Table 1. Basic information of included studies.
| Author | Year of publication | Country | Study design | Participants | Sample size | Theory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman [15] | 2005 | Canada | RCTa | Teenagers | 1389 | N/Ab |
| Xie [16] | 2011 | United States | Quasi-experimental | Older people (aged ≥60 years) | 124 | N/A |
| Xie [17] | 2011 | United States | Quasi-experimental | Older people (aged ≥60 years) | 146 | N/A |
| Xie [18] | 2012 | United States | Quasi-experimental | Older people (aged ≥60 years) | 146 | N/A |
| Mitsuhashi [19] | 2018 | Japan | RCT | Adults (aged 20–59 years) | 282 | N/A |
| Carroll et al [20] | 2019 | United States | RCT | Persons living with HIV | 360 | Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, and Behavior model |
| Nokes and Reyes [21] | 2019 | United States | Quasi-experimental | Persons living with HIV | 100 | N/A |
| Nahm et al [22] | 2019 | United States | RCT | Older adults with chronic illnesses (aged ≥50 years) | 272 | Self-efficacy theory |
| Redfern et al [23] | 2020 | Australia | RCT | Patients with or at risk of cardiovascular disease | 891 | N/A |
| Lotto et al [24] | 2020 | Brazil | RCT | Parents of low socioeconomic preschoolers | 208 | N/A |
| Güvenc et al [25] | 2020 | Turkey | RCT | Youth with epilepsy and parents | 70 | N/A |
| Hyman et al [26] | 2020 | Canada | Quasi-experimental | Intermediate elementary students | 245 | N/A |
| Xu [27] | 2021 | China | Quasi-experimental | Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus | 41 | N/A |
| Jiang [28] | 2021 | China | Quasi-experimental | Patients with hypertension | 60 | Health as expanding consciousness theory |
| Guo [29] | 2021 | China | Quasi-experimental | High-risk population for stroke | 229 | Ecology of Health, Self-Determination Theory |
| Sanders et al [30] | 2021 | United States | RCT | Persons living with HIV | 359 | N/A |
| Zhou [31] | 2022 | China | Quasi-experimental | Postpartum women | 152 | N/A |
| Li [32] | 2022 | China | Quasi-experimental | Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease | 114 | Behavior Change Wheel theory |
| Alt et al [33] | 2022 | Israel | Quasi-experimental | Undergraduate students (third year) | 113 | N/A |
| Chang et al [34] | 2022 | South Korea | Quasi-experimental | Older people (aged ≥65 years) | 46 | IMBc theory |
| Spindler et al [35] | 2022 | Denmark | RCT | Patients with heart failure | 97 | N/A |
| Parker et al [36] | 2022 | Australia | RCT | Patients with overweight and obesity attending primary care | 215 | N/A |
| Liu [37] | 2023 | China | Quasi-experimental | Women at high risk of primary osteoporosis | 80 | Health Promotion Model |
| Yang [38] | 2023 | China | Quasi-experimental | Older hospitalized patients with coronary heart disease (aged ≥60 years) | 82 | IMB theory |
| Yu [39] | 2023 | China | RCT | Young and middle-aged patients with stroke (aged 18–54 years) | 58 | Transactional Model of eHealth Literacy |
| Dimitri et al [40] | 2023 | Australia | Quasi-experimental | Health care professionals | 31 | N/A |
| Son and Han [41] | 2023 | South Korea | Cluster randomized controlled trial | Multicultural families with young children | 101 | ADDIEd model |
| Roh and Won [42] | 2023 | South Korea | Quasi-experimental | Female college students | 120 | N/A |
| Son and Kim [43] | 2023 | South Korea | Quasi-experimental | Patients with heart failure | 26 | ADDIE model |
| Vazquez et al [44] | 2023 | United States | Quasi-experimental | Older people (aged ≥60 years) | 466 | N/A |
| Guo et al [45] | 2023 | China | Quasi-experimental | Patients with diabetes | 132 | N/A |
| Son et al [46] | 2023 | South Korea | Quasi-experimental | Patients with heart failure | 100 | IMB theory |
| Kang and You [47] | 2023 | South Korea | Quasi-experimental | Parents with children younger than 6 years of age | 61 | N/A |
| Hu [48] | 2024 | China | Quasi-experimental | Older patients with stroke (aged ≥60 years) | 76 | Information ecology theory |
| Intarakamhang et al [49] | 2024 | Thailand | Quasi-experimental | working-age people with risk factors for noncommunicable diseases | 200 | N/A |
RCT: randomized controlled trial.
N/A: not applicable.
IMB: Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills.
ADDIE: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.