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ArticleBMC nursing2016

Motivational interviewing competencies among UK family nurse partnership nurses: a process evaluation component of the building blocks trial.

Sue Channon, Marie-Jet Bekkers, Julia Sanders, Rebecca Cannings-John, Laura Robertson, Kristina Bennert, Christopher Butler, Kerenza Hood, Michael Robling

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Article in BMC nursing, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sue ChannonSouth East Wales Trials Unit, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neauadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5394-1483
Marie-Jet BekkersSouth East Wales Trials Unit, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neauadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK.
Julia SandersSchool of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Rebecca Cannings-JohnSouth East Wales Trials Unit, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neauadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK.
Laura RobertsonSouth East Wales Trials Unit, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neauadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK.
Kristina BennertDepartment of Psychology, Bath University, Bath, UK.
Christopher ButlerPrimary Care Clinical Epidemiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Kerenza HoodSouth East Wales Trials Unit, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neauadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK.
Michael RoblingSouth East Wales Trials Unit, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Neauadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS UK.
Cardiff University · GBUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K023233/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMotivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling approach to behaviour change which is increasingly being used in public health settings, either as a stand-alone approach or in combination with other structured programmes of health promotion. One example of this is the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) a licensed, preventative programme for first time mothers under the age of 20, delivered by specialist family nurses who are additionally trained in MI. The Building Blocks trial was an individually randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of Family Nurse Partnership when added to usual care compared to usual care alone within 18 sites in England. The aim of this process evaluation component of the trial is to determine the extent to which Motivational Interviewing skills taught to Family Nurse Partnership nurses were used in their home visits with clients.

methodsBetween July 2010 and November 2011, 92 audio-recordings of nurse-client consultations were collected during the 'pregnancy' and 'infancy' phases of the FNP programme. They were analysed using The Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) coding system.

resultsA competent level of overall MI adherent practice according to the MITI criteria for 'global clinician ratings' was apparent in over 70 % of the consultations. However, on specific behaviours and the MITI-derived practitioner competency variables, there was a large variation in the percentage of recordings in which "beginner proficiency" levels in MI (as defined by the MITI criteria) was achieved, ranging from 73.9 % for the 'MI adherent behaviour' variable in the pregnancy phase to 6.7 % for 'percentage of questions coded as open' in the infancy phase.

conclusionsThe results suggest that it is possible to deliver a structured programme in an MI-consistent way. However, some of the behaviours regarded as key to MI practice such as the percentage of questions coded as open can be more difficult to achieve in such a context. This is an important consideration for those involved in designing effective structured interventions with an MI-informed approach and wanting to maintain fidelity to both MI and the structured programme.

trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN23019866 Registered 20/4/2009.

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Building blocks trialFamily nurse partnershipHome visitingMITIMotivational interviewingNFP

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