Motivational Interviewing Post-Stroke: An Analysis of Stroke Survivors Concerns and Adjustment

This article describes a content analysis of MI transcripts for 10 participants in our previous study, to identify the focus of discussions (patient "concerns") and potential effective components of our MI approach. Patients’ post-stroke concerns were shown in 16 categories, including frustration, family impact, and getting well. There was a pattern of change discourse across sessions: "Sustain talk" (reasons for not changing) reduced from Session 1 onward, "change talk" (intent to change) increased then reduced, and "change expressed" (changes achieved) increased from Sessions 1 to 4. MI facilitates healthy adjustment post-stroke in some patients, in turn affecting mood, but clarification of how this effect is achieved requires further exploration.

Source: Qualitative Health Research - December 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Auton, M. F., Patel, K., Carter, B., Hackett, M., Thornton, T., Lightbody, C. E., Leathley, M. J., Watkins, C. L. Tags: Evidence For Practice: Articles Source Type: research