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Table 6 Final intervention BCTs and mode of delivery

From: Development of an intervention to increase adherence to nebuliser treatment in adults with cystic fibrosis: CFHealthHub

Module

BCTs

Mode of delivery

My treatment

4.1 Instruction on how to perform the behaviour

5.1 Information about health consequences

9.1 Credible source

5.2 Salience of consequences

6.1 Demonstration of the behaviour

16.3 Vicarious consequences

15.4 Self-talk

CFHealthHub:

• Demonstration of techniques for nebuliser use, cleaning and treatment mixing

• Information about CF, the need for treatment, how each treatment works, and the importance of adherence

• Information presented in a variety of ways though written text, patient stories, ‘talking heads’, and animation videos, with links to external content including Cochrane reviews

• Range of different credible information sources including PWCF, Clinicians, links to scientific papers

Interventionist:

• Interventionist introducing and highlighting relevant content on CFHealthHub

• Interventionist eliciting self-talk through discussion of motivation

Self-monitoring

2.2 Feedback on behaviour

2.3 Self-monitoring of behaviour

12.5 Adding objects to the environment

CFHealthHub

• Charts and tables of objective adherence data presented within CFHealthHub

Interventionist

• Introducing and explaining charts and tables to participants

Confidence building

6.1 Demonstration of behaviour

15.1 Verbal persuasion about capability

15.3 Focus on past success

CFHealthHub

• ‘Talking heads’ videos of coping stories within CFHealthHub

Interventionist

• Interventionist encouraging focus on periods of higher adherence on charts

Goal setting and review

1.1 Goal setting (behaviour)

2.2 Feedback on behaviour

1.6 Discrepancy between current behaviour and goal

1.5 Review behaviour goal

8.7 Graded tasks

10.4 Social reward

CFHealthHub

• Indication of goal line on charts of adherence

• Visual indication of goal met on CFHealthHub

• (Optional) Weekly push notifications indicating whether goal was met

• (Optional) Reward messages sent when goal met

Interventionist

• Discussion and agreement of goals with interventionist

• Review of goals

• Suggested steady increase in goal as improvements are made

• Feedback and social reward on progress

Treatment Plan

1.4 Action planning

8.3 Habit formation

7.1 Prompts/cues

CFHealthHub

• Action planning tool and storage within CFHealthHub

Interventionist

• Help to focus on identifying consistent cues and linking to behaviour (habit formation)

• Discussion and identification of appropriate cues - and how to add to the environment (if necessary)

Problem-solving

1.2 Problem solving

12.1 Restructure the physical environment

15.4 Self-talk

3.2 Social support (practical)

4.1 Instruction on how to perform the behaviour

6.1 Demonstration of the behaviour

8.1 Behavioural practice/rehearsal

CFHealthHub

• Solution bank within CFHealthhub (including advice to problem solve, restructure the physical environment, engage social support)

• Coping planning, day planner, and party planner tools and storage within CFHealthHub

• Videos demonstrating correct use of nebulisers within CFHealthHub

Interventionist

• Tailored problem-solving guided by interventionist

• Support to create day plans/party plans where appropriate

• Support to construct if-then coping plans including identifying self-talk where appropriate