NCT03804814

Motivational Interviewing for HCV Elimination

Assessing a Model for Hepatitis C Elimination: Measuring Patient and Health System Outcomes After Motivational Interviewing Interventions to Increase Treatment Engagement

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study addresses a difficult barrier to hepatitis C elimination, specifically development and maintenance of a productive relationship between the health care provider and patient to ensure both treatment success and engagement in harm reduction services. Improvements in these domains may be observed through the use of a technique called "Motivational Interviewing" (MI). The aim of this study is to determine whether a customized motivational interviewing curriculum by general primary care and addictions medicine primary care providers changes rates of curative hepatitis C therapy completion.

Conditions

• Hepatitis C

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interviewing Training	Motivational Interviewing is a directive, client-centered counselling style intended to elicit behavior change by helping patients reach health goals through their own desires and actions. A certified and experienced Motivational Interviewing trainer will develop and deliver the curriculum to healthcare providers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-21
• Primary completion: 2021-10-04
• Completion: 2021-10-04
• First posted: 2019-01-15
• Last updated: 2023-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada