An interventional study of Motivational Interviewing in Spinal Cord Injuries, sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-10-14.
Sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
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.
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.
Therapist Inclusion Criteria:
Therapist Exclusion Criteria:
Patient Inclusion Criteria:
Patient Exclusion Criteria:
Physical and Occupational Therapists will have 16 hours of training in Motivational Interviewing and use these techniques during sessions with patients.
Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing
Therapists will not participate in additional training.
Motivational Interviewing is a communication style that is intended to give patients the tools to reach goals through their own desires and actions.
Increased therapy participation
To measure therapy participation in inpatients with SCI treated by rehabilitation therapists trained in Motivational Interviewing (MI) compared to those treated by therapists not trained to use MI
Time frame: 4 weeks
Treatment Satisfaction
To measure treatment satisfaction in inpatients with SCI treated by rehabilitation therapists trained in MI compared to those treated by therapists not trained to use MI
Time frame: 4 weeks
Self-care and mobility
To measure Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)-Patient Assessment Instrument (PAI) efficiency in the domains of self-care and mobility in inpatients with SCI treated by rehabilitation therapists trained in MI compared to those treated by therapists not trained to use MI
Time frame: 4 weeks
Efficacy of Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training
To measure the efficacy of MI training by measuring adherence to MI counseling skills in rehabilitation therapists trained to use MI compared to those not trained to use MI
Time frame: 4 weeks
Plan to share: No
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