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Table 3 Characteristics of behavioral intervention

From: The Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study 2 (IDES-2): a long-term behavioral intervention for adoption and maintenance of a physically active lifestyle

 

Theoretical exercise counseling session

Theoretical and practical exercise counseling sessions

Theory of behavior change

Social Cognitive Theory

Social Cognitive Theory

 

Health belief model

Health belief model

Behavior change techniques

Provide information on consequences of behavior in general and individual [1, 2]

Provide information on consequences of behavior in general and individual [1, 2]

 

Goal setting (behavior) [5]

Goal setting (behavior) [5]

 

Goal setting (outcome) [6]

Goal setting (outcome) [6]

 

Barrier identification/problem solving [8]

Action planning [7]

 

Set graded tasks [9]

Barrier identification/problem solving [8]

 

Prompt review of behavioral goals [10]

Prompt review of behavioral goals [10]

 

Prompting generalization of a target behavior [15]

Prompt review of outcome goals [11]

 

Prompt self-monitoring of behavior[16]

Prompting generalization of a target behavior [15]

 

Provide information on where and when to perform the behavior [20]

Prompt self-monitoring of behavior [16]

 

Motivational interviewing [37]

Prompt self-monitoring of behavioral outcome [17]

  

Provide information on where and when to perform the behavior [20]

  

Provide instruction on how to perform the behavior [21]

  

Model/demonstrate the behavior [22]

  

Time management [38]

Delivery of the intervention

Individual face-to-face session

Individual face-to-face sessions

 

Physician interventionist

Exercise specialist interventionist

 

One 30-min session once a year for 3 years

Eight 75-min sessions once a year for 3 years

  1. Theories of behavior change, behavior change techniques, and mode of delivery of intervention in the IDES_2
  2. Numbers in the square brackets correspond with the code assigned to each behavior change technique described in ref #36