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Table 6 Behavior counts and summary of self-ratings of performance in motivational interviewing (MI) for primary care nurses

From: Primary care nurses’ performance in motivational interviewing: a quantitative descriptive study

   

Behavior countsa

Primary care nurses

Length of coded part of the sessionb (minutes)

Length of session (minutes)

Giving information

MI Adherent (MiA)

MI Non-adherent (MiNa)

Closed questions (cq)

Open questions (oq)

Simple reflections (sr)

Complex reflections (cr)

Session

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

I/II/III

Nurse 1

20/20/20

51/51/54

18/20/22

2d/0/5d

0/0/1

24e/15/15

19/21/13

24/33/20

15/21/15

Nurse 2

20/20/20

54/50/48

15/18/14

5e/1/2d

0/0/0

16e/20e/12e

9/8/7

13e/6e/4

6/5/5

Nurse 3

20/20/c

24/42/c

15/15/c

7d/1/c

6/2/c

12/14/c

3/3/c

6d/10/c

13/15/c

Nurse 4

14/20/20

21/41/84

10/17/15

1/3e/1e

1/7/6

14e/15e/9

8/7/10

8d/10d/3d

12/12/8

Nurse 5

18/20/20

30/44/40

21/22/21

4/5d/1e

2/4/6

15e/21e/15

8/17/12

10d/7/8e

15/6/5

Nurse 6

17/20/c

20/26/c

4/28/ c

1e/2/c

3/0/c

17 e /7 e / c

5/8/c

10/9/c

3/2/c

Nurse 7

11/11/19

13/17/30

14/10/30

2e/1e/0

4/8/7

20/14e/11

8/8/2

2d/2d/2

11/4/7

Nurse 8

14/20/20

21/22/21

22/35/46

3/5d/2e

3/4/5

14/49/33 e

3/6/5

7/13/7d

5/12/17

Nurse 9

18/16/18

24/22/23

17/23/34

8/10d/5

3/2/7

12 e /22 e /21 e

9/15/3

4d/3/8

8/3/1

Nurse 10

20/20/20

36/23/23

0/18/15

1e/2e/1e

9/6/5

8/30 e /20 e

7/5/6

8 d /18/7

5/7/8

Nurse 11

20/20/c

30/31/c

21/14/c

0e/2e/c

17/5/ c

20 e /38 e / c

7/5/c

7/12/c

2/2/c

Nurse 12

20/20/c

37/29/c

3/48/ c

3/5e/c

2/9/c

16 e /26 e / c

8/5/c

3e/3e/c

0/0/c

Summary of self-ratings of performance

 

Number of Sessions/Number of Nurses

Self-ratings

 

More MiA/oq/cr than MiNa/cq/sr

 

9/6

11/7

2/2

  

As many MiA/oq/cr as MiNa/cq/sr

 

13/9

13/9

11/6

  

More MiNa/cq/sr than MiA/oq/cr

 

6/5

5/5

16/10

Self-ratings compared with counts

Overestimates

 

14/9

21/11

5/3

Underestimates

 

7/6

0

10/7

  1. Notes: Bold numbers = variation in counts ≥ 20, Bold and italic numbers = variation in counts ≥ 10-19 (Variation in counts between the nurse’s own sessions)
  2. aBehavior count on nurses’ MI according to the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Code (MITI 3.1.1)
  3. bIn MITI coding of MI sessions, 20 min (at least 10 min) from the beginning of the session (if/when there is a conversation) is coded
  4. cMissing session
  5. dUnderestimates (Nurses self-ratings compared with counts)
  6. eOverestimates (Nurses self-ratings compared with counts)