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Primary healthcare nurses' experiences with motivational interviewing in health promotion practice
General Practice and Public Health, Halland County Council, Falkenberg and School of Health and Medical Sciences Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
General Practice and Public Health, Halland County Council, Falkenberg, Sweden.
School of Health and Medical Sciences Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare, Centre of Research on Welfare, Health and Sport (CVHI).
2011 (English)In: Journal of Clinical Nursing, ISSN 0962-1067, E-ISSN 1365-2702, Vol. 20, no 23-24, p. 3322-3330Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Aim. 

The aim of the study was to describe primary healthcare nurses’ experiences with motivational interviewing as a method for health promotion practice.

Background. 

A person’s lifestyle has a major effect on his or her health. Motivational interviewing is one way of working with lifestyle changes in health promotion practice. The basic plan of motivational interviewing is to help people understand their lifestyle problems and make positive lifestyle changes. Motivational interviewing has been proven to be more effective than conventional methods in increasing patient motivation.

Design. 

This study has a descriptive design and uses a qualitative method.

Methods. 

Twenty nurses who worked in primary health care and actively used motivational interviewing in their work were interviewed. Qualitative content analysis was used to process the data.

Results. 

The primary healthcare nurses’ experiences with motivational interviewing as a method of health promotion practice demonstrate that motivational interviewing is a demanding, enriching and useful method that promotes awareness and guidance in the care relationship. The results also show that motivational interviewing is a valuable tool for primary healthcare nurses’ health promotion practice.

Conclusion. 

This study shows that motivational interviewing places several different demands on nurses who use this method. Those who work with motivational interviewing must make an effort to incorporate this new method to avoid falling back into the former practice of simply giving advice. Maintaining an open mind while implementing motivational interviewing in real healthcare settings is crucial for nurses to increase this method’s effectiveness.

Relevance to clinical practice. 

The nurses in the study had a positive experience with motivational interviewing, which can contribute to the increased use, adaption and development of motivational interviewing among primary healthcare professionals. Increased motivational interviewing knowledge and skills would also contribute to promotion of health lifestyle practices.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Vol. 20, no 23-24, p. 3322-3330
Keywords [en]
content analysis, health promotion practice, interviews, motivational interviewing, primary healthcare nurses
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16780DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03874.xISI: 000297864500008PubMedID: 22017587Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-81155128590OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-16780DiVA, id: diva2:467036
Available from: 2011-12-18 Created: 2011-12-18 Last updated: 2022-09-13Bibliographically approved

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