Poster on enhancing self-efficacy for rehab professionals

15th April 2010

British Psychological Society Annual Conference Poster 2010

Poster on enhancing self-efficacy for rehab professionals, presented at BPS annual conference, Stratford on Avon April 2010

Percy, C. & Turner, A.

c.percy@coventry.ac.uk


Coventry University

Enhancing rehabilitation professionals' self -efficacy, to enhance the self- efficacy of their patients
http://pdp.coventry.ac.uk/viewasset.aspx?oid=829038&type=file


Objectives: Guidelines on behaviour change, from the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE) require health professionals to engage patients in discussions about appropriate behaviour change. Motivational interviewing has been used in health promotion, primary prevention, and chronic disease management. Rehabilitation professionals including occupational therapists, speech & language therapists and physiotherapists were offered training in motivational interviewing, to assist them in implementing NICE guidelines. This paper reports on the outcomes of that training.

Design: 31 rehabilitation professionals attended a one day introductory course in motivational interviewing. Prior to training, they self reported (on a zero to ten scale) how important it was for them to engage their patients in various aspects of behaviour change. They were also asked (on a zero to ten scale) how confident they were in their ability to engage their patients in these aspects. Post-training, this confidence was self-assessed again.

Results: All the aspects of behaviour change were deemed important to participants (ratings of 7.52-9.39, mean 8.62). Pre- and post- training confidence ratings increased significantly for all aspects of behaviour change. Qualitative comments made on evaluation forms indicated that motivational interviewing might need to be adapted for use with some rehabilitation patients, e.g. those with severe cognitive impairments or communication difficulties.

Conclusions: Training significantly enhanced participants’ confidence in being able to implement NICE guidelines. Further research is needed to investigate what adaptations of motivational interviewing might be required for use in rehabilitation settings.