Table 4.
Descriptive statistics (mean (SD; 25th–75th percentiles (PC))) of 6 summary measurements and 1 original measurement describing motivational interviewing (MI) skills and proportion of 31 Swedish veterinarians reaching suggested thresholds for near moderate, moderate and above moderate MI skills before and after a 6-month training programme
| Variables | Mean (SD; 25th–75th PC) | % Improved | According to suggested thresholds (Near moderate); moderate; above moderate |
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| Before | After | Before | After | ||
| Relational | 2.7 (0.55; 2.4–3.2) | 3.3 (0.67; 2.7–3.8) | 77.4 | (13%); 13%; 0% | (55%); 55%; 19% |
| Technical | 3.1 (0.35; 2.9–3.3) | 3.2 (0.42; 2.9–3.3) | 54.8 | – | |
| Cultivating Change Talk | 2.5 (0.49; 2.0–2.7) | 2.8 (0.63; 2.3–3.3) | 58.1 | (23%); 23%; 0% | (61%); 42%; 6% |
| MI-non-adherent Behaviours | 9.0 (2.85; 7.2–11.2) | 3.8 (2.31; 2.0–5.7) | 96.8 | (3%); 0%; 0% | (48%); 35%; 16% |
| MI-adherent Behaviours | 4.3 (2.17; 2.3–5.8) | 6.1 (2.43; 4.4–7.5) | 71.0 | ||
| Reflection to Question Ratio | 0.6 (0.68; 0.3–0.8) | 0.7 (0.54; 0.4–0.9) | 51.6 | – | |
| Percent Complex Reflections | 0.4 (0.20; 0.3–0.6) | 0.6 (0.17; 0.5–0.8) | 80.6 | ||
| Total skills | – | (0%); 0%; 0% | (45%); 29%; 6% | ||
Participants significantly improved their MI skills after training regarding all MITI variables evaluated except for Seeking Collaboration, Simple Reflections and Confront (see online appendix tables S1–3). Researchers found significant interactions with Years in VHHM for Cultivating Change Talk, Giving Information, Persuade and Seeking Collaboration.