2016 Volume 11 Issue 6 Pages 158-165
Purpose: This study described the recognition of motivational interviewing (MI) and the factors related to its learning situation among doctors and nurses licensed as Board-certified Members and Fellows of the Japan Society for Tobacco Control in smoking-cessation clinics.
Method: An anonymous self-administered questionnaire survey was administered to Board-certified Members and Fellows of the Japan Society for Tobacco Control. A total of 500 of these experts were randomly selected, and 251 responded.
Results: Of the respondents, 81.3% were aware of MI as a term, 70.9% knew the outline of MI. The factors that had a significant effect on the recognition and learning situation of MI were “importance of learning MI,” “difficulties in smoking cessation support,” “work area,” “licentiate,” and “number of nurses working in smoking-cessation support” based on multivariable analysis.
Discussion: In this study, recognition of MI was generally high. This result is considered to reflect efforts in the Japan Society for Tobacco control. On the other hand, it is necessary to consider the system of continuous learning methods about smoking cessation.
Conclusion: It is necessary to take into account some of the factors suggested, in addition to the importance of learning about MI, in order to continue the learning of MI.
