Examples of Utterances from Tapes Coded into Different Motivational Interviewing Skills Code (MISC) and Content Categories

Provider utterances by Motivational Interviewing Skills Code
Advice	• The most important thing is for you to remain sober
	• But I thought it would be wise for you to cut down on your number of beers per day
Affirmation or support	• And that's great you're able to stop
	• I think this past year you've done a great job with staying off alcohol
Facilitation	• Oh, I see
	• I remember that now
Question asking	• Have you ever had any DWIs or anything else like that?
	• Do you drink at all?
Information giving or education	• And a beer or two a day is probably okay ….
	• It will cause your blood pressure to go up … and can cause problems for your liver
Reflection–historic	• I think you were drinking four or five drinks a day
	• And I know that you have done some drinking in the past
Reflection	• And you were saying to me, Gee Doc, when you get to be my age, my beers are pretty enjoyable ….
	• Yeah, that part of the day when you can sit down and relax ….
Patient utterances by Motivational Interviewing Skills Code
Counter-motivational statements	• And I—I enjoy it
	• Well, just—it's not problematic for me
Neutral statements	• I'm having a couple a day
	• And then if I'm with somebody I may drink a little more
Self-motivational statements	• I might do outpatient ….
	• Well, I know I do drink more than I should
Patient or provider utterances by Content Code
Consumption	• Two or three beers a night or something like that (Patient)
	• Are you drinking anything right now? (Provider)
Problems due to drinking	• I think it's a combination of a little bit withdrawal (Patient)
	• There is the issue of how it interacts with your diabetes (Provider)
Change	• Talked with some people over at the Alcohol Treatment Center (Patient)
	• Do you have some support out there? (Provider)
Not explicitly related to alcohol	• Pretty much still in a lot of pain (Patient)
	• Let me give you a slip here to check out (Provider)