Table 3.
Links between our codes and categories from existing frameworks.
| Codes with descriptions | BITa elements [40] | Roles in the functional triad [44] | MoDb for internet-based interventions [41] |
| Digital logs (DL): technology provides a convenient way for the user to enter data, which can be a mobile phone diary for self-monitoring of behaviors or a Web-based questionnaire assessing current behavior and psychological determinants of behaviors. | Log | Tool | N/Ac |
| Passive data collection (PDC): use wearable, smartphone-based and environment-based objective monitors to obtain time-stamped SBe records automatically. | Passive data collection | Tool | N/A |
| Connected devices (CD): one or more external sensing device is connected either wirelessly or with a cable to a central computing device. | N/A | Tool | N/A |
| Scheduled prompts (SP): break reminders delivered either at fixed intervals or with some schedule adaptive to the real-time user status. | Notification push | Tool, medium and/or social actor | Automated functions: automated follow-up messages (reminders) |
| Information delivery (ID): one or more forms of digital media with varying richness (text, links, testimonials, videos, or games) is used to present information that is usually static over time (eg, health facts, scripted motivational messages, and practical suggestions). | Information delivery | Medium and/or social actor | Automated functions: use of enriched information environment (eg, links, testimonials, videos, games); Use of supplementary modes (eg, emails and other digital media) |
| Automated tailored feedback (ATF): feedback on individual behaviors and progress, such as personalized goal setting and recommendations, that usually require some calculations of data input from DL or PDC. | Reports and visualization | Medium and/or social actor | Automated functions: automated tailored feedback based on individual progress |
| Mediated organizational support and social influences (MOSSI): emails conveying managers’ approval, online forums facilitating communication and/or competition among program participants, and other digital means of linking the participant to other individuals for the purpose of social influences or organizational support. (Email access to the support from a consultant or coach should be coded under ID instead) | Messaging | Medium | Communicative functions: access to peer-to-peer support |
aBIT: behavioral intervention technology.
bMOD: mode of delivery.
cN/A: not applicable.
dBCT: behavior change technique.
eSB: sedentary behavior.