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. 2019 Jan 9;21(1):e10421. doi: 10.2196/10421

Table 2.

Theoretical constructs and behavioral strategies identified by the reviews of quantitative studies and behavior change techniques mapped to these by the research team.

Theoretical constructs and behavioral strategies Behavior change techniques
Theoretical constructs

Attitude Framing or reframing, pros and cons, information about emotional consequences, information about health consequences, information about social and environmental consequences, and salience of consequences.

Intention Anticipated regret, comparative imagining of future outcomes, pros and cons, and verbal persuasion about capability.

Medication-related concerns Comparative imagining of future outcomes, framing or reframing, information about emotional consequences, information about health consequences, information about social and environmental consequences, problem solving, prompts or cues, pros and cons, reduce negative emotions, salience of consequences, social support - emotional, social support - practical, and social support - unspecified.

Necessity beliefs Anticipated regret, comparative imagining of future outcomes, framing or reframing, information about emotional consequences, information about health consequences, information about social and environmental consequences, pros and cons, and salience of consequences.

Patient satisfaction with their treatment Framing or reframing, pros and cons, and reduce negative emotions.

Perceived adverse effects Comparative imagining of future outcomes, framing or reframing, and incompatible beliefs.

Perceived barriers Framing or reframing, pros and cons, restructuring the physical environment, restructuring the social environment, social support - emotional, social support - practical, and social support - unspecified.

Perceived behavioral control Focus on past success, mental rehearsal of successful performance, self-talk, and verbal persuasion about capability.

Perceived benefits Anticipated regret, comparative imagining of future outcomes, information about emotional consequences, information about health consequences, information about social and environmental consequences, pros and cons, and salience of consequences.

Perceived severity Anticipated regret, comparative imagining of future outcomes, feedback on outcomes of behavior, framing or reframing, incompatible beliefs, information about emotional consequences, information about health consequences, and information about social and environmental consequences.

Perceived susceptibility Comparative imagining of future outcomes, framing or reframing, information about health consequences, and pros and cons.

Regimen complexity Habit formation, problem solving, and prompts or cues.

Scheduling demands Action planning and problem solving.

Self-efficacy Focus on past success, identification of self as role model, mental rehearsal of successful performance, self-talk, social reward, valued self-identity, and verbal persuasion about capability.
Behavioral strategies

Coping with side effects Problem solving, social support - emotional, social support - practical, and social support - unspecified.

Habit analysis Behavioral practice or rehearsal, habit formation, habit reversal, and graded tasks.

Increasing health-related knowledge through education Information about antecedents, information about emotional consequences, information about health consequences, information about social and environmental consequences, and instruction on how to perform a behavior.

Interactive discussion of cognitions and motivations and expectations about adherence Anticipated regret, comparative imagining of future outcomes, framing or reframing, and pros or cons.

Motivational interviewing Comparative imagining of future outcomes, framing or reframing, pros or cons, and social support (emotional).

Prompts and cues Prompts or cues.

Providing succinct written instructions Instruction on how to perform a behavior.

Reinforcement and reminding Behavioral practice or rehearsal, habit formation, and prompts or cues.

Self-monitoring of medications Self-monitoring of behavior.

Self-monitoring of symptoms related to medications Self-monitoring of outcome(s) of behavior.

Social support Social support - emotional, social support - practical, and social support - unspecified.

Stimulus to take medication Prompts and cues.

Tailoring care plan Information about health consequences and social support (emotional).