Training Therapists in Motivational Interviewing

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab110 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a Motivational Interviewing intervention on therapy participation as performed by physical and occupational therapists in an inpatient setting with patients with spinal cord injuries.

Physical and Occupational Therapists that work in the inpatient spinal cord injury unit will be trained in Motivational Interviewing and will use the communication style to determine whether it is an effective tool to increase participation in therapy as opposed to patients who will have Physical and Occupational Therapists that are not trained in Motivational Interviewing.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

Motivational InterviewingBEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing is a communication style that is intended to give patients the tools to reach goals through their own desires and actions.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Therapist Inclusion Criteria: * Inpatient therapist specializing in spinal cord injury patients for at least 3 months * Practicing on one of the two designated inpatient units * Willing to collect Patient Rehabilitation Participation Scale (PRPS) daily on their patients * Willing to audio record conversations with patients; * Willing and able to participate in 16 hours of MI training * Willing to receive feedback on MI skills Therapist Exclusion Criteria: * Inpatient therapist specializing in spinal cord injury patients for less than 3 months * Unwilling or unable to follow the study protocol Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Inpatient in the spinal cord injury unit * Has a physical or occupational therapist who is a participant in the study Patient Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling to allow for therapy sessions to be recorded

Locations (1)

Shirley Ryan Abilitylab

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Increased therapy participation

To measure therapy participation in inpatients with SCI treated by rehabilitation therapists trained in Motivational Interviewing (MI) compared to those treated by therapists not trained to use MI

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Treatment Satisfaction

To measure treatment satisfaction in inpatients with SCI treated by rehabilitation therapists trained in MI compared to those treated by therapists not trained to use MI

Time frame: 4 weeks

Self-care and mobility

To measure Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)-Patient Assessment Instrument (PAI) efficiency in the domains of self-care and mobility in inpatients with SCI treated by rehabilitation therapists trained in MI compared to those treated by therapists not trained to use MI

Time frame: 4 weeks

Efficacy of Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training

To measure the efficacy of MI training by measuring adherence to MI counseling skills in rehabilitation therapists trained to use MI compared to those not trained to use MI

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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