Trial reportBMJ open2020
Using the behaviour change technique taxonomy v1 (BCTTv1) to identify the active ingredients of pharmacist interventions to improve non-hospitalised patient health outcomes.
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- Identifying behaviour change techniques in school-based childhood obesity prevention interventions: a secondary analysis of a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity-A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Systematically analyzing behavior change techniques used in 44 interventions to reduce unprofessional behavior between healthcare staff.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Digital Interventions for Recreational Cannabis Use Among Young Adults: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Behavior Change Technique Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques and Delivery Modes in Interventions Targeting Adolescent Gambling: A Systematic Review.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Pooled it
- Mapping intervention components from a randomized controlled trial to scale-up of an early life nutrition and movement intervention: The INFANT program.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Translating the behaviour change technique taxonomy version 1 into Spanish: Methodology and validation.Wellcome open research · 2024Article
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- Social prescribing and behaviour change: proposal of a new behaviour change technique concerning the 'connection' step.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Choice of Behavioral Change Techniques in Health Care Conversational Agents: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
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- Care partners experience of an oral health intervention for individuals with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia using behavior change technique: A qualitative study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to identify which behaviour change techniques (BCTs) were present in intervention and control groups of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) included in a Cochrane systematic review.
settingThe RCTs included were conducted in community, primary and/or ambulatory-care settings.
participantsThe data set was derived from 86 RCTs from an interim update of the Cochrane review of the effectiveness of pharmacist services on non-hospitalised patient outcomes. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was the identification of BCTs scheduled for delivery in intervention and control groups of the RCTs. The secondary outcome measure was to identify which BCTs are not being utilised in intervention and control groups of the RCTs.
resultsThe intervention and control groups included 31 and 12 BCTs, respectively. The number of identifiable BCTs/study ranged from 0 to 12 in the intervention groups (mean 3.01 (SD 2.4)) and 0 to 6 in the control groups (mean 0.38 (SD 0.84)). The most commonly identified BCTs in the intervention groups were: instruction on how to perform the behaviour (55%, n=47) (also the most common BCT in control groups); problem solving (29%, n=25); information about health consequences (24%, n=21); social support (practical) (24%, n=21); and social support (unspecified) (23%, n=20) (the second most common BCT in control groups). Thirteen trials had no identifiable BCTs in either group.
conclusionThe pharmacist interventions presented in this study did not use the full range of available BCTs. Furthermore, the reporting of BCTs was incomplete for both intervention and control groups, thereby limiting the utility and reproducibility of the interventions. Future interventions should be designed and reported using relevant taxonomies and checklists for example, BCT taxonomy and TIDieR (the template for intervention description and replication).
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