Motivational Interviewing on Self-Care Activities in T2DM: The Sample of Turkey

Motivational Interviewing (MI), which is one of these methods, is an individual-based counselling approach that can easily be used by nurses who have been trained to help the management of disease in chronic diseases (Berhe et al., 2020; Kızılırmak \& Demir, 2018; Maslakpak et al., 2020). The core principles of MI includes expressing empathy by providing acceptance and understanding, realizing inconsistencies, avoiding discussions and supporting self-efficacy (Matinolli et al., 2012). The main purpose of MI is to identify the ambivalent emotions that occur in the patient in health-related activities, to strengthen and encourage insights of patients by supporting healthy lifestyle changes and self-confidence (R.Miller \& Rollnick, 2013). Because of its flexibility and ability to be applied in different behavioural aspects, MI can be administered individually and in groups by trained individuals (Maslakpak et al., 2020).