Greater Motivation Research Articles

Health problems of the patient after oncological treatment for osteosarcoma with persistent thymus

Abstract Introduction. Bone sarcomas, as rare tumour types, constitute only about 1% of malignant tumours. The treatment process is an additional burden on the human body, especially at a young age. The surgery has a long-term effect on the patient’s mobility and requires great effort and motivation to regain physical fitness. The discomfort resulting from having a persistent thymus gland makes it significantly more difficult for patients to return to their precancerous state. Aim. The aim of this study is to diagnose the patient’s health problems resulting from the presence of persistent thymus gland and a history of oncological treatment for osteosarcoma, together with the presentation of measures to improve functioning in daily life. Material and methods. The research method of the individual case study and the research techniques used were: interview, observation, measurement and analysis of medical records. Additionally, 9 scales were used, which allowed for a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s health status. Results and summary. The following health problems were identified: dyspnoea, cough, muscle weakness, pain in the spine and left lower limb, dizziness and fatigue. Close cooperation of the interdisciplinary team, the patient and her relatives and a holistic approach is the key to developing an effective care plan together with tailoring such therapeutic and caring activities that increase the patient’s comfort of life.

Rancangan UI/UX Design Aplikasi Pembelajaran Bahasa Jepang Pada Sekolah Menengah Atas Menggunakan Metode Design Thinking

In the world of education that has developed, of course, we are indirectly required to be able to understand or master the use of foreign languages. SMA Negeri 1 Cikarang Pusat is one of the schools that learn Japanese. The students who study Japanese at the school have various kinds of great motivation, but also not a few of the students who can understand and even have difficulty in learning Japanese. Given that there are many innovations in the world of education in this era that involve technology to carry out the learning process. There are many ways to learn Japanese, for example by learning through learning media that utilize technology such as smartphones. Supported by increasingly advanced technological innovations and new interaction patterns, the role of the User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) is important to the needs of users in solving problems. This research was conducted to find out how we can meet and know user needs by using design thinking. With this Japanese language learning media, it is hoped that it can help students learn Japanese easily.

"A Study on Motivational Factors for Work Performance Among Female Employees"

A woman is a man's better half as his wife, and if she works, she is a man's finest asset as well as the best asset of her entire family. Money is the only essential element for a successful life, but the source of that money is equally as important. A daughter who makes money benefits her parents as well as her spouse financially up to and even after marriage. Growing globalization emphasizes the significance of women working both locally and internationally. However, the extent to which they are motivated at work is a research question that lured the researcher to explore this study on motivational factors for work performance among female employees. The goal of the study is to determine if personal efficacy, specific supportive elements may or cannot have an influence on working women's motivation for their jobs. The concept of Quality of Work Life has emerged as an important determinant of model of employment. Wages and salaries do not indicate how good the employer is but the organizational ethics does. Building a women's network is astonishing as the number of ladies increases the emotional as well as the organizational bonds in the working environment. Ladies are truly influenced by the sex synthesis of the Internet in their professions, so framing gatherings can genuinely enable ladies for innovation. Effective management is also about ensuring better quality of work life to the working class. The quality of work by the employees define the satisfaction level of the employees which can be achieved through motivation. In order to ensure great motivation to the employees the organization and the employer should understand the need and wants of the employees and their expectations from the workplace. This research is going to help with finding out the important factors leading to motivation of female employees using tools such as correlation and descriptive statistics.

Perkembangan Motivasi Peserta Didik di Sekolah Dasar

The development of motivation is one of the tasks of student development. A student is expected to have great motivation in learning activities in order to be able to understand the learning material. Motivation is needed by students in learning activities because motivation can encourage students to do something in order to achieve the goals of learning activities. Without motivation, student learning activities will not take place optimally. The higher the motivation of students, the higher the learning outcomes obtained. The research used is literature review research. The data used is secondary data collected in one unit to answer the formulated problems. Therefore, educators are at the forefront to raise the motivation of their students in participating in learning. Educators must understand the development of student motivation and the problems of student motivation, especially in elementary schools.

When and how do non-human great apes communicate to support cooperation?

Several scholars have long suggested that human language and remarkable communicative abilities originate from the need and motivation to cooperate and coordinate actions with others. Yet, little work has focused on when and how great apes communicate during joint action tasks, partly because of the widely held assumption that animal communication is mostly manipulative, but also because non-human great apes' default motivation seems to be competitive rather than cooperative. Here, we review experimental cooperative tasks and show how situational challenges and the degree of asymmetry in terms of knowledge relevant for the joint action task affect the likelihood of communication. We highlight how physical proximity and strength of social bond between the participants affect the occurrence and type of communication. Lastly, we highlight how, from a production point of view, communicators appear capable of calibrating their signalling and controlling their delivery, showing clear evidence of first-order intentionality. On the other hand, recipients appear to struggle in terms of making use of referential information received. We discuss different hypotheses accounting for this asymmetry and provide suggestions concerning how future work could help us unveil to what degree the need for cooperation has shaped our closest living relatives' communicative behaviour.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Revisiting the human ‘interaction engine’: comparative approaches to social action coordination’.

Optimising mothers’ health behaviour after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a qualitative study of a postnatal intervention

BackgroundHypertensive disorders of pregnancy have longer-term implications, increasing women’s lifetime cardiovascular disease risk. The Blood Pressure Postpartum study is a multi-centre randomised three-arm trial of interventions, ranging in intensity and including education and lifestyle coaching, to support women to maintain or adopt healthy eating and physical activity during the first postpartum year. This qualitative sub-study nested within the main trial aimed to investigate whether and how women adopted healthy behaviours after a pregnancy complicated by a hypertensive disorder.MethodsSemi-structured telephone interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically, following Braun and Clarke principles. They explored behaviour change among new mothers following their hypertensive pregnancy, and the intervention’s effect on their capacity and motivation to pursue healthy lifestyles.ResultsThirty-four women from all three trial arms participated at 10–12 months postpartum. The three main themes were 1) Awareness of cardiovascular risk: some did not acknowledge the health risks, whereas others embraced this information. 2) Sources of motivation: while the majority were motivated to make a concerted effort to adapt their health behaviour, motivation often centred on their baby and family rather than their own needs. 3) Sustaining behaviour change with a new baby: women in the more intensive intervention arm demonstrated increased recognition of the importance of reducing cardiovascular health risks, with greater motivation and guidance to change their health behaviour. There was minimal evidence of crossover amongst groups, with women largely accepting their randomised level of intervention and not seeking additional help when randomised to minimal intervention.ConclusionsAmong women participating in an early post-hypertensive disorders of pregnancy randomised controlled trial aimed at improving their cardiovascular disease risk profile, the majority recognised the future health risks and appeared motivated to improve their lifestyle, particularly women in the highest-intensity intervention group. This highlights the importance of structured support to assist women embrace healthy lifestyles especially during the challenges of new parenthood.Trial registrationThe Blood Pressure Postpartum study was prospectively registered as a clinical trial with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (anzctr.org.au) on 13 December 2018 (registration number: ACTRN12618002004246).

Using Cryptocurrency to Increase Student Motivation and Agency: Thoughts from Vietnam

This paper will argue that cryptocurrency can be used as a tool to motivate and increase the agency of students in higher education. Although just a few cryptocurrencies, or coins, dominate the headlines (bitcoin, ether, etc.), more than 10,000 different coins currently exist. Each coin targets specific problems (inter-user payments, unlocking specific services, etc.) and two key problems in Vietnamese higher education are student motivation and student agency. The argument is that by rewarding particular behaviors (good grades, attendance, etc.) with a grant of coins to each student, the coin can bring the benefits of badging but can go even further because coins, unlike badges, can be spent. One major weakness of cryptocurrencies is that they are like money but with less utility. This paper argues that this weakness can be turned into a strength by making a new coin that is targeted specifically to education. Students with better academic performance would receive more coins than other students. These coins can then be used to purchase exclusive options such as entry to watch or even meet a guest speaker or the student could buy time from the teacher to help them improve their study plan. While teachers do offer office hours, some students are hesitant to attend as they feel they do not deserve to consume the teacher’s time, because it was their parents, not the students, who paid the tuition. However, by earning the coins to buy the teacher’s time, it is anticipated that students would become more agentic and more willing to take advantage of those resources that have been available yet remain underutilized. Students without coins may be able to buy them from other students at a market price. This can provide even greater motivation for students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to perform well because their reward (the coins) can be exchanged for real world money.

The Role of Different Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors in the Context of Pharmaceutical Cognitive Enhancers' Misuse.

In an effort for better memory, greater motivation, and concentration, otherwise healthy individuals use pharmaceutical cognitive enhancers (PCEs), medicines for the treatment of cognitive deficits of patients with various disorders and health problems, to achieve greater productivity, efficiency, and performance. We examined the use of PCEs among 289 students at the Slovenian Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the behavioral and psychosocial context (students’ attitudes towards study, parents, health, leisure time, and work). Furthermore, we also addressed the immediate reasons, or the hypothesized connections of behavioral and psychosocial aspects, related to PCE misuse. The study consisted of a structured questionnaire, and chi-squared tests were used. An analysis of student statements revealed differences in students’ and parents’ attitudes toward good academic grades. In addition, students chose among 17 values related to relationships with parents, friends, partners, careers, study obligations, leisure, hobbies, material goods, appearance, and the future, and assessed their importance. Regardless of the group they belonged to, young people cited the same values among the most important. Good grades and parental opinions have proven to be key factors in the context of PCE abuse. This research was the first study to examine the relation between PCE misuse and the role of different behavioral and psychosocial factors.

Portrait of Outstanding Alumnae: Basis for Career Guidance Program

The study aims to describe how the graduates from a state university and college in Region III, Philippines excel in their chosen careers. The findings of the study can be a source of model or inspiration to the students as well basis for career guidance program which can be used to further equipped students in their field of work. Specifically, it sought to find the contributory factors to be outstanding in chosen field; what are challenges and success that the alumnae experienced as students and employees; and how do the alumnae engage with the community. The study used descriptive phenomenology.In choosing the participants, purposive sampling was utilized. From the set criteria in choosing the participants, 11 were identified. The study used open-ended questionnaire. It was found out that to be outstanding, trainings, learnings, and values are necessary; however challenges will be there like of low self-esteem, poverty, losing a loved one, expectations and self-doubt. But the fruits of it is sweeter, such as winning, passing and top notching licensure examinations, receiving awards/recognitions, being promoted, and owning a business. But being outstanding must be shared by doing volunteer works to the community, helping the poor, and inspiring others. Based on the findings of the study, inclusion of being employable and being serviceable in the career guidance program is suggested. Further, invitations of successful alumnae will be a great motivation to the students. And further conduct of the study may be done to have a comprehensive description of an outstanding graduate of a different or wide locale.

Towards Analyzing the Online Learner's Behavior: An Expedition to Recommender System

E-learning courses are gaining significance nowadays and are also an active area for research. COVID-19 pandemic has challenged education system across the globe and many institutions have switched to the online platforms for survival. Due to this, a lot many online courses are available and it is very difficult for a novice user to select suitable course as per one’s preference. Despite the great motivation for MOOC courses and rapid growth of online platforms, there has been tremendous drop out for MOOC courses. This paper focuses on analyzing user activities or user’s learning behavior in order to recommend suitable and unsuitable courses according to user preference. One of the key issues is nowadays is the increasing dropout rate of MOOC learners. The completion rate of most of the online courses is very less as compared to the number of enrolled participants. After creating and analyzing the user learners’ profile, the recommender system recommends suitable courses to the learners so that dropout cases will decrease and the user will be able to choose appropriate courses as per their preferences. Sometimes under social influence or lack of awareness, learners opt those courses that are not appropriate for them. As each learner knowledge level is diverse so customization is required in order to improve online learning experience. In this paper, authors have described various challenges of the online learners, suggested how a recommender system should be advanced and different types of recommender systems.

Evaluating level of specificity and discrepancy of normative referents for condom promotion

Objective: College students are among the age-group most affected by sexually transmitted infections, yet few evidence-based interventions have proved effective in increasing college student condom use. The goal of this study was to determine which combination of referent proximity and width of discrepancy between perceived and actual norms within a normative feedback intervention produced the greatest motivation to increase condom use among US college students. Design: A 2 (proximity) × 2 (width of discrepancy) × 2 (gender) randomised-factorial experiment was conducted. Setting: Sexually active college students ( N = 212; 50.5% female; 70.4% White) were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk, an online labour market. Method: Participants were randomised, stratified by gender, to one of four sham feedback conditions: proximal referent wide discrepancy, proximal referent narrow discrepancy, distal referent wide discrepancy and distal referent narrow discrepancy. Following delivery of the feedback, participants completed measures assessing their willingness to change their condom use. Results: A three-way factorial analysis of covariance revealed a significant interaction between referent proximity and width of discrepancy ( F = 7.88, p = .005, [Formula: see text]), such that the effect of proximity on willingness to use condoms was greater in the narrow, compared with wide, discrepancy condition. Conclusion: Findings from this study indicate that it may be beneficial to assess students’ perceptions of their peers’ sexual behaviour before selecting the reference group to include within normative feedback. This is the first study to demonstrate that the importance of selecting referents within normative feedback may be dependent on the accuracy of students’ perceptions.

Thermo-mechanical finite element analysis of a fused cast AZS block applied to a glass melting furnace during the heating step

There is a great motivation to understand the best-operating practices for glass melting furnaces to improve their quality, increase the process energy efficiency and extend the working life of the refractory. Electrofused AZS (Alumina-Zirconia-Silica) refractories are used for furnace linings due to their good corrosion resistance and mechanical properties at high temperatures. Operating conditions can influence their performance, limiting the service life of the furnace. Computer simulations have proven to be useful for analyses wherein testing is difficult and involves certain risks for experiments and validations. Therefore, this work investigates the thermal and mechanical behavior of AZS blocks with a metal electrode support, which present cracks along the furnace heating-up. The simulations were carried out using the finite element method (FEM) to determine the AZS block temperature and maximum principal stress fields during furnace heating. Considering the refractory properties with the temperature, the results showed that the maximum principal stress reaches the modulus of rupture of AZS, after 42 h when the block hot face temperature is 145 °C. Analyses of the effects of a cooling system, heating curve and alternative hole designs to support the electrodes are also shown. In the case of cooling, there are no positive effects from the refractory behavior point of view, reaching the maximum allowable stress value after 40 h for the best scenario. Regarding the heating curves, the thermal and mechanical profiles and the location at it reaches the maximum principal stress were equivalent to that of the reference. Finally, changing the hole geometry showed that the crack initiation time was slightly longer than the reference, 43 and 44 h for the conical and single diameter holes, respectively. The critical region was observed closer to the hot face for the conical case, which can be interesting for further analysis to consider some post-cracking effects.

Negative Affect Regulation and Marijuana Use in College Students: Evaluating the Mediating Roles of Coping and Sleep Motives

ABSTRACT Negative affect regulation models suggest that marijuana may be used to reduce negative affect. Extant research has provided support for these models, indicating that specific motives for marijuana use, particularly coping motives (i.e., using to alleviate negative affects), mediate relations between affective vulnerabilities and marijuana outcomes. However, sleep motives (i.e., using to promote sleep) have been neglected from such models, despite their theoretical relevance. The present study tested two multiple mediation models in a large sample of marijuana-using college students (N = 1,453) to evaluate the indirect effects of coping and sleep motives in paths from depressive and anxiety symptoms to marijuana outcomes (use, consequences, and cannabis use disorder [CUD] symptoms). Both coping and sleep motives mediated the effects of depressive/anxiety symptoms on each marijuana variable. Moreover, significant double mediated effects were found, such that higher affective symptoms were associated with greater motives; which were associated with more marijuana use; which was related to more negative consequences and CUD symptoms. The findings provide support for sleep motives as a relevant pathway between affective vulnerabilities and marijuana outcomes. Additional research is needed to evaluate the potential benefits of interventions targeting specific marijuana motives.

An Analgesic Regimen for Opioid Reduction in Elective Plastic Surgery: A Randomized Prospective Study

In the Plastic Surgery Focus section, researchers Newman and Davison1 presented a study that led to a decrease in opioid analgesics used in the postoperative period, with findings that could potentially contribute to significant improvements in the care of plastic surgery patients. Their study showed that patients who received gabapentin in the perioperative period and oral oxycodone as rescue had a significant reduction in opioid analgesic doses and time of use compared to those who received the “standard treatment.” Patients did not receive long-acting local anesthetics for regional blocks. We stress that perioperative gabapentin is not a universal recommendation for all surgical patients because of the associated cognitive impairment, visual disturbances, and dizziness, which impede recovery and hospital discharge, as well as the lack of a dose range based on controlled trials and systematic reviews.2 On the other hand, accelerated recovery protocols recommend an intervention (e.g., with gabapentin) when there is clear evidence for that procedure, rather than extrapolating evidence from other surgical procedures, as is the case with the lack of evidence (randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews) for gabapentin in plastic surgery.3 Second, the researchers excluded the use of regional blocks with long-acting local anesthetics, which goes precisely against the recommendations of the accelerated recovery protocols. Furthermore, they suggest using adjuvants to extend the effect of these local anesthetics and, as a result, reduce the use of opioid analgesics in the postoperative period.4 Including this intervention would bring the findings of the Newman and Davison study1 closer to contemporary multimodal analgesia, as regional anesthesia is an essential component of this pain management method. They also state that patients in the postanesthesia care unit received benzodiazepines and opioid analgesics based on pain scores. However, we believe that one of the key messages for the Journal’s readers is that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or COX-2 selective inhibitors may be used as first-line analgesics, as they minimize the use of opioid analgesics and are not associated with increased postoperative bleeding or altered consciousness.3 Findings in the authors’ Table 5 encourage clinicians to choose analgesics with different mechanisms of action. Nonetheless, despite the statistically significant decrease in the number of days the patient required analgesics, it would have been preferable if the researchers had specified, in their Patients and Methods section, how much less time (how many days) they considered clinically significant. This timely study generates great motivation for the implementation of multimodal protocols and the search for the best evidence. Given the impact that this critical study can have on Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery readers, we hope that our comments can complement its messages. DISCLOSURE The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Jairo R. Moyano Acevedo, M.D., Ph.D.Anesthesia DepartmentPain Service Ednna Matute, M.D., M.S.C.Anesthesia Department Carlos Triana S, M.D., M.S.C.Anesthesia DepartmentFundación Santa Fé de BogotáBogotá, Colombia

Employing the theory of planned behaviour to design an e-cigarette education resource for use in secondary schools

BackgroundAn extended version of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was used to inform the design of a framework for an educational resource around e-cigarette use in young people.MethodsA sequential exploratory design was employed. In Phase 1, elicited behavioural, normative and control beliefs, via 7 focus groups with 51 participants, aged 11–16 years, identified salient beliefs around e-cigarette use. These were used to construct a questionnaire administered to 1511 young people aged 11–16 years, which determined predictors of e-cigarette use and ever use. In Phase 2, sociodemographic variables, e-cigarette knowledge, access, use, marketing and purchasing of e-cigarettes and smoking behaviour were also gathered. The composite findings from Phase 1 and 2 informed the design of a post primary educational resource in Phase 3 around e-cigarette use.ResultsCurrent e-cigarette use was 4%, with almost 23% reporting ever use, suggesting current use is stable but experimentation may be increasing in this cohort. Sociodemographic variables, knowledge of e-cigarettes, smoking behaviour and TPB variables (direct and indirect measures of attitudes, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control) accounted for 17% of the variance in current e-cigarette use, with higher intentions to use e-cigarettes within the next month, having the strongest impact on use (p < 0.001), followed by self-efficacy (p = 0.016). Sociodemographic and TPB variables accounted for 65% of the variance in intentions to use e-cigarettes in the next month; current e-cigarette use (p < 0.001), more positive attitudes (p < 0.001), stronger social influence (p < 0.001), higher self-efficacy (p < 0.001), higher control beliefs (p < 0.001) and greater motivation to use e-cigarettes (p < 0.001) were the main predictors of intentions. Phases 1 and 2 informed the mapping of key predictors of intentions and use of e-cigarettes onto the Theoretical Domains Framework, which identified appropriate intervention functions and behaviour change techniques.ConclusionsThis paper is the first to bridge the theoretical-practice gap in an area of significant public health importance through the development of a framework for a novel theory driven school-based educational resource aimed at reducing experimentation and uptake of e-cigarette use in young people.

Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Medication Adherence and Persistence among Underserved Chinese and Vietnamese Americans.

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionately affects Asian Americans in the United States, while this population faces low adherence to HBV treatment. Using the information–motivation–behavioral skills model (IMB), the study aims to examine medication adherence and persistence among Chinese and Vietnamese people with HBV. Methodology: Study participants were recruited between March 2019 and March 2020 and were enrolled through multiple recruitment approaches in the Greater Philadelphia Area and New York City. The study is an assessment of the baseline data on medication adherence, HBV-related knowledge, motivation of HBV medication treatment, self-efficacy about HBV medication treatment, and socioeconomic status. Results: Among 165 participants, 77.6% were Chinese and 22.4% were Vietnamese Americans. HBV-related knowledge/information, motivation, and self-efficacy were all positively associated with having medium/high medication adherence. Multilevel mixed-effects generalized linear regression revealed that living more than 10 years in the U.S. (OR = 4.24; p = 0.028) and greater information–knowledge about HBV (OR = 1.46; p = 0.004) were statistically associated with higher odds of medium/high medication adherence. Moreover, greater HBV-related knowledge/information (OR = 1.49; p = 0.023) and greater motivation towards HBV treatment adherence (OR = 1.10; p = 0.036) were both associated with a higher likelihood of medication persistence. Conclusion: Our findings provided significant implications in designing behavioral interventions focused on self-efficacy, information, and motivation to promote better medication adherence among Asian Americans living with HBV.

Improving effective contraception uptake through provision of bridging contraception within community pharmacies: findings from the Bridge-it Study process evaluation

ObjectiveTo present process evaluation results from the Bridge-it Study, a pragmatic cluster randomised cross-over trial to improve effective contraception uptake through provision of the progestogen only pill (POP) plus sexual...

Macroeconomics and active methodologies in higher education: A possible pairing and a possible binomial

This article presents an experience of teaching innovation based on the application of active methodologies in economics and business education at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). The proposal builds on a competency teaching approach, whose objectives were to verify the effectiveness of these methodologies in the area of economics in order to reconnect the university with its social environment and enhance the competency and student-learning values. During the 2019–2020 academic year, a multidisciplinary process based on the Problem-Based Learning methodology was developed in the Introduction to Economics II: Principles of Macroeconomics course. Various teaching techniques were applied to encourage participation, autonomous student work, group work, as well as elements of social responsibility and values education. The results of the process collected quantitatively and qualitatively show improvements in the acquisition of knowledge by students and greater appropriation levels linked to greater motivation. However, reluctance and misgivings about the process also arose, which would require further work in class and a leading role by students. Greater planning, time and coordination requirements were also limiting factors for the teaching staff; however, the relevance of applying the methodology sequentially is suggested.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: Active methodology, higher education, social and ethical responsibility, active learning, skills, economy.

Financing pharmaceuticals and medical devices for pain treatment and opioid use disorder

The opioid epidemic in the U.S. has resulted in significant costs in human lives as well as to the health care system, employers, and insurers. While there is great motivation and urgency to address the opioid crisis, there are currently few non-opioid pain management medications in the development pipeline. The growing regulatory pressures and stigma surrounding opioids have discouraged investments and research in the pain industry. Using estimates from the literature, our simulations show that a portfolio of pharmaceuticals and medical devices for pain treatment and opioid use disorder, diversified and optimized across different development pathways, yields single digit annualized returns. This suggests that active collaboration between the public and private sectors is needed to incentivize investments in pain research.

Characteristics associated with motivation to stop substance use and improve skin and needle hygiene among hospitalized patients who inject drugs

Background: Hospitalizations for people who inject drugs (PWID) are opportunities to address substance use. However, little is known about hospitalized PWIDs’ motivation to stop substance use or improve skin and needle hygiene, common means for reducing injection sequelae. Methods: We used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention to improve skin and needle hygiene among 252 hospitalized PWID between January 2014 and June 2018. We examined motivation (scale 1-10) to stop substance use, use new needles, and clean skin and used multiple linear regression models to evaluate characteristics associated with these outcomes. Results: PWID were recruited during injection-related (154, 61.1%) and non-injection-related hospitalizations (98, 38.9%). Motivation to stop substance use was 7.11 (SD = 2.67), use new needles was 7.8 (SD = 1.9), and clean skin was 6.7 (SD = 2.3). In adjusted models, experiencing an injection-related hospitalization was not significantly associated (p > 0.05) with motivation to stop substance use (β = −0.76, SE = 0.299), use new needles (β = 0.301, SE = 0.255), or clean skin (β = 0.476, SE = 0.323). Number of past-year skin and soft tissue infections was negatively associated with motivation to use new needles (β = −0.109, SE = 0.049, p < 0.05) and clean skin (β = −0.131, SE = 0.062, p < 0.05). Greater opioid withdrawal was associated with lower motivation to use new needles (β = −0.275, SE = 0.92, p < 0.01). Conclusions: Among hospitalized PWID, motivation to stop substance use and improve skin and needle hygiene was moderately high, but injection-related hospitalizations were not associated with greater motivation. Efforts to reduce injection sequelae for all hospitalized PWID are needed.