Table 1 EVEM scale version 1.3

ID code:

Behavior studied:

Time devoted to the interview (min):

To what extend does the professional...

0

1

2

NA

1. tune with the patient through non-verbal communication?

2. show empathy at appropriate times?

3. make proper patient positioning concerning the behavior in question?

4. works consistently with the positioning of the patient throughout the interview?

5. use open-end questions?

6. validates genuinely the patient (abilities, skills, effort, interest...) ?

7. perform reflective listening?

8. make summaries of the information provided by the patient?

9. strengthens change talk?

10. give attention to the patient's commitment to change?

11. identifies resistance to change and use specific strategies to avoid and handle them?

12. provides information adapted to the patient's difficulties and needs?

13. promotes the definition and/or prioritization of the objectives of change with the patient?

14. negotiates and test a feasible action plan considering the patient's options?

15. once change has started, develop maintenance strategies with the patient?

16. in case of relapse, create a climate of acceptance, trying to promote patient's self-efficiency?