A study of motivation and health in adults receiving haemodialysis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The impact of a Self Administered Motivational Interviewing tool among adults receiving haemodialysis in Scotland.
IRAS ID
140178
Contact name
Amanda Louise Carson
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 20 days
Research summary
Chronic disease is a global health issue, which has different healthcare requirements from acute illness. Chronic disease can be exacerbated by behaviours such as smoking, high alcohol intake, poor diet or physical inactivity. Interventions which can influence these behaviours are beneficial to people with chronic disease.
Motivational-Interviewing (MI) is a person-centered communication therapy which explores motivation by focusing on issues around ambivalence (Miller and Rollnick, 2002).
MI is most commonly delivered as a face-to-face therapy, however van Wormer (2007) points out that many healthcare professionals find it difficult to devote time to training and application of MI. A solution is the self-administered motivational interviewing (SAMI) tool developed by Duffy and Rimmer (2009). The SAMI tool was applied to the study behaviour skills of undergraduate students.
It is not clear if this tool is adaptable for use in chronic disease such as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). This is a long-term condition where there is permanent damage to the kidneys (Black et al., 2010). Treatment for CKD includes haemodialysis three times per week for several hours at a time. MI has been explored in this group but utilising small sample sizes, non-UK populations and not in a self-administered form.
This study aims to evaluate the SAMI tool in people receiving haemodialysis. The data collection will utilise the time during dialysis to minimise the impact on patients’ non-treatment time. The comparison group and intervention group will receive questionnaires at baseline, one, three and six months later. The intervention group also receive the SAMI tool. The data will be analysed using ANOVA to explore relationships between variable means. The SAMI will be reviewed and qualitative data analysed thematically. Results will identify if SAMI is useful with feedback being provided to participants at the end of the study.REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
14/WS/1147
Date of REC Opinion
9 Jan 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion