The Use of Brief Motivational Interviewing in Community Health Centers.
ConditionHealthy Subjects
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAzienda Usl di Bologna
About this trial
The research project aims to detect the effect of the Brief Motivational Interview (BMI) on the motivation to change risky behaviors and the adoption of healthy lifestyles by citizens attending Community Health Centers (CdC). The controlled, multicenter, prospective design study involves the enrollment of 304 people, with 152 at the Borgo Reno CdC and 152 at the Navile CdC.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
first visit to the Cardiology or Endocrinology/Diabetology or Rheumatology or Basic Dietetics services or other medical specialties of the Borgo-Reno or Navile Community Home or referred to them.
resident in the AUSL of Bologna
age ≥18 years
Disqualifiers
second or more visits to the Cardiology or Endocrinology/Diabetology or Rheumatology or Basic Dietetics services, or other medical specialties of the Borgo-Reno or Navile Community House or referred to them.
first visit to a service not indicated in the inclusion criteria
not resident in the territory of the AUSL of Bologna
age <18 years
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Brief Motivational Interviewing
BehavioralBrief Motivational Interviewing (BMI), the object of the training and of the present research study, is an interview methodology that includes the intervention on the motivation to change of subjects with risky behaviors for their health, in order to obtain changes in their lifestyle and maintain correct behaviors for health over time (1). The BMI is mainly based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change by Di Clemente CC. and Prochaska JO (2). In particular, the BMI has been defined by its creators, Miller and Rollnick, as "a collaborative style of conversation aimed at strengthening motivation and commitment to change" (3), both through defined attitudes, strategies and techniques, and through the exploration of ambivalence or internal fracture, which together with availability and a sense of self-efficacy (4) provides a framework of personal motivation.
Standard of Care (SOC)
BehavioralStandard of Care (SOC) - The health workers of the Navile Community House carry out the outpatient visit and after having identified the health problems they propose a possible treatment. The users belonging to the control arm will complete the SF-36 questionnaire
Treatment groups
304 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Community House Borgo RenoExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Community House NavileActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Primary Outcome Measure
The 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is a 36-item patient-reported questionnaire that covers eight health domains: physical functioning (10 items), bodily pain (2 items), role limitations due to physical health problems (4 items), role limitations due to personal or emotional problems (4 items), emotional well-being (5 items), social functioning (2 items), energy/fatigue (4 items), and general health perceptions (5 items). Scores for each domain range from 0 to 100, with a higher score defining a more favorable health state.
Time frame
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 MONTHSSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov