Table 4.

Theories in patient education research yielding the highest centrality values (≥0.1).

Author, Year	Theory	Comment
Lazarus and Folkman (1984) [18]	Stress, Appraisal and Coping	A detailed theory of psychological stress, building on the concepts of cognitive appraisal and coping
Bandura A (1986) [19]	Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory	An influential piece of work in psychology that presented a comprehensive theory of human motivation and action. It explores the role of cognition, self-regulation, and self-reflective processes in improving psychosocial functioning
Ajzen (1991) [8]	Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior	Behavioral intentions and actions result due to interplay of three components: attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control
Marlatt GA (1985) [20]	CB model of the relapse process	It challenged the then notions of viewing relapse as “treatment failure”
Woodcock (1990) [21] and McGrew (1991) [22]	Measures of Cognitive Ability	Laid down the theoretical foundations of -R measures of cognitive ability
David Baker (2006) [23]	Meaning and the measure of health literacy	Defining health literacy.