Table 8.
Selected BCTs and examples of how operationalised in the intervention
| Example BCT | TDF domains | Example operationalisation |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 Problem solving (goals and planning) | Skills, intentions, goals, behavioural regulation | Caregivers consider challenges to achieving target behaviour in ‘action planning’ activity |
| 2.3 Self-monitoring of behaviour (feedback and monitoring) | Intentions, goals, behavioural regulation | Monitoring sheets provided for patients to record standing and moving activity |
| 3.2 Social support—practical (social support) | Social influences | Providing examples of how caregivers can provide practical help to stroke survivors |
| 4.1 Instruction on how to perform a behaviour (shaping knowledge) | Knowledge, skills, memory/attention/decision-making processes | Advise staff on how to deliver intervention components during training session |
| 5.1 Information about health consequences (natural consequences) | Knowledge, beliefs about consequences | Inform staff and stroke survivors about the health benefits of standing and moving after stroke |
| 6.3 Information about others’ approval (comparison of behaviour) | Social / professional identity and role, beliefs about capabilities, beliefs about consequences | Informing staff that senior colleagues approve of supporting patient to increase standing and moving |
| 8.7 Graded tasks (repetition and substitution) | Behavioural regulation | Increasing stroke survivors’ standing and moving target over time, dependent on ability |
| 9.1 Credible source (comparison of outcomes) | Social/professional role and identity, beliefs about consequences | Advice relating to standing and moving provided to patients and caregivers by professionals |
| 15.1 Verbal persuasion about capability (self-belief) | Beliefs about capabilities, behavioural regulation | Informing stroke survivors of their ability to stand and move |