Table 3.
Content and component BCTs of the four VBIs evaluated in the feasibility study
| General VBI content | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-face discussion content | Practitioner: | |||
| • Asks the participant if they are aware of the current PA recommendations. | ||||
| • Informs the participant that the recommendations are for a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity on 5 or more days of the week, and emphasises that moderate PA is any activity that raises heart rate, breathing or sweating and includes the activities of daily living. | ||||
| • Gives feedback on current PA and informs the participant of whether they are meeting the PA recommendations. | ||||
| VBI-specific content | ||||
| VBI 1 Motivational | VBI 2 Action planning | VBI 3 Pedometer | VBI 4 PA diary | |
| Face-to-face discussion content | Practitioner: | Practitioner: | Practitioner: | Practitioner: |
| • Asks the participant if they can think of any benefits of increasing their PA. | • Asks the participant if they can think of any easy and/or enjoyable ways of increasing their PA; | • Gives information about the 10,000 steps per day recommendation. | • Asks the participant if they can think of any easy and/or enjoyable ways of increasing their PA. | |
| • Asks the participant if they can think of any easy and/or enjoyable ways of increasing their PA. | • Encourages the participant to write an action plan for increasing their PA on the Action Planning sheet. | • Shows the participant how to use the pedometer. | • Explains how to use the diary to self-monitor PA. | |
| • Encourages the participant to monitor the number of steps walked each day. | • Encourages the participant to write a PA goal for the coming week. | |||
| Participant materials | Motivational booklet containing: | Action planning sheet containing: | Pedometer booklet containing: | PA diary containing: |
| • Information PA recommendations. | • Information on the UK government PA recommendations. | • Information on the UK government PA recommendations. | • Information on the UK government PA recommendations. | |
| • Information about the health, social, environmental and emotional benefits of PA. | • Instructions on how to write an action plan. | • Instructions on how to use the pedometer and how to self-monitor daily steps. | • Instructions on how to use the diary. | |
| • Questions about importance and confidence for increasing PA. | • An example of an action plan for PA. | Pedometer: | • An example of a completed diary. | |
| • Tips for increasing PA (e.g. positive self-talk, social support, information on local PA resources). | • Three blank templates for creating an action plan. | • A Yamax Digiwalker SW200. | • A four week diary. | |
| Component BCTs* | 1.1, 1.4, 2.2, 3.1, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6, 15.4 | 1.1, 1.4, 2.2 | 1.1, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 12.5 | 1.1, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 5.4 |
*Numbering refers to BCTTv1: 1.1 Goal setting (behaviour); 1.4 Action Planning; 2.2 Feedback on behaviour; 2.3 Self-monitoring of behaviour; 3.1 Social support (unspecified); 4.1 Instruction on how to perform the behaviour; 5.1 Information about health consequences; 5.3 Information about social and environmental consequences; 5.6 Information about emotional consequences; 12.5 Adding objects to the environment; 15.4 Self-talk.