Reliability and validity of a scale for evaluating dietitians' interviewing skills

Gregory, Rebecca; Pichert, James W.; Lorenz, Rodney A.; Antony, Mary K.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(12)80430-4

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“…‘Rapport’, ‘partnership’ and ‘collaboration’ were embedded as components of assessment tools and practice models. ‘Rapport’ formed part of two different assessment tools, one that evaluated dietitians' interviewing skills 46 and another that evaluated their communication skills 95 . Rapport was also described as part of a nutrition‐counselling model 52 and trialled within a scale that measured dietitians' confidence working with clients managing psychological conditions 31 .…”

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The therapeutic relationship between a client and dietitian: A systematic integrative review of empirical literature

Nagy

McMahon

Tapsell

et al. 2022

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Scientific evidence underpins dietetics practice; however, evidence of how the therapeutic relationship influences outcomes is limited. This integrative review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic of the therapeutic relationship between clients and dietitians in the individual counselling context by summarising empirical literature into qualitative themes. Methods: An electronic literature search of the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsychInfo, Scopus and Web of Science databases was conducted in October 2018 and repeated in February 2021. Studies were included if they explicitly referred to the therapeutic relationship (or associated terms), were based on study data and available in full text.Extracted data were checked by a second researcher and the methodological quality was evaluated independently by two researchers using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. An iterative process of qualitatively coding, categorising and comparing data to examine recurring themes was applied. Results: Seventy-six studies met the inclusion criteria. Five themes were identified which showed the extent and nature of research in this area. Studies revealed the therapeutic relationship: (i) is valued within clinical dietetic practice, (ii) involves complex and multifactorial interactions, (iii) is perceived as having a positive influence, (iv) requires skills training and (v) is embedded in practice models and tools. Conclusion:Studies show the therapeutic relationship is a valued and multifactorial component of clinical dietetic practice and is perceived to positively influence the client and dietitian. Observational data are needed to assess the extent to which the strength of the therapeutic relationship might contribute to clients' health outcomes.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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The therapeutic relationship between a client and dietitian: A systematic integrative review of empirical literature

Nagy

McMahon

Tapsell

et al. 2022

Nutrition & Dietetics

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“…The psychometric properties reported within the literature indicate that the DIRS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing dieticians interviewing skills. Indeed, Gregory et al (1995) supported the questionnaire's inter‐rater reliability reporting an acceptable κ coefficient of 0.67. In addition, the authors reported that following rigorous procedural checks regarding the content, concurrent, and discriminant validity, the DIRS was deemed suitably valid as a measure of dietician's interviewing skills in clinical settings.…”

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Facilitating healthcare dieticians' communication skills: A reflective practice intervention

Picknell¹,

Cropley

Mellalieu

et al. 2023

Int J Training Development

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Reflective practice (RP) is a widely accepted approach for facilitating experiential learning within the professional development of service delivery practitioners. However, a dearth of empirical evidence exists to support the potential efficacy of RP for improving applied practice effectiveness. This study examined whether improving professionals' ability to engage in RP at more advanced critical levels impacted their use of communication skills (CS) in practice. A quasi‐experimental, multiple‐baseline, crossover design was employed with 20 Emirati female dieticians who were assigned to one of two groups and exposed to three RP treatments and three control periods. Baseline and postintervention measures of RP and CS were administered to assess whether improved RP skills subsequently impacted practice behaviours. A significant difference between experimental and control groups' RP scores were reported over the treatment period. For CS there was an intervention effect for: listening and rapport; questioning skills; comprehensiveness; organization; transitional statements; and approach to planning and education. The findings indicate that the intervention was successful for improving participants' reflective skills, resulting in more favourable practice behaviours (e.g., CS). This study makes a novel contribution to the literature by providing rigorous empirical evidence to support the value of RP as a metacognitive strategy for improving service delivery behaviours in health professionals.

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“…There is also a need for an appropriate validated tool to be available for use. There have been attempts to develop suitable assessment tools (55)(56)(57) all of which have demonstrated good content validity, that is the extent to which a panel of experts believe that the items included examine comprehensively, or represent a wellbalanced sample of, the content domain to be measured (58) . In this case the content domain is the use of CSBC in dietetic one-to-one consultations.…”

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“…In this case the content domain is the use of CSBC in dietetic one-to-one consultations. However all of these research teams recognised the need for further development before their tools could be used to assess the skills of dietitians with confidence (55)(56)(57) . More recently Whitehead et al (54) have developed and validated a tool, DIET-COMMS, for this purpose.…”

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confidence: 99%

Changing dietary behaviour: the role and development of practitioner communication

Whitehead

2015

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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The need to support people to change diet-related behaviour is widely advocated and how to do this effectively in practice is an expanding area of research. Important factors to consider are how healthcare practitioners communicate with their patients and how that communication may affect diet-related behaviour change and subsequent outcomes. The aim of the present paper is to discuss communication skills for behaviour change (CSBC), focusing predominantly on registered dietitians who are required to communicate effectively and have an important role in supporting patients to change diet-related behaviour. The views of dietitians in relation to CSBC have been investigated and respondents have consistently reported that they perceive these skills to be of vital importance in practice. Patient views have reiterated the importance of good CSBC in one-to-one consultations. However, pre-qualification training of dietitians is thought to deliver practitioners who are competent at a minimum level. The need for ongoing continuous professional development (CPD) in relation to CSBC has been recognised but currently most CPD focuses on updating knowledge rather than improving these essential skills. Measuring CSBC in a consistent and objective manner is difficult and an assessment tool, DIET-COMMS, has been developed and validated for this purpose. DIET-COMMS can be used to support CSBC development, but concerns about logistical challenges and acceptability of implementing this in practice have been raised. Although a suitable assessment tool now exists there is a need to develop ways to facilitate assessment of CSBC in practice.

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Reliability and validity of a scale for evaluating dietitians' interviewing skills

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

The therapeutic relationship between a client and dietitian: A systematic integrative review of empirical literature

The therapeutic relationship between a client and dietitian: A systematic integrative review of empirical literature

Facilitating healthcare dieticians' communication skills: A reflective practice intervention

Changing dietary behaviour: the role and development of practitioner communication

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