Development of the Motivational Interviewing Coach Rating Scale (MI-CRS) for health equity implementation contexts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The field of implementation science emphasizes efficient and effective fidelity measurement for research outcomes and feedback to support quality improvement. This paper reports on such a measure for motivational interviewing (MI), developed with rigorous methodology and with diverse samples.

Method

Using item response theory (IRT) methods and Rasch modeling, we analyzed coded (a) recordings (n = 99) of intervention sessions in a clinical trial of African American adolescents with obesity; (b) standard patient interactions (n = 370) in an implementation science study with youth living with HIV; and (c) standard patient interactions (n = 172) in a diverse community sample.

Results

These methods yielded a reliable and valid 12-item scale on several indicators

SUBMITTER: Naar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9634809 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature