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. 2021 Jun 11;56(2):176–192. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab036

Table 2.

Intervention characteristics by health-related behavior

All (n = 251) Smoking (n = 92) Diet (n = 39) Physical activity (n = 20) Alcohol (n = 8) Sexual health (n = 44) Multiple targets (n = 48) p*
Training 74.9 (188) 78.2 (72)a,c 92.3 (36)c 35.0 (7)b 50.0 (4)a,b,c 56.8 (25)a,b 91.7 (42)c <.001
Education 72.1 (181) 62.0 (57)a 66.7 (26)a,b 65.0 (13)a,b 100.0 (8)a,b 77.3 (34)a,b 89.6 (43)b .001
Enablement 45.8 (115) 72.8 (67)a 30.8 (12)b 10.0 (2)b 0 (0)b 36.4 (16)b 37.5 (18)b <.001
Persuasion 24.7 (62) 33.7 (31)a,c 2.6 (1)b 35.0 (7)a,c 62.5 (5)a 27.3 (12)a,c 12.5 (6)b,c <.001
Environmental restructuring 5.2 (13) 6.5 (6) 7.7 (3) 15.0 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2.1 (1) .071
Incentivization 4.0 (10) 4.3 (4) 2.6 (1) 10.0 (2) 0 (0) 2.3 (1) 4.2 (2) .730
Restriction 2.8 (7) 0 (0)a 15.4 (6)b 0 (0)a,b 0 (0)a,b 0 (0)a,b 2.1 (1)a,b .001
Modelling 1.2 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2.3 (1) 4.2 (2) .273
Coercion 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) NC

Note: *Significant overall differences are in italics.

a, b, c: Comparison of interventions targeting different health-related behaviors, different letters indicate significant difference at p < .05 (Bonferroni-corrected).

NC, cannot be computed.