Table 2.
Characteristics of the participants
| Questionnaire (N = 152) | Interviews (N = 17) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N | |||
| Age | 149 | 17 | ||
| Mean (SD) [Range] | 34.0 (8.1) [22–58] | 35.9 (9.9) [27–62] | ||
| Self-identified gender: N (%) | 152 | 17 | ||
| - Male | 34 (22%) | 5 (29%) | ||
| - Female | 118 (78%) | 12 (71%) | ||
| Education/ profession: N (%) | 152 | 17 | ||
| - GP | 93 (61%) | 8 (47%) | ||
| - PN | 59 (39%) | 9 (53%) | ||
| Prior education PNs: N (%) (N/A for GPs) | 55 (of 59 PNs) | 9 (of 9 PNs) | ||
| - Secondary vocational education or lower | 17 (31%) | 3 (33%) | ||
| - Minimum of higher professional education | 38 (69%) | 6 (67%) | ||
| Experience with patient care (years) | 143 | 17 | ||
| Mean (SD) [Range] |
9.0 (8.3) [1–40] |
9.8(10.1) [2–43] | ||
| MI training (hours) | 141 | 17 | ||
| Mean (SD) [Range] | 11.5 (5.7) [8–45] | 15.6 (13.5) [6–56] | ||
| Time passed since last MI training: N(%) | 152 | 17 | ||
| - < 6 months | 152 (100%) | 6 (35%) | ||
| -6 months—1 year | 8 (47%) | |||
| - > 1 year | 3 (18%) | |||
| MI skills based on (VASE-M)HC: scoring range 0–54 | 149 | 10 | ||
| Mean (SD) [Range] | 31.7 (7.4) [10–50] | 32.8 (10.3) [13–45] | ||
GP General Practitioner, PN Practice Nurse, MI Motivational Interviewing, SD Standard Deviation, N/A Not Applicable, VASE-(M)HC Video Assessment of Simulated Encounters – (Mental) Health Care, a video-based instrument to assess MI skills that is adjusted and validated in the General Practice setting [20]. The number of MI training hours is based on experience both prior to and during the study. This last category is based on the training groups per institute, however, individual attendance may differ