Motivational interviewing to facilitate goal setting in rehabilitation: a feasibility study.

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Title: Motivational interviewing to facilitate goal setting in rehabilitation: a feasibility study.
Authors: Wintle, Elizabeth (AUTHOR), Taylor, Nicholas F. (AUTHOR), Harding, Katherine (AUTHOR), O'Halloran, Paul (AUTHOR), Rimayanti, Made (AUTHOR), Rank, Andrew (AUTHOR), Peiris, Casey L. (AUTHOR)
Source: Disability & Rehabilitation. Jan2026, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p136-143. 8p.
Subjects: Evaluation of human services programs, Motivational interviewing, Community health services, Self-evaluation, Mental health surveys, Health status indicators, Rehabilitation, Pilot projects, Questionnaires, Goal (Psychology), Discharge planning, Descriptive statistics, Patient-centered care, Psychology, Telemedicine, Longitudinal method, Patient-professional relations, Research, Theory, Patient satisfaction, Comparative studies, Data analysis software, Activities of daily living, Cognition, Nonparametric statistics, Communication barriers
Geographic Terms: Australia
Abstract: Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of using embedded motivational interviewing (MI) to develop patient-centred goals in rehabilitation. Method: Sixty adults (mean age 68 years, 60% female) referred with any health condition for community rehabilitation and four MI trained clinicians participated to inform feasibility of embedding motivational interviewing in goal setting to facilitate patient-centred discussions. Feasibility domains of acceptability, demand, implementation (including MI fidelity), practicality and limited efficacy were evaluated. Results: Over the 14-month recruitment period, 70 patients were eligible and 60 agreed to participate (86% uptake). Patient participants reported high levels of acceptance (median 10/10, IQR 9 to 10) and identified a median of 2 (IQR 2 to 4) patient-centred goals, of which 69% were achieved at discharge. MI goal setting took a median of 20 mins (IQR 17 to 24) and most commonly occurred during the second rehabilitation session (n = 28, 47%). There were no adverse events and no instances where goal setting was incomplete. Clinicians proficiently integrated MI into clinical practice and supported the application of MI within routine rehabilitation goal setting. Conclusion: Integrating motivational interviewing into rehabilitation goal setting was a feasible way to elicit patient-centred goals, which were accepted by patients and rehabilitation clinicians. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION: Integrating motivational interviewing (MI) within rehabilitation goal setting was acceptable to patients and allied health clinicians MI facilitated collaborative discussions to elicit meaningful patient-centred rehabilitation goals Rehabilitation clinicians can feasibly and proficiently integrate MI into goal setting discussions and see value in continuing to use this approach as part of usual care While feasible, further consideration is required to determine the effectiveness of MI-informed goal setting before it could be recommended to be implemented into routine rehabilitation practice [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of using embedded motivational interviewing (MI) to develop patient-centred goals in rehabilitation. Method: Sixty adults (mean age 68 years, 60% female) referred with any health condition for community rehabilitation and four MI trained clinicians participated to inform feasibility of embedding motivational interviewing in goal setting to facilitate patient-centred discussions. Feasibility domains of acceptability, demand, implementation (including MI fidelity), practicality and limited efficacy were evaluated. Results: Over the 14-month recruitment period, 70 patients were eligible and 60 agreed to participate (86% uptake). Patient participants reported high levels of acceptance (median 10/10, IQR 9 to 10) and identified a median of 2 (IQR 2 to 4) patient-centred goals, of which 69% were achieved at discharge. MI goal setting took a median of 20 mins (IQR 17 to 24) and most commonly occurred during the second rehabilitation session (n = 28, 47%). There were no adverse events and no instances where goal setting was incomplete. Clinicians proficiently integrated MI into clinical practice and supported the application of MI within routine rehabilitation goal setting. Conclusion: Integrating motivational interviewing into rehabilitation goal setting was a feasible way to elicit patient-centred goals, which were accepted by patients and rehabilitation clinicians. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION: Integrating motivational interviewing (MI) within rehabilitation goal setting was acceptable to patients and allied health clinicians MI facilitated collaborative discussions to elicit meaningful patient-centred rehabilitation goals Rehabilitation clinicians can feasibly and proficiently integrate MI into goal setting discussions and see value in continuing to use this approach as part of usual care While feasible, further consideration is required to determine the effectiveness of MI-informed goal setting before it could be recommended to be implemented into routine rehabilitation practice [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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