BCT label	BCT group	Example of how the BCT was used (reference)	Studies using BCT (n: references)
Instruction on how to perform a behaviour	Shaping knowledge	‘... education regarding lifestyle modification’ 27	4: 27, 28, 30, 29
Goal setting (behaviour)	Goals and planning	‘… exercise at “60–70% of maximal heart rate, as prescribed by a physiologist”.’ 30	3: 28, 30, 29
Action planning	Goals and planning	‘... twice-weekly session of 35–55 minutes on a treadmill, a hand-bike machine and a bicycle … A pulse rate target of 50–70% of maximal heart rate’ 28	2: 28, 29
Credible source	Comparison of outcomes	‘The experimental intervention consisted of repeated encouragement and verbal instruction on being physically active given by a physiotheraptist’ 29	2: 27, 29
Monitoring of behaviour by others without feedback	Feedback and monitoring	‘Compliance was monitored’ 28	2: 27, 28
Review behaviour goal(s)	Goals and planning	‘Participants were ‘“encouraged to increase efforts and to exercise more”.’ 29	1: 29
Behavioural contract	Goals and planning	‘… instructor and participants would fill in a standard agreement form with various choices of physical activity’ 29	1: 29
Self-monitoring of behaviour	Feedback and monitoring	‘... received a personalised health record to help them self-manage their risk factors’ 27	1: 27
Social support (unspecified)	Social support	‘Considerable effort was taken to motivate the participants’ 29	1: 29
Social support (practical)	Social support	‘… ensure that needed social services (for example Meals on Wheels) were in place’ 27	1: 27
Social support (emotional)	Social support	‘… intervention to reduce common post-stroke complications (for example, depression)’ 27	1: 27
Information about health consequences	Natural consequences	‘... educated on vascular risk factors and the importance of physical exercise’ 30	1: 30
Demonstration of the behaviour	Comparison of behaviour	‘… group practice for inducing strength, flexibility, and coordination performances’ 28	1: 28
Prompts/cues	Associations	‘… repeated instructions and readjustment of the physical activity plan’ 29	1: 29
Behavioural practice/rehearsal	Repetition and substitution	‘… group practice for inducing strength, flexibility, and coordination performances was performed once a week’ 28	1: 28
Pharmacological support	Regulation	‘... medication reconciliation and pill organisers to optimise stroke risk factor control’ 27	1: 27
Adding objects to the environment	Antecedents	‘… and pill organisers to optimise stroke risk factor control’ 27	1: 27

BCT = behaviour change technique.