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Assessing The Integrity Of Motivational Interviewing Interventions: Reliability Of The Motivational Interviewing Skills Code, Theresa Moyers, Tim Martin, Delwyn Catley, Kari Jo Harris, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

Public and Community Health Sciences Faculty Publications

The motivational interviewing skills code (MISC) was used to review 86 audiotaped interactions between clinicians and patients participating in a smoking cessation intervention. Intraclass correlations (ICCs) were completed for two of the MISC elements: global evaluations and behavior counts. Results indicate 75% of the global ratings yielded ICCs in the good to excellent range, while only 44% of the behavior counts yielded this level of accuracy. Adherence scores were created to form overall ratings of clinician adherence to using motivational interviewing and 80% of these competence measures yielded ICCs in the good to excellent range. Specific recommendations regarding modifications for …