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Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol Rev. 2020 Jan 22;15(2):314–332. doi: 10.1080/17437199.2020.1715813

Table 1.

Characteristics of Included Manuscripts

First Author (Year) Sample
DCE
Intervention
n Population Age Range Country Format Choice Tasks* Options
Lifestyle Behavior Change Interventions (i.e., Physical Activity, Dietary Modifications, Smoking Cessation)

Aboagye (2017) 112 Adults consulted for non-specific low back pain 18-65 years Sweden Computer-based 10 2 Physical exercise for secondary prevention of non-specific low back pain
Farooqui (2014) 1000 Adults ≥ 50 years Singapore Paper and pencil 10 2 Walking program
Geidl (2018) 104 Adults post-stroke receiving neurological inpatient rehabilitation ≥ 25 years Germany Face-to-face 8 2 Exercise during neurological rehabilitation for patients who have survived a stroke
Grisolía (2013) 493 Adults 40-65 years Northern Ireland Computer-based 10 2 and “current lifestyle” Dietary and physical activity intervention to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease
Katz (2019) 61 Veteran’s Health Administration primary care outpatients who planned to quit smoking within the next 6 months NR United States Face-to-face 14 2 and “opt-out” Smoking cessation counseling
Molema (2019) 290 Adults with Type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease 38-92 years Netherlands Paper and pencil 9 2 and “opt-out” Financial incentives for promoting lifestyle behavior change
Owen (2010) 57 Adults with symptoms of metabolic syndrome participating in a trial of a community-based lifestyle intervention NR Australia Computer-based 16 3 Community-based lifestyle intervention
Promberger (2012) 450 Adults ≥ 18 years United Kingdom Paper and pencil 22 2 Incentive-based health behavior change (smoking cessation, weight loss) interventions
Ramirez (2016) 125 Latino adults with diabetes ≥ 18 years United States Face-to-face 7 2 Text message intervention for promoting physical activity behavior change
Veldwijk (2013) 391 Adults with Type 2 diabetes 35-65 years Netherlands Paper and pencil 9 2 and “opt-out” Lifestyle intervention for patients with Type 2 diabetes
Wright (2019) 304 Parents of children ages 6-17 years ≥ 18 years United States Computer-based 10 2 Incentives for promoting participation in family-based treatment (weight management approach for children with obesity)

Disease Self-Management Programs

Atkinson-Clark (2018) 299 Adults with epilepsy ≥ 18 years France, Germany, and the Netherlands Computer-based 15 2 and “neither” Self-management program for patients with epilepsy
Burton (2017) 717 Patients with one or more self-reported conditions associated with chronic pain or breathlessness ≥ 16 years United Kingdom Computer-based 12 3 Self-management program for patients with long-term conditions
Hertroijs (2019) 288 Patients with Type 2 diabetes NR Netherlands Paper and pencil 10 2 Non-pharmaceutical aspects of diabetes care
McMorrow (2018) 105 Young adults with Type 1 diabetes NR Ireland Paper and pencil 12 2 and “opt-out” Diabetes clinic-related services

HIV Prevention and/or Intervention Services

Dubov (2018) 1,184 Men who were HIV negative and had sexual contact with another man in the past 6 months ≥ 18 years Ukraine Computer-based 14 2 and “none” Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program
Dubov (2019) 554 Men self-identifying as men who have sex with men and HIV negative 21-53 years United States Computer-based 14 2 and “none” Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program
Eshun-Wilson (2019) 486 Adults ≥ 18 years Zambia Computer-based 7 2 Differentiated service delivery models for clinically stable patients on antiretroviral therapy
Kim (2018) 424 Adults newly diagnosed with HIV ≥ 18 years South Africa NR 8 2 Motivation to take medication to prevent transmission of HIV and/or tuberculosis
Kim (2019) 65 Women who were newly diagnosed with HIV and currently pregnant ≥ 18 years South Africa NR 8 2 Motivation to take medication to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and/or tuberculosis
Michaels-Igbokwe (2015) 537 Youth 15-24 years Malawi Face-to-face 12 2 and “neither” Family planning and HIV service delivery
Strauss (2018a)** 305 Male truck drivers self-reporting HIV-negative or unknown HIV status ≥ 18 years Kenya Face-to-face 8 2 HIV testing and counseling service delivery models
Strauss (2018b)** 150 Male truck drivers self-reporting HIV-negative or unknown HIV status ≥ 18 years Kenya Face-to-face 8 2 HIV testing and counseling service delivery models
Terris-Prestholt (2019) 325 Adult males ≥ 18 years Tanzania NR 9 2 and “neither” Voluntary medical male circumcision to prevent HIV
Zanolini (2018) 1,617 Adolescents and adults 16-49 years Zambia Computer-based 9 2 and “standard” HIV self-testing

Psychosocial Clinical Services

Becker (2016) 562 Patients, family members, and mental health professionals ≥ 16 years Canada Computer-based 18 3 Early intervention services for patients with mental illnesses
Becker (2019) 516 Patients, family members, and mental health professionals ≥ 16 years Canada Computer-based 18 3 Sustained engagement in early intervention mental health treatment
Cunningham (2008) 1,194 Parents seeking mental health services for their children (ages 6-18 years) NR Canada Computer-based or Paper and pencil 30 3 Mental health services for children
Cunningham (2013) 1,059 Parents seeking mental health services for their children (ages 4-16 years) NR Canada Computer-based 25 3 Interim services for parents of children waiting for formal mental health assessment and treatment
Cunningham (2014) 1,068 Young adults 18-35 years Canada Computer-based 17 3 Information strategies detailing mental health services targeting young adults
Cunningham (2015) 1,036 Parents seeking mental health services for their children (ages 4-16 years) NR Canada Computer-based 25 3 Interim services for parents of children waiting for formal mental health assessment and treatment
Cunningham (2017) 909 University students ≥ 16 years Canada Computer-based 17 3 University mental health services
Goodall (2012) 83 Adolescents and young adults with cancer or a blood disorder and caregivers 16-32 years (for patients) Australia Paper and pencil 16 2 Psychosocial support services for adolescents and young adults with cancer or a blood disorder and their families
Herman (2016) 604 Adult patients receiving care at a federally-qualified migrant health center ≥ 18 years United States Computer-based 15 3 Patient-centered mental health services in a federally-qualified health center serving a low-income Hispanic population
Lokkerbol (2019a) 165 Adults receiving treatment for depression in the past 12 months ≥ 18 years Netherlands Computer-based 12 2 Psychotherapy for depression
Lokkerbol (2019b) 126 Adults receiving treatment for anxiety in the past 12 months ≥ 18 years Netherlands Computer-based 12 2 Psychotherapy for anxiety
Muntingh (2019) 109 Adults with a partially or fully remitted anxiety or depressive disorder 21-69 years Netherlands Paper and pencil 20 2 and “opt-out” Relapse prevention program for anxiety and depression

Other Interventions

Crutchfield (2017) 251 Adult patients 18-83 years United States Computer-based 16 3 Medical appointment reminders
Yi (2011) 124 Adults with chronic low back pain ≥ 20 years Scotland Paper and pencil 16 2 and “neither” Pain management program for patients with chronic low back pain
*

Number of unique choice tasks, excluding choice tasks repeated to examine response quality;

**

Manuscripts include subsets of the same sample;

NR = not reported