Intervention activities | Behaviour change techniques | Definition of behaviour change techniques |
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Telemonitoring and advice | ||
Telemonitoring of body weight, nutritional status (MNA-SF), appetite (SNAQ), and blood pressure | Self-monitoring of behavioural outcome | “The person is asked to keep a record of specified measures expected to be influenced by the behaviour change, e.g. blood pressure, blood glucose, weight loss, physical fitness” [18] |
Telemonitoring of diet quality (DHD-FFQ) and steps | Self-monitoring of behaviour | “The person is asked to keep a record of specified behaviour/s as a method for changing behaviour” [18] |
Setting goals for number of steps and which items of diet quality to improve | Goal setting (behaviour) | “The person is encouraged to make a behavioural resolution (e.g. take more exercise next week). This is directed towards encouraging people to decide to change or maintain change” [18] |
Television messages about nutrition and physical activity | Belief selection | “Using messages designed to strengthen positive beliefs, weaken negative beliefs, and introduce new beliefs” [19] |
Consciousness raising | “Providing information, feedback, or confrontation about the causes, consequences, and alternatives for a problem or a problem behaviour” [19] | |
Provide information on consequences of behaviour in general | “Information about the relationship between the behaviour and its possible or likely consequences in the general case, usually based on epidemiological data, and not personalised for the individual” [18] | |
Letters with results of DHD-FFQ and tailored advice on how to improve diet quality and physical activity | Provide feedback on performance | “This involves providing the participant with data about their own recorded behaviour or commenting on a person’s behavioural performance” [18] |
Follow-up nurse | ||
Personal follow-up of nurse in case of risk of undernutrition | Verbal persuasion/persuasive communication | “Guiding individuals and environmental agents toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by using arguments or other means” [19] |
Implementation and training | ||
Manual for participants and health care professionals. For participants: also including cartoons with resistance exercises | Provide instruction on how to perform the behaviour | “Involves telling the person how to perform a behaviour or preparatory behaviours, either verbally or in written form” [18] |
Preparatory meetings, workshop, and evaluative telephone meetings with health care professionals | Goal setting (behaviour) | “The person is encouraged to make a behavioural resolution (e.g. take more exercise next week). This is directed towards encouraging people to decide to change or maintain change” [18] |
Action planning | “Involves detailed planning of what the person will do including, as a minimum, when, in which situation and/or where to act” [18] | |
Barrier identification/problem solving | “The person is prompted to think about potential barriers and identify ways of overcoming them” [18] | |
Training for participants | Guide practice | “Prompting individuals to rehearse and repeat the behavior various times, discuss the experience, and provide feedback” [19] |
Support desk for participants and health care professionals | Technical assistance | “Providing technical means to achieve desired behavior” [19] |