Table 1.

Signs of readiness to get screened [Adapted from Curry SJ, Ludman EJ, Graham E, Stout J, Grothaus L, Lozano P. (2003). -Adapted from Miller, 1991]

Decreased resistance.	The participant stops arguing, interrupting, denying, or objecting to getting screened.
Decreased questions about the issue.	The participant seems to have enough information about colon cancer screening, and stops asking questions. There is a sense of being finished.
Resolve.	The participant appears to have reached a resolution, and may seem more peaceful, relaxed, calm, unburdened, or settled. Sometimes this happens after the client has passed through a period of ambivalence or resistance.
Change talk.	The participant engages in DARN-C language (Miller & Rollnick, 2004). Desire (“I’d like to know that I was cancer free.”). Ability (“My insurance covers CC screening.”). Reasons (“My aunt died of CC, so there is a family history.”). Need (“My doctor really wants me to, and I always to what my doctor suggests.”). Commitment (“I’m going to make an appointment for a colonoscopy next time I visit my doctor.”).
Increased questions about change.	The participant asks what he or she could do about getting screened, what the experience is like, how long it takes, etc.
Envisioning.	The participant begins to talk about how life might be after she gets screened, to anticipate receiving news that she has cancer or that she doesn’t have cancer.
Experimenting.	The participant may have already talked to his partner about getting screened. Maybe he has already made an appointment and canceled it.