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Table 4 Average number of BCTs per intervention and times a cluster of BCTs was applied, per category of intervention effectiveness and in total

From: Digital health interventions to improve eating behaviour of people with a lower socioeconomic position: a scoping review of behaviour change techniques

Effects?

N

Avg#BCTs*

1. Goals & planning**

2. Feedback & monitoring

3. Social support

4. Shaping knowledge

5. Natural consequences

6. Comparison of behaviour

7. Associations

8. Repetition and substitution

9. Comparison of outcomes

12. Antecedents

13. Identity

15. Self-belief

No

4

9,5

3

2

0

2

4

3

0

0

1

2

2

0

Some***

7

7,1

5

5

2

6

5

5

0

3

1

1

2

1

Yes

6

4,8

2

3

3

5

4

2

1

1

0

2

1

0

Total

17

6,9

10

10

5

13

13

10

1

4

2

5

5

1

  1. * Avg#BCTs Average number of BCTs applied per intervention
  2. **Numbers in column headings refer to Michie’s BCT taxonomy clusters
  3. ***Studies were classified as ‘some effects’ when positive changes were not observed for all included dietary behaviours, or when established effects were not sustained over time
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