial
- Oral health literacy: effectiveness of a homegrown intervention among community-dwelling older Nigerians.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of peer-delivered sleep health education and social support in increasing OSA evaluation among at-risk blacks.Journal of sleep research · 2025Trial
- A community health-coaching referral program following discharge from treatment for chronic low back pain - a qualitative study of the patient's perspective.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- A theoretical explanation for how a nutrition counseling and medically tailored meal delivery program benefitted participants living with lung cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Motivational interviewing from the paediatricians' perspective: assessments after a 2-day training for physicians caring for adolescents with chronic medical conditions (CMCs).BMC pediatrics · 2024Trial
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Abstract
backgroundMotivational Interviewing is a well-known, scientifically tested method of counselling clients developed by Miller and Rollnick and viewed as a useful intervention strategy in the treatment of lifestyle problems and disease.
aimTo evaluate the effectiveness of motivational interviewing in different areas of disease and to identify factors shaping outcomes. DESIGN OF STUDY: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials using motivational interviewing as the intervention.
methodAfter selection criteria a systematic literature search in 16 databases produced 72 randomised controlled trials the first of which was published in 1991. A quality assessment was made with a validated scale. A meta-analysis was performed as a generic inverse variance meta-analysis.
resultsMeta-analysis showed a significant effect (95% confidence interval) for motivational interviewing for combined effect estimates for body mass index, total blood cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, blood alcohol concentration and standard ethanol content, while combined effect estimates for cigarettes per day and for HbA(1c) were not significant. Motivational interviewing had a significant and clinically relevant effect in approximately three out of four studies, with an equal effect on physiological (72%) and psychological (75%) diseases. Psychologists and physicians obtained an effect in approximately 80% of the studies, while other healthcare providers obtained an effect in 46% of the studies. When using motivational interviewing in brief encounters of 15 minutes, 64% of the studies showed an effect. More than one encounter with the patient ensures the effectiveness of motivational interviewing.
conclusionMotivational interviewing in a scientific setting outperforms traditional advice giving in the treatment of a broad range of behavioural problems and diseases. Large-scale studies are now needed to prove that motivational interviewing can be implemented into daily clinical work in primary and secondary health care.
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