Table 1.

Examples of Studies Using COM-B Model with Health Behaviours

Reference	Targeted Health Behaviour
Michie S, Abraham C, Whittington C et al (2009): Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: a meta-regression. Health Psychology, 28 (6): 690–701.	Healthy eating/physical activity
Lorencatto F, West R, Michie S (2012): Specifying evidence-based behavior change techniques to aid smoking cessation in pregnancy. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 14 (9): 1019–1026.	Smoking
Ellis K, Pears S, Sutton S (2019): Behavioural analysis of postnatal physical activity in the UK according to the COM-B model: a multi-methods study. BMJ Open, 9 (8).	Physical activity
Barker F, Atkins L, de Lusignan S (2016): Applying the COM-B behaviour model and behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to improve hearing-aid use in adult auditory rehabilitation. International Journal of Audiology, 55 (3): S90-S98.	Hearing aid use
Felix B, Guerreiro MP, Cavaco A et al (2019): Development of a Complex Intervention to Improve Adherence to Antidiabetic Medication in Older People Using an Anthropomorphic Virtual Assistant Software. Frontiers of Pharmacology, 10: 680.	Medication adherence
Herber O, Atkins L, Stork S et al (2018): Enhancing self-care adherence in patients with heart failure: a study protocol for developing a theory-based behaviour change intervention using the COM-B behaviour model (ACHIEVE study). BMJ Open, 8 (9).	Self-care/adherence