title: Motivational interviewing for older adults in primary care: a systematic review.
abstract: Chronic disease is now the leading cause of death and disability in United States. Many chronic illnesses experienced by older adults can be prevented or managed through behavior change, making patient counseling an essential component of disease prevention and management. Motivational Interviewing (MI), a type of conversational method, has been effective in eliciting health behavior changes in people in a variety of settings and may also be a useful tool to help older adults change. This review of the literature analyzes current research and describes potential biases of MI interventions that have been conducted in primary care settings with older adults. MI shows promise as a technique to elicit health behavior change among older adults. However, further study with this population is needed to evaluate efficacy of MI interventions in primary care settings.
authors.affiliation: Washington State University, College of Nursing, P.O. Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210, USA. Electronic address: jpurath@wsu.edu.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Purath
authors.affiliation: Washington State University, College of Nursing, P.O. Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210, USA.
authors.forename: Annmarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keck
authors.affiliation: Washington State University, College of Nursing, P.O. Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009042:Motivation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Health behavior change; Motivational interviewing; Older adults; Primary care