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Table 1 BCTs used in dietary AND physical activity aspect of intervention

From: Behaviour change techniques targeting both diet and physical activity in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BCT no.

BCT Label

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

Total

4.1

Instruction on how to perform a behaviour

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

13

1.4

Action planning

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

12

9.1

Credible source

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

12

1.1

Goal setting (behaviour)

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

11

1.3

Goal setting (outcome)

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

10

3.1

Social support (unspecified)

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

   

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

10

2.3

Self-monitoring of behaviour

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

   

9

2.2

Feedback on behaviour

✓

 

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

  

7

6.1

Demonstration of the behaviour

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

✓

  

7

8.7

Graded tasks

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

      

7

12.5

Adding objects to the environment

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

    

7

1.2

Problem solving

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

    

✓

   

5

2.5

Monitoring outcome(s) of behaviour by others without feedback

✓

✓

 

✓

   

✓

    

✓

5

8.1

Behavioural practice/rehearsal

✓

  

✓

✓

 

✓

   

✓

  

5

12.3

Avoidance/reducing exposure to cues for the behaviour

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

        

4

1.5

Review behaviour goal(s)

   

✓

  

✓

   

✓

  

3

1.7

Review outcome goal(s)

 

✓

 

✓

    

✓

    

3

2.4

Self-monitoring of outcome(s) of behaviour

 

✓

✓

✓

         

3

2.7

Feedback on outcome(s) of behaviour

  

✓

✓

    

✓

    

3

12.1

Restructuring the physical environment

  

✓

✓

✓

        

3

2.1

Monitoring of behaviour by others without feedback

       

✓

   

✓

 

2

3.3

Social support (emotional)

  

✓

 

✓

        

2

5.1

Information about health consequences

   

✓

✓

        

2

6.2

Social comparison

   

✓

✓

        

2

7.1

Prompts/cues

  

✓

✓

         

2

8.2

Behaviour substitution

   

✓

     

✓

   

2

8.6

Generalization of a target behaviour

  

✓

       

✓

  

2

10.3

Non-specific reward

  

✓

✓

         

2

10.9

Self-reward

  

✓

✓

         

2

15.4

Self-talk

  

✓

✓

         

2

1.6

Discrepancy between current behaviour and goal

  

✓

          

1

2.6

Biofeedback

   

✓

         

1

3.2

Social support (practical)

   

✓

         

1

7.5

Remove aversive stimulus

   

✓

         

1

8.3

Habit formation

   

✓

         

1

9.2

Pros and cons

   

✓

         

1

10.2

Material reward (behaviour)

   

✓

         

1

10.4

Social reward

   

✓

         

1

10.6

Non-specific incentive

   

✓

         

1

10.7

Self-incentive

   

✓

         

1

11.2

Reduce negative emotions

   

✓

         

1

12.2

Restructuring the social environment

   

✓

         

1

13.1

Identification of self as role model

   

✓

         

1

13.2

Framing/reframing

   

✓

         

1

15.1

Verbal persuasion about capability

   

✓

         

1

15.3

Focus on past success

   

✓

         

1

  1. Studies are listed in alphabetical order. (1) [43], (2) [45], (3) [46], (4) [38], (5) [37], (6) [41], (7) [72], (8) [44], (9) [40], (10) ([39], (11) [42], (12) [36], (13) [47]