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. 2014 Aug 22;3:93. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-93

Table 1.

Four categories of behaviour outcomes as proposed by Hardeman et al.[35]

Intervention
The four categories of behaviour outcomes (with examples)
  Determinant of behaviour Behaviour outcomes Physiology and biochemical outcomes Health outcomes
Community pharmacy smoking cessation
1. Knowledge
Cessation of smoking
Improvements in lung capacity
Incidence rates for lung cancer
 
2. Skills
 
 
General physical or mental health (e.g. SF8, GHQ-12)
 
3. Social role and identity
 
 
 
 
4. Beliefs about capability
 
 
Health-related quality of life (e.g. EQ5D)
 
5. Beliefs about consequences
 
 
 
 
6. Motivation
 
 
Health service use (e.g. GP visits)
 
7. Cognitive and decision processes
 
 
 
 
8. Environment
 
 
 
 
9. Social influences
 
 
 
 
10. Emotion
 
 
 
 
11. Behavioural regulation
 
 
 
Community pharmacy alcohol screening and intervention
1. Knowledge
Reduced score on the Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) demonstrating a reduction in alcohol intake
Improved liver function, reduced drinking, fewer alcohol-related sequelae
Incidence rates for liver disease
 
2. Skills
 
 
General physical or mental health (e.g. SF8, GHQ-12)
 
3. Social role and identity
 
 
 
 
4. Beliefs about capability
 
 
Health-related quality of life (e.g. EQ5D)
 
5. Beliefs about consequences
Change in alcohol intake
 
 
 
6. Motivation
Change in occasions of binge drinking?
 
Health service use (e.g. GP visits)
 
7. Cognitive and decision processes
 
 
 
 
8. Environment
 
 
 
 
9. Social influences
 
 
 
 
10. Emotion
 
 
 
 
11. Behavioural regulation
 
 
 
Community pharmacy weight management
1. Knowledge
Physical activity
Weight loss, reduction of BMI, reduction in waist circumference
Cardiovascular risk score
 
2. Skills
Dietary intake
 
Incidence rates for CVD
 
3. Social role and identity
 
 
General physical or mental health (e.g. SF8, GHQ-12)
 
4. Beliefs about capability
 
 
Health-related quality of life (e.g. EQ5D)
 
5. Beliefs about consequences
 
 
Health service use (e.g. GP visits)
 
6. Motivation
 
 
 
 
7. Cognitive and decision processes
 
 
 
 
8. Environment
 
 
 
 
9. Social influences
 
 
 
 
10. Emotion
 
 
 
  11. Behavioural regulation