Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28257
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Journal Articles
Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews
Author(s): Frost, Helen
Campbell, Pauline
Maxwell, Margaret
O'Carroll, Ronan E
Dombrowski, Stephan U
Williams, Brian
Cheyne, Helen
Coles, Emma
Pollock, Alex
Issue Date: 18-Oct-2018
Date Deposited: 20-Nov-2018
Citation: Frost H, Campbell P, Maxwell M, O'Carroll RE, Dombrowski SU, Williams B, Cheyne H, Coles E & Pollock A (2018) Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews. <i>PLoS One</i>, 13 (10), Art. No.: e0204890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204890
Abstract: Background The challenge of addressing unhealthy lifestyle choice is of global concern. Motivational Interviewing has been widely implemented to help people change their behaviour, but it is unclear for whom it is most beneficial. This overview aims to appraise and synthesise the review evidence for the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on health behaviour of adults in health and social care settings. Methods A systematic review of reviews. Methods were pre-specified and documented in a protocol (PROSPERO-CRD42016049278). We systematically searched 7 electronic databases: CDSR; DARE; PROSPERO; MEDLINE; CINAHL; AMED and PsycINFO from 2000 to May 2018. Two reviewers applied pre-defined selection criteria, extracted data using TIDIER guidelines and assessed methodological quality using the ROBIS tool. We used GRADE criteria to rate the strength of the evidence for reviews including meta-Analyses. Findings Searches identified 5222 records. One hundred and four reviews, including 39 meta-Analyses met the inclusion criteria. Most meta-Analysis evidence was graded as low or very low (128/155). Moderate quality evidence for mainly short term (< 6 months) statistically significant small beneficial effects of Motivational Interviewing were found in 11 of 155 (7%) of meta-Analysis comparisons. These outcomes include reducing binge drinking, frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, substance abuse in people with dependency or addiction, and increasing physical activity participation. Conclusions We have created a comprehensive map of reviews relating to Motivational Interviewing to signpost stakeholders to the best available evidence. More high quality research is needed to be confident about the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing. We identified a large volume of low quality evidence and many areas of overlapping research. To avoid research waste, it is vital for researchers to be aware of existing research, and the implications arising from that research. In the case of Motivational Interviewing issues relating to monitoring and reporting fidelity of interventions need to be addressed.
DOI Link: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204890
Rights: © 2018 Frost et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Licence URL(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
FrostEffectivenessOfMotivationalInterviewing.pdfFulltext - Published Version2.9 MBAdobe PDFView/Open



This item is protected by original copyright



A file in this item is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons

Items in the Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

The metadata of the records in the Repository are available under the CC0 public domain dedication: No Rights Reserved https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

If you believe that any material held in STORRE infringes copyright, please contact library@stir.ac.uk providing details and we will remove the Work from public display in STORRE and investigate your claim.