title: A simple method to enable patient-tailored treatment and to motivate the patient to change behaviour.
abstract: In clinical practice and in self-management studies it appears that it is very difficult to change behaviour in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in order to achieve adequate self-management. In this respect the role of motivational processes is underestimated and rarely is specifically targeted in interventions. In this article, the fundamentals of motivational processes are discussed followed by a detailed description of the Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument (NCSI) method. The NCSI method is a simple method that enables patient-tailored treatment and to motivate patients to adhere to treatment goals. The NCSI method consists of three distinct but highly integrated components: (1) a short instrument measuring many details of health status; (2) an intervention that helps to identify individual treatment goals and to motivate the patient to change his behaviour; (3) an automated monitoring system that simply identifies patients with new problems in health status of self-management. All components are embedded in a web-based application which enhances simplicity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the NCSI method. The NCSI method is illustrated by a case study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands. j.vercoulen@mps.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Jan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Vercoulen
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*