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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Nurs Res. 2014 Oct 2;28(2):156–162. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2014.09.006

Table 2.

Process evaluation of the use of motivational interviewing (MI).

Length of
interview (m:s)
Global spirit
clinician rating
Reflection to
question ratio
Percent open
questions
Percent complex
reflections
Percent MI-adherent
Beginning MI proficiency — — — Average of 3.5 1:1 50% 40% 90%
MI competency — — — Average of 4 2:1 70% 50% 100%
Interview #3 10:46 2.3 9:10* (0.9:1) 40% 44% 50%
Interview #4 8:56 2.7 5:12* (0.4:1) 25% 30% 40%
Interview #16 21:48 4.2 24:9* (2.7:1) 33% 54% 100%
Interview #20 23:14 3.7 21:9* (2.3:1) 89% 42% 80%

Note: (m:s) = minutes:seconds;

*

= actual behavior counts of reflections and questions.