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. 2016 May 4;5:83. doi: 10.1186/s13643-016-0255-z

Table 2.

Necessity and sufficiency of individual behavior change techniques (BCTs) used within studies demonstrating improved medication adherence

Behavior change technique (BCT) (abbreviation for analysisa) Necessity Sufficiency
Number of studies with BCT Number of studies with BCT from among those studies demonstrating improved adherence (N = 34)b Of studies demonstrating improved adherence (N = 34)b, percent with BCT Of studies with BCT, percent that demonstrate improved adherence
Knowledge (K) 53 31 91 % 58 %
Facilitation (F) 32 16 47 % 50 %
Awareness (R) 29 15 44 % 52 %
Self-efficacy (S) 20 18 53 % 90 %
Intention formation (I) 14 9 26 % 64 %
Action control (C) 10 5 15 % 50 %
Attitude (T) 12 10 29 % 83 %
Maintenance (M) 9 5 15 % 56 %
Motivational interviewing (G) 9 7 21 % 78 %

aAbbreviations used in parentheses are used in the presentation of results in Table 3

b34 studies demonstrated improved medication adherence out of a total of 60 used for this analysis