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Table 1 Description of the intervention, content and aims of MI sessions

From: A motivational interview program for cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial in primary healthcare

Session

Schedule and location

Duration

Aims

Content Description

#1

72 h Home

45 min

Relationship between patient and interviewer. Promote involvement of participant in CR

Presentation. General information on the program. Examine experiences, knowledge, motivation, self-confidence and expectations of CR and prevention

#2

2nd week PHC

20–30 min

Strengthen commitment and link with professional. Increase self-efficacy. Strengthen motivation

Identify specific objectives of patient to adjust to the CR plan. Collaborative work on personalized CR. Support and active listening to participant concerns. Examine participant resources

#3

5th week PHC

20–30 min

Maintenance therapeutic link. Empower participants. Increase self-efficacy. Strengthen motivation

Collaborative work. Support and active listening to patient concerns and adaptation of RC. Examine resources, barriers, and facilitators of patients. Manage discrepancies and resolving ambivalence. Discourse of maintenance

#4

8th week PHC

20–30 min

Empower patients. Increase self-efficacy. Reinforce motivation to maintain CR plan and prevention

Collaborative work in adapting the CR plan of persons at home. Support and active listening to concerns for maintenance. Examine resources, barriers and facilitators of patients about the CR plan at home and in the community. Discrepancy management. Resolve ambivalence

#5 (Optional)

13th week PHC

2–30 min

Link maintenance. Empower participants. Increase self-efficacy

This session can be programmed according to the criterion of the interviewer and depending on the participant's status. Tasks: Collaborative work. Support and active listening to concerns. Adaptation to the CR plan. Examine resources, barriers and facilitators. Discrepancy management. Resolve ambivalence. Maintenance discourse management