NCT03322202

Training Therapists in Motivational Interviewing

Training Therapists in Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Rehabilitation Participation for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

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

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-16
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-04-30
• First posted: 2017-10-26
• Last updated: 2020-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States