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. 2020 Jan 27;9(1):e15022. doi: 10.2196/15022

Table 2.

Integration of behavior change techniques into Smartphone Cardiac Rehabilitation, Assisted self-Management exercise training and behavioral support intervention components.

Behavior change technique Exercise training Push notification modules (n)

Monitoring+coaching Goals+self-monitoring Heart health Physical activity Healthy eating Stress management Smoking cessation Total
1.1 Goal setting (behavior) Yes Yes 22 9 12 10 6 59
1.2 Problem solving N/Aa N/A 17 18 6 3 10 54
1.4 Action planning N/A N/A 31 12 17 15 15 90
1.5 Review behavior goal(s) Yes Yes 6 4 0 N/A 4 14
1.6 Discrepancy between current behavior and goal Yes Yes 10 5 2 N/A N/A 17
2.3 Self-monitoring of behavior Yes Yes 42 19 24 20 15 120
3.1 Social support (unspecified) Yes N/A 7 0 1 2 0 10
3.3 Social support (emotional) Yes N/A 15 9 1 9 8 42
4.1 Instruction on how to perform behavior Yes N/A 17 16 14 12 3 62
5.1 Information about health consequences N/A N/A 9 4 12 9 10 44
7.1 Prompts/cues N/A N/A 3 0 0 0 2 5
7.3 Reduce prompts/cues Yesc N/A Yesb Yesb Yesb Yesb Yesb Yesb
8.2 Behavior substitution N/A N/A 2 2 8 0 0 12
8.3 Habit formation N/A N/A 3 2 0 0 0 5
8.4 Habit reversal N/A N/A 0 1 0 0 1 2
8.7 Graded tasks Yes N/A 5 4 3 0 3 15
9.1 Credible source Yesc N/A Yesc Yesc Yesc Yesc Yesc Yesc
10.4 Social reward Yes N/A 16 13 5 2 5 41
10.9 Self-reward N/A N/A 2 0 0 0 0 2
11.1 Pharmacological support N/A N/A 1 0 0 0 3 4
12.1 Restructuring the physical environment N/A N/A 2 0 0 0 1 3
12.3 Avoidance/reducing exposure to cues for the behavior N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 3 3
15.1 Verbal persuasion about capability Yes N/A 5 1 1 2 3 12
15.3 Focus on past success Yes Yes 11 0 1 2 0 14
Number of discrete behavior change technique within intervention components 11 5 20 15 14 11 16 24
Total instances of behavior change technique use within intervention components d d 226 119 107 86 92 630

aNot applicable.

bImplicit in the dual-phase intervention design.

cImplicit in inclusion of accredited exercise physiologists and behavioral scientists in intervention design and delivery.

dInstances of behavior change technique use cannot be prospectively quantified for these features.